“Night Out with the Veterans” to be held on April 4

By Eve­lyn Long -

Hos­pice of Mor­row County is host­ing a “Night Out with the Vet­er­ans” on Thurs­day, April 4, 2013 at 6 pm. The pro­gram will be held at the Hos­pice facil­ity, 228 South St, Mt. Gilead.

Invited are vet­er­ans and their fam­i­lies. Vet­er­ans will be rec­og­nized dur­ing a cer­e­mony when they will be pre­sented with pins and cer­tifi­cates. There will be Vet­eran speak­ers and light refresh­ments will be served.

Dave Matos, chap­lain with Hos­pice of Mor­row County, said “Mor­row County is priv­i­leged to have many vet­er­ans that are cit­i­zens of our com­mu­nity. We have had the priv­i­lege of hon­or­ing many, but there are still many vet­er­ans that have not been thanked for their ser­vice. We would like to rec­og­nize them. We will give them a mil­i­tary cer­tifi­cate, a Veteran’s pin and cer­e­mony of appreciation.”

Matos com­mented “Vet­er­ans often take great pride in their ser­vice, see­ing it as a period of time when they did some­thing mean­ing­ful to make a dif­fer­ence in the world despite the fact that they may well have been impris­oned, tor­tured, wounded exposed to atroc­i­ties, or had other trau­matic expe­ri­ences. Many vet­er­ans worked in sup­port­ive roles build­ing ammu­ni­tion and equip­ment, pro­vid­ing med­ical care, pro­vid­ing trans­porta­tion, fix­ing equip­ment, man­ag­ing bases, pro­vid­ing sup­port to mil­i­tary fam­i­lies and car­ing for the wounded. All the Vet­eran roles are important.

One Vet­eran, 88 years of age, told us he was never thanked for his ser­vice until we hon­ored him last Spring. We would like to honor Vet­er­ans while they are alive and before they have a funeral or memo­r­ial ser­vice. Please invite your Vet­eran fam­ily mem­bers, friends and neigh­bors. If there is a Vet­eran who is home­bound, let us know and we will honor them at their home.”

Matos added that those attend­ing will see the new flag pole and Amer­i­can flag that was donated by a vet­eran who had been a Hos­pice patient.

He advised those attend­ing they may RSVP so the Vet­er­ans cer­tifi­cate can be pre­pared ahead of time. “It will be help­ful but not nec­es­sary,” said Matos.

Vet­er­ans rec­og­nized by Hos­pice of Mor­row County are in part­ner­ship with the “We Honor Vet­er­ans Program.”

Hos­pice of Mor­row County can be con­tacted at 419–946-9822.

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