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LEWISTON — Museum L-A staff delivered thank-you cards to two veterans homes during the holiday season in recognition of their service.
The museum said in a news release that it greatly appreciates the visitors, ages 5 and older, who wrote personal thank-you sentiments on the note cards throughout the museum’s recent exhibit titled “The Work of War: Honoring Our Veterans and the Ones They Left Behind.”
The recent museum exhibition had a station where visitors could complete a card to thank a veteran. Younger visitors drew pictures of flags and soldiers, and adults added notes of gratitude.
The cards were collected throughout the duration of the exhibit, as well as after a Lewiston-Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Breakfast. They were delivered by Museum L-A’s collections and exhibits coordinator, Emma Sieh, and Museum L-A’s veteran volunteer, Tom Jarvis, to two veterans homes Dec. 29.
The Maine Veterans Home in South Paris received more than 100 of the thank-you cards for their residents. The home, which provides 90 veterans from across the state with beds and 24-hour medical care, is focused on returning their resident veterans to their homes and communities whenever possible, according to the news release. Nationally ranked in the top 4 percent of nursing homes, the Maine Veterans Home was pleased to receive these thank you cards from the museum, the release said.
“Around this time of year, they receive several Christmas and holiday cards” said Pat Paar, L-A activities supervisor. “It’s nice to receive some that are just a little bit different.”
Veteran’s Inc. in Lewiston also received more than 20 thank-you cards from the exhibit. The organization grew out of a volunteer group committed to helping veterans and their families during hard times. It is now one of the largest providers of services to veterans throughout New England, with housing, employment, training, health care and more.
The Lewiston branch of this organization is home to 17 veterans, and each one received a thank-you card from the exhibition. Staff thanked Museum L-A for thinking of them in its decision of where to deliver the cards, the release said.
Museum L-A is at 35 Canal St. in the Bates Mill Complex and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, contact the museum at 207-333-3881 or email info@museumla.org.
TOP PHOTO: Peter White of the Maine Veterans Home in South Paris reads the personalized thank you note card from Museum L-A. (Submitted photo)
