Jeff Baker, Community Service Officer for Seward County, provided the program for our Kiwanis meeting this noon. Jeff has been in the position for a number of years following his Military Service. Jeff spoke on a number of services his office provides to military veterans, however a new program is most interesting. Nationally, suicides of Veterans, average 22 per day in the United States. Most of them are in the lower age group. A group that the American Legion nor the Veterans of Foreign Wars, holds the same appeal that they did for older veterans. As part of a national effort, he will be leading an effort for Veterans to meet down at the Seward Valentino's on the 22 of each month. There will be no formal program but just an opportunity for visiting among themselves. It is hoped that such a setting will enable individuals to share concerns with fellow veterans without all the formality that is a part of the older organizations. This is another example of the changing world that we live in today.
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