Early in 2019, we were informed 3 homeless veterans were being buried at Jefferson Barracks. They had no family members to attend. CBC High School allowed us to leave class early and attend the funerals. At the final one, we were asked to be pallbearers. It was a powerful experience. 

     A couple months later, we were contacted by Gold Star Mothers(Mothers of children who've died in combat or military related activities). They'd attended the funerals as well and were touched by what we did. They presented the flag which covered the casket we carried. The flag currently sits in a display case at CBC High School. The name of the veteran is Robert Joseph Lang, he was an Air Force veteran.  

We spent our morning at the Jefferson Barracks VA sorting and handing out donations with the Veterans Assistance Fund. After we served a Thanksgiving meal to veterans in need and watched some football. The event was organized by Rich Hogan, an outstanding member of the veterans assistance community! 

We spent our day helping HEROES Care at the Unigroup Fundraiser. We created boxes for care packages and kept bins of everything ranging from movies to cookies full. We're proud to say we played a key role in the operation. Huge thanks to the boys for showing out today. Through teamwork, we helped make 650 care packages for deployed troops! The most impactful items we packed were recordable kids books. Deployed soldiers can record themselves reading the books, then send the books back to their families.

We posted ourselves outside of Ruma's Deli and Big Richard's Hot Dogs dancing with signs. We even wore a hot dog suit. Their owner, Josh Thomsen, agreed  to donate 15% of revenue that day to us. We raised nearly $400 to directly help veterans!