Political Quotes

“this week is the week that we honor veterans, on what we call Veterans Day, so in honor of Veterans Day, I would like to spotlight one Iowa community's exemplary support of our veterans and Active-Duty military. This is a town of 2,000--Britt, IA--in North Central Iowa. This year, Britt's Dean Welsh VFW Auxiliary Post 4370 received the Veterans and Family Support Award. This annual award from the national VFW recognizes select local auxiliaries for their exceptional work for our servicemembers. This community's now-far-reaching efforts started with a phone call. A volunteer with the Britt VFW auxiliary was talking to her granddaughter, who was serving on the USS Oscar Austin. She mentioned that some of her fellow crew members hadn't received care packages. Within 1 week, Britt residents shipped 39 packages to that crew of the USS Oscar Austin. That was 11 years ago. Now, a decade later, the Britt VFW is sending care packages to crew members on the USS Fitzgerald, USS John McCain, USS Chafee, and Iowa National Guard units deployed to Kuwait and to Poland. They are also preparing to send packages to the USS Carl Vinson. Volunteers fill these packages with various items, including beaded American flag key chains that they make by hand. Britt VFW members gift thousands of their key chains to veterans they cross paths with throughout the year, whether at community events or even in their daily lives.…”