To date, 1,004 Vets/Caregivers/Volunteers have taken this trip with us over the past five years (ten trips) to see these Memorials. If you are a WWII or Korean War or Vietnam/Vietnam Era Vet in Shelby County (Ohio), contact us to see how you too can join us on the "Honor Bus."

Monday, September 22, 2014

Trip #10 now in the books...

The tenth trip to Washington DC for Shelby County and area Veterans has now been completed.  In all, 102 people (3 Korean War Veterans, 40 Vietnam/Vietnam-Era Veterans, 27 caregivers, and  2 drivers, 1 SDN representative, and 29 volunteers) made the trip to DC September 19-21.

The weather was great, the food was fantastic and plentiful, and the Monuments -- well, they were outstanding and the Vets who were seeing them for the first time were humbled and honored at the same time.

There were many stories that were shared -- some made us laugh and some made us cry.  But the Vets went there and conquered their fears, gave up some baggage and made a few new friends who knew what it was that they had gone thru.
There will be lots of pictures to see when we get them processed.  Look for the link to enjoy them.  You can also read the stories written by Patti Speelman of the Sidney Daily News by clicking on this link to their web site.News article on Vet Trip.

All those who took the trip are reminded to plan for the Post-trip Dinner scheduled for Monday, October    27.  The social time will begin at 5:30 with dinner to follow at 6:00.

Applications for the 2015 trip (September 18-20, 2015), Trip #11, will be posted on this web site around the first of the year, and will be available at various locations throughout the county about that time too.

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