Veteran’s Day walk to raise money for GR retirement home

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’ll be a chilly morning for the hundreds of people participating in the sixth annual Veteran’s Day 5 in Grand Rapids.

Organizers are hosting several races and walks Saturday morning to raise money and awareness for the Michigan Veteran Homes at Grand Rapids, a full-service retirement home that houses 128 veterans.

Prerace festivities began in the Riverside neighborhood around 8 a.m. Saturday when U.S. Army veteran Danielle Engle sang the national anthem, followed by an honor guard salute and a moment of silence…

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