Veterans
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Volunteers in the News
Rotary Club Collects 500 Coats for Vets
Nearly 500 coats were recently collected by the Woodridge Rotary Club in its first effort to provide essential winter items to homeless veterans. The club partnered with the Woodri...
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Local Connections
Japanese-American Vet: "I Volunteered Because They Took My Dad Away"
Not long after the Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor in 1941, FBI agents came to Shinyei “Rocky” Matayoshi’s home in Hawaii and took his father away to an internment camp in Santa Fe, NM. Mat...
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News
Operation Welcome You Home Fundraiser to Benefit Veterans in Need
Whenever soliders return home after being deployed, the folks at Operation Welcome You Home do their best to give them a joyous reception. Those welcome homes are important to both t...
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The Neighborhood Files
Operation Welcome You Home Fundraiser to Benefit Veterans in Need
Whenever soliders return home after being deployed, the folks at Operation Welcome You Home do their best to give them a joyous reception. Those welcome homes are important to both t...
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The Neighborhood Files
VFW, Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department to Host Memorial Day Parade Monday
Honor those who have died in service to our country with a silent parade in Woodridge Monday morning. The parade will line up at Fire Station 2 of the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Departmen...