{"id":10181,"date":"2013-01-02T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T12:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=10181"},"modified":"2013-01-02T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T12:45:44","slug":"special-delivery-for-1039-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/special-delivery-for-1039-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Special delivery for 1,039 veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Michael Gouvion | The Milton Courier<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10185\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/milton_veterans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10185\" title=\"milton_veterans\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/milton_veterans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lexi Gegare, a junior at Milton High School, collected more than 1,000 cards to send to veterans at a hospital in Maryland as part of the \u201cHoliday Mail for Heroes\u201d campaign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an effort organized by 17-year-old Milton High School junior Lexi Gegare, many local residents have been able to do that with the initiative called \u201cHoliday Mail for Heroes\u201d through the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHoliday Mail for Heroes\u201d allows anyone to sent a holiday card for military veterans, thanking them for their service, wishing them a happy holiday season or whatever that person feels obliged to say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gegare, who moved from Peshtigo to Janesville when she was about five years old, said she first heard about it on Facebook through connections at the National Grange, a \u201cfamily, community organization with its roots in agriculture,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI heard it from Pete Pompper \u2026 he is the national lecturer for the Grange,\u201d Gegare said. \u201cHe sent out a big post and information and stuff like that and that\u2019s when my mom saw it and she was like, \u2018Hey, how would you like to do this? 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