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the Lockport Legend | October 18, 2018 | 3
Breakfast at Lockport VFW helps support veterans
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Organizers hope
pancake breakfast
will become annual
event at VFW
Amanda Del Buono
Freelance Reporter
Although Veterans Day
and Memorial Day are obvious
times for the community
to pay their respects to
our veterans, honoring and
supporting them is something
the Homer Glen Junior
Woman’s Club believes
should always be done.
With this attitude in mind,
HGJWC hosted its first veterans
pancake breakfast
on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the
Lockport Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 5788.
More than 100 veterans
and community members attended
the inaugural event,
which featured a free breakfast,
raffles, an opportunity
to write thank you notes to
deployed military members
and a coloring table for the
children.
“I had this idea and just
wanted to show our appreciation
for the people who
have fought for our country,”
said Nadya Formella,
chairwoman of HGJWC’s
Home Life Committee. “…
I grew up in a military family,
not in this country, but
I understand what military
members go through. … It’s
nice to show the appreciation
from the community.”
Lorena Castro, a member
of the committee, added, “I
thought it was a good way of
honoring veterans and giving
them a free meal, and a
good way for the community
to get together.”
Homer Glen resident and
Army veteran John Nunez
enjoyed the hot breakfast and
spending time with community
members at the event.
“I’m so impressed with all
of the people here,” he said.
“Some of the children gave
me some coloring pages.
I’m going to hang them up
at home.
“I’m so impressed with
everybody. It’s so wonderful.”
Navy veteran and Lockport
resident George
Schmoll and his wife, Anita,
said they are very involved
in the Navy veteran community,
and were happy to
attend last Sunday’s breakfast
to support veterans with
their friend Army veteran
and Homer Glen resident
Jim Fransen and his wife,
Jill.
“We saw the event in
The Lockport Legend and
thought it would be good to
attend something like this to
support veterans,” George
Schmoll said. “… Jim and
I were in the military when
Vietnam was going on, and
after that the military was
frowned upon and spit on.
So, it’s nice to see the community
coming together for
something like this.”
Jill Fransen added, “It
supports the veterans, and
we haven’t seen each other
in a few weeks, so we went
to church this morning and
came over here for a nice
breakfast and to catch up.”
Bringing the inaugural
event to fruition, the Homer
Glen Junior Woman’s Club
had help from a plethora of
community members and local
businesses and organizations,
as well as more than
20 volunteer members of the
club itself, Formella said.
“The members of the
[Junior Woman’s] Club are
amazing. Some of them
have full-time jobs and families,
and they volunteer their
time,” she said.
Castro added that all of
the raffle items were donated
by local businesses and club
Ed Casper made a trip from California to visit friends at the veteran pancake breakfast
on Sunday, Oct. 14, at VFW Post 5788 in Lockport. Photos by Geoff Stellfox/22nd Century
Media
Cheryl Neylon works as a volunteer stirring pancake batter at the breakfast for veterans.
members. One item in particular,
a wooden American
flag, was specifically donated
to be given to a veteran by
Barnwood Sports Design.
The Junior Woman’s Club
hopes to continue the breakfast
event annually.
“We hope to try to keep
this an annual event and
watch it grow, and we hope
to get more local businesses
involved,” Castro said.
The club is always busy
and currently is working on
a variety of initiatives. On
Saturday, Oct. 20, the Junior
Woman’s Club is to be
posted outside of the Homer
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