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A Few Seats
Still Available for Veterans Trip to DC
Sidney, OH – May 19, 2014 – Jody Prater, chair woman of the Shelby
County (OH) Veterans to Washington, DC Committee has announced that a
few seats are still available for their tenth trip for Shelby County
Veterans next September 19-21 to see their memorials on the Washington,
DC mall. Like the organization’s previous nine trips beginning in
2009, the trip is free for Veterans. Caregivers and volunteers
will be required to pay $250 to cover their expenses. Application
deadline for Veteran, guardians and volunteers is July 31.
First announced last March, the two motor coach trip is being
coordinated by this local group of volunteers. Their primary goal
over the last several months has been to raise funds to cover trip
logistics from departure to return. The first and third day of
the trip itinerary will be motor coach travel between Sidney and
Washington, DC. The second day In Washington begins after breakfast
with a visit to the Tomb of the Unknowns and tour of Arlington National
Cemetery. Next up will be visits to the United States Air Force
Memorial, the Marine Corp War Memorial (also known as the Iwo Jim
Memorial) and lunch. After lunch are visits to the World War II
Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial and the Viet Nam Veterans
Memorial followed by dinner. Besides motor coach travel, trip
details include all meals, lodging and regular rest breaks.
Medical providers and volunteers will assist Veterans with their
special needs
Jody Prater adds that there are two special forms of donations to
sponsor a Veteran; the “Memorial Donation” and the “Sponsorship
Donation.” Both are tax deductible. The Memorial Donation is for
an individual or group (church, family, school, service club, etc.)
making a $355 donation in memory of a deceased Veteran(s) or loved
one(s). And a $355 “Sponsorship Donation” is an excellent way for
an individual or group to sponsor an attending Veteran they know or one
they wish to sponsor. For both Memorial and Sponsorship
Donations, information will be exchanged between paired sponsor and
Veteran except where anonymity is requested.
Veteran, caregiver and volunteer applications for the September 19-21
trip can be picked up at Sidney’s American Legion Post 217 and VFW Post
4239 or the Shelby County Veterans Service Office inside the Monument
Building in downtown Sidney. Applications can be downloaded from
the committee’s website www.shelbycountyvetstodc.blogspot.com. To find
out more about Memorial and Sponsorship Donations or for more
information about this very worthwhile project, contact Jody Prater at
937-638-8670 or by e-mail at prater1966@centurylink.net. See the
committee’s website for information about the group’s previous nine
trips and activities. All application forms and tax deductible
donations should be mailed to Veterans to Washington, DC, PO Box 408,
Anna, OH 45302.
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