sacrifices of America’s veterans by laying more than 100,000 wreaths at cemeteries across the country.
Woodbridge, VA, Lodge members visited Arlington National Cemetery and placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor the nation’s veterans, particularly those who laid down their lives for their country during a time of war.
In other news, lodge members visited Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center and gave a deck of playing cards and a canteen book for use in the hospital commissary to each of 70 veterans.
Tacoma, WA, Lodge members treated 50 veterans from the American Lake VA medical facility and the Washing- ton Soldiers Home and Colony to a Veterans Day meal at the lodge. In other news, lodge bocce ball players donated $100 worth of canteen books to the American Lake VA medical facility to be distributed to veterans being treated there.
Clarksburg, WV, Lodge donated the use of its lodge grounds to a VFW post for a Veterans Appreciation Dinner and treated the 400 people who attended to a meal. Pictured with the keynote speaker, veteran Rocky Bleier (left) is state VP Jerry French.
Center, an assisted living facility, treated 45 residents to a patriotic ceremony, and gave each of seven resident veterans a US flag.
Springfield, VT, Lodge members visited the Vermont Veterans Home and donated more than 900 recorded movies and nearly 650 books to the home for its library.
Norfolk, VA, Lodge members visited the Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital and gave bags of toiletries to 38 veterans being treated there. Lodge members also gave a pair of fingerless leather gloves for wheelchair users to a veteran undergoing treatment at the hospital. In other news, lodge members spent Veterans Day at a local restaurant and personally thanked hundreds of veterans for their sacrifices and service to the country.
Petersburg, VA, Lodge members attended a Veterans Day Memorial
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Service at the Ettrick War Memorial and laid a wreath in honor of US military personnel who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Winchester, VA, Lodge members, accompanied by Young Marines from the Shenandoah Valley detachment, visited the Martinsburg, WV, VA Medical Center and helped veterans at five race stations perform timekeeping duties during a 5k run. In other news, lodge members and Young Marines visited the Martins- burg, WV, VA Medical Center to assist with its third annual Stand Down and volunteered by serving food and cleaning up for the 52 homeless veterans who attended the event. In more news, the lodge held a Veterans Day Breakfast and treated 40 veterans to breakfast. In further news, lodge members laid one of 24,000 wreaths at Arling- ton National Cemetery as part of Wreaths Across America 2010, a coordinated project that honors the
Wheeling, WV, Lodge members volunteered to assist at the Wheeling Veterans Day 10k Race/Walk, which raised funds for Paralyzed Veterans of America. A lodge member served as the race’s public relations chairman.
Ashland, WI, Lodge held its annual Veterans Appreciation Night, which more than 200 people attended, and raised more than $5,000 for the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, MI, to be used to purchase a new electronic piano.
Fond du Lac, WI, Lodge used part of a $1,000 ENF Gratitude Grant to donate $500 to Old Glory Honor Flight to sponsor WW II and Korean War veteran and lodge member Royden Brunet on a trip to Washington, DC, to tour the National World War II Memorial and other monuments.
Waukesha, WI, Lodge held its annual Veterans Dinner, which more than 150 people attended, and treated 35 veterans from the Clement Z. Zablocki VA Medical Center to dinner and musical entertainment. Lodge mem- bers gave each veteran a quilt, a lap robe, socks, and a bar of soap. ■
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