Military News

Attention All Military Veterans

The next meeting of the American Legion Post 246 will be held on Friday, February 24, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 3, CA Community Hall,1910 South Pebble Beach Blvd., SCC. The program will include items of interest to local veterans and their spouses. Coffee and donuts will be available at 9 a.m. All veterans and spouses are welcome. For information call Paul Wheat at 813-391-7309 or e-mail at “pawheatjr@aol.com”.

Sew’n Sews Honor Veterans

Honoring veterans who have given of themselves to preserve the freedoms that we as Americans enjoy is a privilege. The SCC Sew’n Sews Club honors veterans by making patriotic quilts and presenting them to local veterans who are nominated by Sun City Center residents.

The “Veterans Patriotic Quilt Project” is one of several charity projects that Club members work on through the year. It is the club’s way of recognizing local veterans for their service in the Armed Forces. Quilt presentations are usually made twice a year.

SCC residents may nominate local, honorably discharged veterans to receive a quilt by completing a nomination form, which is available at the club, and providing a short summary about the veteran regarding his or her branch/date of service as well as a brief history of where and what the veteran did while serving in the Armed Forces.

The Sew’n Sews Club is located at the back of the Arts & Crafts Building on Cherry Hills Drive. More information can be obtained by emailing the Club at “scc.sew.n.sews@gmail.com” or by calling the Club at 813-505-0503.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance at Freedom Plaza

Sun City Center residents and new volunteers for ‘Seniors in Service’, Marge Hartig-Specht and Shawna Wainwright, honored two WWII Vets at Freedom Plaza Assisted Living by presenting them with a Stars for Our Troops memento. Embroidered stars were cut from a discarded flag, and a