DE PERE — Members of the De Pere High School Key Club gathered on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to assemble care packages for those who served our country and are now in assisted living or hospice, ahead of Veterans Day.
Matt Colwell, project coordinator and Quartermaster for Desert Veterans of Wisconsin, said he has been helping to coordinate this project for about 17 years and this is the second year that the high schoolers have helped participate in the assembling.
“The overall budget is about five grand for this, and it comes out of our funds that people donate to throughout the year, and there are some that donate specifically to this cause,” said Colwell…