Cookeville-Putnam, TN, Lodge held a Veterans Dinner and treated 11 members of the Veterans Honor Guards and four of their spouses to dinner. The Veterans Honor Guards are a group of veterans that perform honor guard and color guard duties free of charge at various functions around the region.
Johnson City, TN, Lodge members visited the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center and treated more than 60 veterans to food, beverages, bingo games with cash prizes, and Christ- mas gifts.
Martinsville, VA, Lodge held its annual Veterans Appreciation Dinner and treated more than 60 veterans to a meal, patriotic presentations, and musical entertainment. Pic- tured is the event’s guest speaker, US Air Force Reserve Col Greg Eanes.
$5,600 raised at a Golf Tournament fund-raiser to purchase TVs for the new wing under construction at the Southeastern Veterans Center.
State College, PA, Lodge members treated 25 veterans to dinner and live musical entertainment at the lodge.
Newport, RI, Lodge members honored US Navy veteran Virginia Hanson as their Veteran of the Year and pre- sented her with a medal at a dinner, which 125 people attended, in her honor. Hanson, a retired federal law enforcement officer, who is currently the president of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Permanent Advisory Council for Veterans Affairs, was recognized for her tireless work supporting veterans charities and other community charities.
Tri City, RI, Lodge members treated 60 veterans from the Rhode Island Veterans Home to dinner at the lodge.
Athens, TN, Lodge held its first annual Veterans Parade, in which 18 groups participated and which 2,500 people watched, despite freezing weather, and treated 1,500 local veterans and family members to dinner.
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Everett, WA, Lodge members visited the Seattle VA medical facility and gave a Christmas stocking filled with treats, a handmade card from a student, and a hat to each of 140 veterans. Pictured with veteran William Russell are (from left) VA Recreation Therapist Anne Peterson, PER Ann Hall, and Veterans Service Committee Chairman Carl Frisk. In other news, lodge members treated more than 70 local veterans to a Veterans Day meal at the lodge.
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Childress, TX, Lodge held a Veterans Day Breakfast and treated more than 400 veterans, their family members, and their friends to a meal.
Clear Lake (Kemah), Houston, and Pearland, TX, Lodges and ladies auxiliaries held a bingo session at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center for 51 veterans from the medical center and the DeGeorge Project, which serves homeless veterans. Lodge members treated attendees to a meal, dessert, and bingo games, gave presents to eight veterans celebrating birthdays that
month, and gave door prizes to nine more veterans.
Denison, TX, Lodge members treated 21 veterans and four staff members from the Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Medical Center to a Thanksgiving meal. In addition, lodge members gave 115 gift bags to veterans at the Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Medical Center.
Houston, TX, Lodge members treated 56 veterans from the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center’s facility for homeless veterans and the DeGeorge Project, which serves homeless veterans, to lunch and an afternoon of watching football and playing games at the lodge.
Huntsville, TX, Lodge donated the use of lodge grounds to 50 members of the Thomas family for a reunion. The family includes two brothers who served in the military, in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the family of a third veteran brother who had died some years previously.
Vernal, UT, Lodge members, along with members of American Legion and VFW posts, visited the Uintah Care
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