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St. Cajetan And Smith Village Cupids Make 'Valentines For Vets'

St. Cajetan students joined Smith Village residents in brightening Valentine's Day for 45 vets from Rush Hospital's "Road Home" program.

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Eric Chessier, (l) Army veteran and community outreach coordinator for the Road Home program at Rush University Medical Center, works with (l-r) Smith Village resident Gene Sablick and St. Cajetan students Bridey O’Malley and Lily Tait.
Eric Chessier, (l) Army veteran and community outreach coordinator for the Road Home program at Rush University Medical Center, works with (l-r) Smith Village resident Gene Sablick and St. Cajetan students Bridey O’Malley and Lily Tait. (Marc C. Monaghan | Smith Village)

CHICAGO, IL — More than two dozen Smith Village residents and St. Cajetan student council members gathered on Valentine’s Day to make gifts for 45 veterans.

All who received these gifts are veterans with invisible wounds, who benefit from a
variety of inpatient and outpatient healthcare programs provided by the Road Home
Program at Rush University Medical Center.

Students and seniors worked side-by-side to demonstrate their encouragement and
care for the veterans by folding origami hearts and cranes, symbolizing hope and healing,
and placing them in glass bowls which they had painted.

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Smith Village residents Beth O’Grady (l-r) and Suzie Kimble work on gifts for veterans in the Rush University Medical Center Road Home program. (Marc C. Monaghan | Smith Village)

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