Our amazing Amy Schmidgall was at it once again at our local VA home for some of our favorite veterans. Miss Amy did a staggering 9 cuts today! Such a trooper for our cause of putting smiles on the faces of our amazing veterans! We really appreciate all Amy does to help us on our mission. And look at those sharp veterans! Thank you all for your service and for giving us the opportunity once again show our appreciation.
It’s always humbling when our mission is taken to heart by another organization that in turn helps us achieve our goal of providing relief to our Veterans. This is one of those such instances where a supporting organization has provided Veterans Cuts with 2500 pairs of socks or roughly about 642 pounds of socks! So many socks! We look forward to being able to hand out these socks to our Veterans through varying methods including our care parcels and to hand outs at events! We are truly grateful for this generous gesture and it will go a long way to being able to provide a gesture of gratitude in return to our Veterans. Stay tuned to see how we continue to achieve our goals of providing for our amazing Veterans.
There was special moment that I took with me from the Veterans Cuts 1st Inaugural Ride. One being this coin (pictures showing back and front) that was handed to me near the end of the evening from a participant of our ride, and led this particular ride, Terry Camp. I will cherish this forever; it means the world to me.
Thank you.
On Saturday, June 22, 2024, we held our 1st Inaugural Ride for Veterans Cuts. The sky was blue, but the heat was on. A mere 96 degrees. The setup was beautiful, we had a several bikes join us. We’re young and new to some still but once they heard us, and what our mission is, we gained some very good supporters and friends. We’re solid, pure and focused. The American Legion Post 100 in Washington went above and beyond to accommodate us and our supporters. The colors showed up as well at the American Legion Minister for our blessing, but a last-minute funeral took precedence of the T.A.C.T Team and they didn’t make it, but the Commander of the Legion took pride in our event and gathered some Veterans for our very own T.A.C.T team and we were able to still have our Gun Salute. It was even more special by doing so. Big thanks sent out to our sponsors for all the donations received, Beevers Workshop for donating all our Inaugural items, the bartender for coming in on her day off, the cooks in the kitchen who made delicious pulled pork with sides, and the Veterans Cuts team who helped over long hot hours. We did it, and we had enjoyed meeting every one that came to support us, Thank you so much!
On May 27th, 2024 Veterans Cuts was honored to be present to hear the stories of “17” WWII Veterans that were the last know WWII Veterans left in Tazewell County. It was held in Morton, IL at the High School Theater and was a full house to say the least, they even had chairs throughout the halls with TV’s so the overflow could vision it clearly as well. The “17” WWII Veterans all sat on the stage and each had their own story to share. They were given gifts from town mayors, legislators and fellow veterans. They ranged from the age of 95-106. The event lasted two hours and I didn’t even flinch. The memories they shared were amazing. There was one that flew over 100 fighter missions. Another wore his actual uniform to the event. That in itself was so special (I still have my school uniform several years later, and that would be impossible). This day is a memory that most couldn’t even imagine and I’m so glad to have been present.
