Thanks, from hungry vets
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- January
- 23
Duke Searles, the Vietnam veteran who runs the food pantry at the VA hospital in Montrose, reports that Carpenter’s Union Local 11 in Hawthorne recently donated $1,000 to the pantry, which will be used to buy canned goods, pasta and other staples to help keep the shelves filled.
Local members of Rolling Thunder, a veterans group that focuses on POW/MIA issues also ddonated $500.
The pantry gives out one or two weeks of groceries to between 100 and 200 needy veterans each month, although with times getting tough, Searles said the need is likely to grow.
On Saturday (Jan. 24) local members of the Harley Owners Group, also known as the HOGS, will be holding a food drive for the pantry at the Reggie Pink Harley-Davidson motorcycle showroom on Central Avenue in White Plains beginning at noon. Drop by with some groceries if you can.
If you can’t make to the food drive but still want to make a donation, call the food pantry at 914-737-400 ext. 2640.
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on Friday, January 23rd, 2009 at 1:54 pm by Rich Liebson. 
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That’s really awesome that Searles donated that money. The vets deserve the support! Wanted to offer another resource for veterans compensation benefits: veteranslaw.com