Visit to Baldomero Lopez Veterans
Nursing Home with Christmas Gifts
November 28, 2008

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""We Need a Little Christmas""

SAR PRESENTS GIFTS TO THE BALDOMER LOPEZ NURSING HOME VETERANS
On 28th November members of the Withlacoochee Chapter Sons of the American Revolution and members of the chapter's Ladies Auxiliary traveled to the Baldomero Lopez Veterans Nursing Home in Land O' Lakes to deliver Christmas gifts to the residents of the Veterans Nursing Home.
The Baldomero Lopez Veterans Nursing Home is the residence for approximately 135 veterans, male and female, and is one of seven veterans nursing homes administered by the State of Florida.
The veterans' home was named for Baldomero Lopez, a native of Tampa, who graduated Annapolis Naval Academy and entered the United States Marine Corp as a Lieutenant. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for valor during the Korean War. The Congressional Medal is displayed in the nursing home.
William Teater, the SAR Chapter's Veteran's Affairs Chairman coordinated the chapter's Christmas gift activity with Susan Poynter, who is the Activity Director for the home. Susan furnishes Chairman Teater with a list of residents who have no immediate family and would not receive gifts at Christmas.
In addition she also provides a list of needs for the nursing homes general population.   During this Christmas season there are 10 residents of the veterans' home without an immediate family who received at least 5 gifts apiece from the Withlacoochee Chapter.
The gifts delivered by the SAR chapter were in excess of  $4,000 and consisted of $750.00 in quarters that are used as prize money for the bingo games for the veterans, clothing, toilet articles, quilted lap blankets and shrugs, games, 20 cartons of cigarettes, books, video movies, candy and many miscellaneous items.

GATHERING OUTSIDE the VA HOME


Picture ID: l to r:D. Pushee, J. Tucker, N Freyer, C. Day, J. Camillo, SAR Florida State Veterans Affairs Chairman,
B. Teater, Withlacoochee Chapter Veterans' Affairs Chairman, R. Finney, H. Nelson, H. Marvin,
D. Hans, Withlacoochee Chapter President, J. Townsend




Presentation of "QUARTERS"



PRESENTATION of GIFTS


veterans Receiving Gifts

"A HAPPY VETERAN" by Norm Freyer



TOUR of Baldomero Lopez VA Home











LUNCH

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