Published-June 1st, 2013
On Saturday, June 1st, several members of Junior Youth Action volunteered at the Veterans Community Living Center. Be on the look-out for the next JYA volunteer project! Job well done JYA program Director Lexi Ivers (now a senior at Friends Select) and all the other JYA mentors.n Philadelphia making best wishes cards and playing games with veterans at the Veterans Community Living Center. JYA members and their mentors thoroughly enjoyed the project.
See letter of thanks from the Department of Veterans Affairs Below:
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your group for visiting our veterans here at the PVAMC Community Living Center. Our veterans truly appreciated your visits, as you could see in their smiles. They enjoyed seein
g such kind and polite young people and playing table games and WII with them. The cards you made were so thoughtful, and they certainly brought sunshine to our veterans. It was a wonderful visit for us, and hopefully for you as well.
Once again, thank you for your kindness and generosity. On behalf of the Medical Center Staff and our veteran patients, thank you for your continuous support. We would love to have you visit again in the future.
Sincerely,
Mary Jane Faulkes-Perelman
Recreation Therapist”
