Dear WJPS Families,
The late columnist Ann Landers started the Valentines for Vets tradition in 1989 when she asked her readers to send Valentine greetings to Veteran Medical Centers across the country. As a journalism school, it seems quite fitting that the WJPS community answer Ms. Landers' call to take time to remember our country's veterans through letters, notes and yes, good old-fashioned hearts-and-flowers valentines.
Many of us have relatives, neighbors and friends who were, are and will be veterans, and we have first hand knowledge of their compassion, bravery and pride. Please take the time as a family to create a heartfelt valentine greeting for a veteran. Their courage and sacrifice touches us all, and your family's remembrance would be appreciated. You may want to visit the US Department of Veteran Affairs website to learn more about veterans.
Valentines that are returned to school by Monday, February 11, 2008 will be taken to the office of Assemblywoman Ann Margaret Carrozza. She will deliver them to a local Veteran Medical Center on February 14. Please do not include identifying information such as a child's first and last name, address or phone number. An appropriate signature would be, "The Jones Family, World Journalism Preparatory School, 34-65 192nd Street, Flushing, NY 11358."
If you have a story to share about a family member who is a veteran or member of the military, please email it to me at hreed2@schools.nyc.gov and I will post it on this blog.
Regards,
Helen
