Members of Barre Elks Lodge, American Legion Post #10, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #790, Sons and the Barre Area Veteran’s Council gathered on Saturday December 20 to deliver fruit baskets, blanket and grocery cards to area Veterans. Over sixty Veterans were visited in area nursing homes, assisted living facilities or their home. During the visit, each Veteran was given a Christmas gift of a fruit basket, blanket, or grocery card. Each gift was accompanied by a Christmas card from the Barre Area Veteran’s Council and a thank you card made by the 3rd and 4th grade art class at Barre City Elementary and Middle School.
This yearly event is sponsored by Barre Elks Lodge, American Legion Post #10,Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #790, Sons of the Union Veterans Civil War 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 Stephen Weston, at 802-479-0497 or by e mail at
From L to R: Barre Elks Lodge members Ron and Susan Tallman present a fruit basket to lifetime Elks member and Veteran Gary “Buzzy” Sawyer. DDGER North Chip Paine on the right.
From L to R: DDGER North Chip Paine, Esquire Maureen Lawson, longtime member and Veteran Francis Taft and Loyal Knight Kristin Calcagni
From L to R: Loyal Knight Kristin Calcagni, WW II Veteran and life Member Rico Babic, DDGER North Chip Paine. Rico will turn 100 on January 20th.
WWII Veteran Rico Babic receives fruit basket. Rico’s oldest son Donald and his wife Sharon were visiting. Rico’s grand daughter, Lisa Babic, is a member of Barre Lodge. From L to R: Loyal Knight Kristin Calcagni, Donald Babic, WW II Veteran and life Member Rico Babic, Sharon Babic and DDGER North Chip Paine.