DAV Auxiliary National Adjutant Bunny Clos (left) and Assistant National Adjutant Ann Glende (right) distributed cookies made by local bakery Fox and Flour Creations to veterans in their Alexandria, Kentucky, neighborhood. “It was very heartwarming,” said Clos. “It really makes what we do rewarding, and the veterans really appreciated it.”
Army veteran Anthony Prince with Chapter 55 in Porterdale, Georgia, cleaned veterans’ grave markers at Lawnwood Memorial Park in Covington. Prince’s father, Stacey, a Marine Corps veteran, is buried there.
DAV members of Chapter 132 in West Liberty, Kentucky, and volunteers helped level bricks and clean up the memorial dedicated to women in the military at Tredway Memorial Park.
Air Force veteran and DAV Department of New York Senior Vice Commander Shannon Sander (center, holding service dog) visited Navy veteran Grace Moran on her 100th birthday. Sander and others from Chapter 15 in Rochester, New York, also helped at the minor league baseball Rochester Red Wings opening day, sharing information about DAV with attendees.
Ten DAV volunteers around the St. Paul, Minnesota, region helped Hazel Lewis, the spouse of a disabled veteran, by cleaning up the yard, spreading mulch, repairing garden edging and fixing exterior railings around the Lewis’ home.
