Members of Barre Elks Lodge, American Legion Post #10, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #790 and the Barre Area Veteran’s Council gathered on Saturday December 21 to deliver fruit baskets, quilts and grocery cards to area Veterans. Over sixty Veterans were visited in area nursing homes, assisted living facilities or their home. During the visit, the Veteran was given a Christmas gift of a fruit basket, quilt or grocery card. Each gift was accompanied by a Christmas card from each of the organizations.
This yearly event is sponsored by Barre Elks Lodge, American Legion Post #10, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #790 and the Barre Area Veteran’s Council. For more information about this event or if you know of a deserving veteran that is “shut-in” at home, please contact American Legion Post #10 Chaplain, Stephen Weston, at 802-479-0497 or by email at navyvet261@myfairpoint.net.
From L to R: Granville Paine, Stephen Weston, Kristin Calcagni, Steve Gilman, Ann Marie Bolton, Maria McKnight, Melvin McKnight and Leonard Normandeau