On Sunday, June 10, we recognized veterans in our North Church family. For the past five years we have been collecting monetary donations for the veterans at Willow Lodge–a 20-bed Community Living Center that focuses on hospice/palliative care and rehabilitation (VA Medical Center, Buffalo). Thank you for your generous gifts totaling just over $1,900!

Our gifts help make the veterans’ lives there a little better through impromptu pizza parties or coffee and donuts. These treats may not seem like much, but when you’re confined, they make all the difference!

We received a thank you letter from the VA for our donation of $2,000. The letter is excerpted here: “Our sincere appreciation goes out to North Presbyterian Church for…your thoughtful donation [which has] enhanced the morale and well-being of our veterans. We are grateful for the unselfish support shown by you to our hospitalized veterans.”

Go to https://northchurchwilliamsville.org/donations/ to give safely and securely online, or send a check made out to North Presbyterian Church and write “Veterans Project” on the memo line; send to 300 N. Forest Rd., Williamsville, NY 14221.

(Pictured from left: the Rev. Bill Hennessy, Tom Nelson, Nancy from Willow Lodge, Norm Schifferle, Roger Gross, Bill Ervin, Bill Clark, Randy Bigler, Joe Alber, Tim Breth, Chris D’Angelo, Sharon Dittmar, Bob Kenney, Tom Miller, and Michael o’Connell.)