Operation Hometown Spirit to send greetings overseas
Mail call. You are far from home, standing in formation a few days before Christmas, and your name is called. Not only do you have mail, you have a package! And it’s not just from your family—it’s from your entire hometown. A lot of someones are sure thinking of you this holiday season.
Area residents should bring holiday cards to New Prague’s American Legion Park Ballroom Clubrooms on Sunday, Nov. 28, from 8 a.m. to noon for the 15 New Prague service people receiving holiday hometown greetings as Operation Hometown Spirit organizes a letter and card program for local military personnel.
Operation Hometown Spirit was organized after 9/11/01 by a group of local military Blue Star families to keep in touch with every military person who is a resident of New Prague, or a New Prague High School graduate. It is fully funded by the American Legion Post, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post, the American Legion Auxiliary and the VFW Auxiliary.
We are sending drawings and homemade Christmas cards from students