What better way to honor the lives of our veterans than the Veterans History Project which oral history program that collects and preserves the firsthand interviews of America's wartime veterans. VHP is asking for family members and friends of deceased veterans to contribute to a collection of original photographs, letters, military documents, artwork (two-dimensional), diary or journals to ensure that their veteran’s wartime experiences are not lost to history. Loraine speaks to Col. Karen D. Lloyd, U.S. Army (Ret.), Director of Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center.
Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey is hosting its 2017 Ronald House 5k Run – Saturday, June 10 at Riverwinds Community Center, West Deptford NJ. Loraine speaks with Teddy Thomas: Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey and Julia and Kevin McCabe: RMHSNJ supporters for years whose personal story drove them to help and whose family has raised the most money for the Ronald House 5K Run. With 5 kids and 6 grandchildren, the entire family comes together to support this great cause.
American Heritage Credit Union is sponsoring the 24th Annual Gelatin Olympics. Slide into 1,000 gallons of strawberry gelatin to raise money for the Kids-N-Hope Foundation, Wednesday, June 14th at 6pm at Cannstatter’s in Northeast Philadelphia. Loraine speaks With Dorian Smith VP Business Development AMHCU Kids N Hope.
Finally Loraine shares some thoughts about the Manchester tragedy.