VES 4th Graders are Volunteers for Veterans

December 02, 2007

Leo Brinda Unit 90 of the American Legion Auxiliary is proud to announce that fourth graders at Valentine Elementary School are volunteers for veterans.
Students of Mrs. Obermiller, Mrs. Tinant, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Lancaster have been crafting "googlie-eyed pine cone turkeys" for local veterans since early November. The pine cones were donated by Robert Connot, turkeys constructed by the fourth grade, and supplies and delivery provided by Unit 90.The turkeys were adorable, and involved five steps to complete. Some of the turkeys were completed with partners or small groups, while others were completed by the assembly line method.The students made enough turkeys so that each student took one home. The other turkeys were delivered to local veterans on the eve of Thanksgiving. Katelynn Jackson and Montana Markus, third grade students, helped to deliver them. WWII, Korean, and Vietnam War Veterans were the selected groups to receive the turkeys. In the past years there have been enough turkeys to share with the hospital and assisted living/nursing homes.