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Housing, welcome-home crowds, thank-you notes, and neighbors who show up for people who served. 15 verified stories. Stories come from Post Falls, Bucksport, and Dover. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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HeroesSamantha Lee, 25, left Daytona Beach in March and has raised more than $17,000 for Back on My Feet. People along the road have offered rides, food, and water.
Verified · KREM / Coeur d'Alene Press
HeroesEvan Hunter, his mother, and 27 volunteers spent Saturday writing thank-you notes to veterans. They have held the card-writing day every year since 2020.
Verified · FOX Bangor
CommunitySaving A Place For You opened a transitional home on South Saulsbury Road. Veterans can stay while they connect with services, and application fees are waived.
Verified · Delaware LIVE
CommunityThe National Center for Healthy Veterans in Altavista added housing, group classes, and therapy aimed at the move from military service to civilian life.
Verified · WSET
HeroesTwo women and 67 men, with service years from 1947 to 2011, returned Wednesday night to a cheering crowd at Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
Verified · FOX26
CommunityWin and Elaine Dermody cleaned a half-mile of Steamboat's Core Trail for eight years. The Veterans Center of Northwest Colorado is taking that section.
Verified · Steamboat Radio
HeroesRebuilding Together Northern Nevada and Lowe's gave Army and Air Force veteran Floyd Payton a working oven, a new porch, lighting, and smoke detectors.
Verified · KOLO 8
HeroesFreedom Alliance and U.S. Bank gave Marine veteran Dustin Gabehart, who coaches football at La Junta High, a new car that was already paid off. His children had not been told.
Verified · KRDO
HeroesVeterans flew from Des Moines to Washington, visited memorials, and came home to a surprise welcome. Gov. Kim Reynolds met two uncles and a cousin, including one celebrating his 77th birthday.
Verified · KCCI
HeroesDream Flights gave three residents of Beò of Chattanooga free rides in a restored biplane. Air Force veteran Joe DePrimo, 79, flew after a stroke that left him paralyzed on one side.
Verified · NewsChannel 9 (WTVC)
CommunityThe Ottertail Lions Club spent about a year collecting 1,000 pounds of plastic film for Trex's recycling program and gave the resulting bench to the Fergus Falls Veterans Home, its third bench through that partnership.
Verified · Perham Focus
AnimalsThe La Crosse County American Legion and local groups paid to train Gilby for veteran Nicole Rogich. The dog is named for Air Force veteran James Gilbertson.
Verified · WKBT News 8000
HeroesBagpipes and a crowd met Last Frontier Honor Flight veterans in Anchorage after a free trip to war memorials in Washington, D.C.
Verified · Alaska's News Source
AnimalsOne Veteran, One Dog, Two Lives Saved paired combat veteran Ashley Dunn Gonzalez with a rescued Labrador who now steadies her days.
Verified · News On 6
CommunityThe Veterans Community Project village is finished after five years. One of its newest residents is an 80-year-old who had been without a home for 11 years.
Verified · SDPB