WILMINGTON, MA — The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary of Tewksbury is holding a Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, October 22 at the Wilmington Knights of Columbus (112 Middlesex Avenue). Warmup begins at 11am. Tournament begins at noon.
Registration costs $35 per team and includes lunch and cash bar. (Registration after October 20 costs $40 per team.) Registration forms and instructions can be found HERE.
The Cornhole Tournament will allow the Tewksbury Disabled Americans Veterans Auxiliary to raise funds, and use them to buy Thanksgiving dinners for ten veteran families in Wilmington and ten veteran families in Tewksbury.
“We were able to sponsor dinners for five families in each town last year, and it was an incredibly humbling experience to drop the dinners off to each family, days before Thanksgiving,” said the Auxiliary Commander Richard Hersom, Jr. “My members can’t wait to drop off meals this year and to double the amount of families! With the help of funds raised at the tournament, we will be able to make 20 families very happy to not have to worry about buying their meal.”
Have a question about the cornhole fundraiser? Contact Rich Hersom at 978-569-3284 or Hersom2010[at]yahoo.com.
Forget Me Not Drive
In addition to providing dinners to veterans’ families, the DAVA Tewksbury also plans to host Bingo nights and Trivia nights for veterans who are in the Bedford VA Hospital and the Chelsea Soldier’s Home. These evenings will be funded by the group’s “Forget Me Not” drive.
Look for members of the DAVA Tewksbury standing outside the Wilmington Market Basket on November 4, November 5, November 12, and November 13, from 9am to 3pm. Anyone wishing to donate to the “Forget Me Not Drive” can do so in the jar outside the store, and will receive a flower for their generosity.
Vettes For Vets Program
Last month, the DAVA Tewksbury participating in the Vettes for Vets program at the Bedford VA. Members helped collect donations of toiletries and clothes from the 500+ Corvette owners that brought their Vettes to the event. All Corvettes were parked on the lawn in front of the hospital and on display all day. A 25-foot box truck was filled with donations by the end of the day, and members unloaded the truck and stocked the supply closet at the hospital.
(NOTE: The above press release is from the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary of Tewksbury.)
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