Committee Chair Kathy Roper submitted this report to the EC.

The Valentine’s party held at the St. Alban’s Community Living Center was a success! The Chief of Voluntary Services has invited us back next year. We were well prepared to serve our veterans with the help of 15 volunteers. We had approximately 65 veterans in attendance. Our volunteer team handled many tasks from wheeling patients to the dining room, to serving refreshments and conversing with the veterans. The music was a hit and at one point we had the entire room singing God Bless America.

In addition, through the generous contributions of the NYSLTA membership, so far we’ve collected 25 large cartons of sundry items to be delivered among 5 veteran’s hospitals and approximately 25 house warming gift baskets for homeless veterans being placed in apartments for the first time.

On behalf of the committee, thank you for helping make a strong show of support for NY veterans.