Northeast District, CA, lodge members visited the Iouannis A. Lougaris VA Medical Center in Reno, NV, and treated 135 veterans and staff members to a meal. Lodge members and staff members delivered meals to veterans who were unable to leave their rooms. Pictured with Korean War veteran Ed Bielser (left) is Northeast District Veterans Service Committee Chairman Larry Rogers.
Newark, DE, Lodge members visited the Wilmington VA Medical Center and treated 45 veterans to lunch. Pictured with (seated) US Marine SgtMaj Wayne Wilson (ret.) are PER Robert McIntyre and Secy. Donna Murphy.
civic organizations, visited the Nevada Veterans Nursing Home and held a Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive Program to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II. More than 50 veterans residing at the home, including 23 WW II veterans, attended the program.
Derry-Salem, NH, Lodge hosted a Veterans Dinner, which was attended by 24 veterans and six aides from the Manchester VA Medical Center and the New Hampshire Veterans Home, along with several local veterans.
Aripeka, FL, Lodge members visited the Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Nursing Home and treated about 120 veterans as well as their families to lunch. Pictured with US Navy veteran John MacAulay (seated) are (from left) ER Lucille Marino, PDD Harold Steffes, and PER Frank Marino.
Jefferson City, MO, Lodge held its fourth annual Run for the Vets Motor Rally fund-raiser and raised $6,000 for lodge veterans activities. In other news, the lodge hosted Gateway (Portland), OR, Lodge member Scot King during his attempt to bicycle to the capitals of all 48 contiguous states on behalf of Remem- ber the Wounded Ride, a charity that raises awareness about veterans issues and assists the families of veterans. Lodge members presented King, who is a US Marine Corps
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veteran and the founder of Remember the Wounded Ride, with a Missouri state flag and arranged for him to interview a WW II veteran who had been awarded the Purple Heart.
Lake of the Ozarks, MO, Lodge donated $1,000 to the Missouri Veterans Home–Warrensburg to help purchase a daily dessert for the veterans living there.
Boulder City, NV, Lodge members, along with members of several other
Mahwah, NJ, Lodge held its annual Summer Veterans Barbecue and treated 18 veterans from the Veterans Memorial Home–Paramus to a dinner and bingo games at the lodge.
Nutley, NJ, Lodge donated $300 to a US Army soldier who lost both legs below the knee and sustained other injuries in Afghanistan.
Las Vegas, NM, Lodge members provided more than 190 bottles of drinking water to people who attended the opening of a new VA Community- Based Outpatient Clinic in Las Vegas.
Kinston, NC, Lodge member Celeste Lewis and her line dancing group, Pay it Forward, visited the State Veterans
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