Making helping Veterans in need a Family Affair

All Good Deeds are equal in the good they can do in supporting the United Relief Foundation 'Tis the Season of Service campaign to help Veterans in need. However, we would like to share a recent story of generosity and service that exemplifies how Making A Difference by Being The Difference can be a Family Affair.

It is the spirit of service to those who served that Paula Aitken, the owner of Casting Whimsy and her mother, Rita Arnold, took action.

Paula started with donating 10% of Veterans Day sales from her Casting Whimsy Woodstock Illinois location. Then, she asked (and is asking) customers to donate to the United Relief Foundation by rounding-up their purchases and consider contributing to a United In Service tip jar. (These monetary donations designated for United Relief Foundation Women Warriors campaign.)

Rita presented the United Relief Foundation with 52 assorted items she hand-knitted to provide female Veterans some comfort that they have not been forgotten in their time of need.

Two of Rita’s quilted blankets have been placed in the National Women Veterans United (NWVU) SGT Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center meditation room. Twenty of her hand-knitted hats were given to homeless female Veterans at an NWVU stand down, and the remaining hand-knitted item will be provided, by the United Relief Foundation, to other Women Warriors in need.

We hope sharing this story will give you thought to Making A Difference by Being The Difference for a Veteran in need into a Family Affair during the holidays as we remain grateful, every day, for the men and women who have served, and are serving, in the United States Armed Forces.

How to connect with a Veteran in need: Visit a VFW or American Legion near you. If you would like help connecting or want to do more, don’t hesitate to contact the United Relief Foundation at (888) 718-0989 or UnitedRelieffFoundation.org