Category: PDX Metro
Fox 12 viewers help Army veteran and family who lost everything in house fire
Some generous viewers who saw Fox 12’s original story collected donations for the Lovato family and on Saturday, they met with them to deliver everything.
White House: Portland has ended veteran homelessness
Local homeless veteran challenges claim that system is in place to help all of them
Prime and Home Front Feed Military Families
TIGARD, Ore.– Operation Home Front with partner Amazon Prime helped out over 50 families with food for a Thanksgiving Day meal. Participants also received a gift card to New Seasons Markets to pickup Fresh Turkeys. the families were surprised and felt very appreciated for their service to our country.
Potatoes, whipping cream, onions, carrots making for stuff and more were in every bag. Sparkling cider and a board game were also included for each
Local military families surprised with Thanksgiving dinner
Amazon Prime Now donated meal supplies for 35 families through Operation Homefront in Tigard.
Guardian Group using military experience to fight human trafficking
A group of retired officers and veterans are utilizing their elite military background to combat human trafficking in Oregon.
OUTREACH: Auxiliary seeks public help for care packages
The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 68 of Clatskanie wants to make sure local military members stationed overseas have a joyous Christmas.
Women veterans invited to join local organization
Formerly the WAVES, Military Women Across the Nation is open to all
World War II history floats, and lives, on the LCI-713
In 2009, Seaman Second Class Hubert Miller visited the USS LCI-713 and went in search of a dent. He found it on the ship’s deck, and he smiled. Miller served during World War II, and was on board when the conflict ended and celebratory cans of beer were passed out. In the days before pull tabs, you needed a piercer to open a can. They didn’t have one, so Miller’s overzealous shipmate swung a fire
“Mission Continues” at Otter Point
Over the weekend, about 15 veterans and civilians traveled from as far away as Eugene and Seattle to slog through the muck for several hours at Otter Point in the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, planting spruce and shrubs to improve salmon habitat.
The volunteers were deployed for the day by Seattle’s 1st Service Platoon from nonprofit The Mission Continues, which connects veterans, friends and family with community service projects around the country.
Leading the group
Everyday People: Seaside native, Marine veteran now serves schoolchildren
After 18 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Billy Eddy got the chance to continue his family’s tradition of public service on the North Coast.
Eddy was hired over the summer as the Astoria School District’s new director of transportation, maintenance and safety. He replaced Ryan Hahn, who left to become transportation director of the Gresham-Barlow School District.
Eddy retired from the Marine Corps at the end of August, the same day as the district’s new food
Marine veteran’s trailer stolen in Aloha with military medals inside
Leo Nunez had decades of photos, memorabilia and medals documenting his service in the U.S. Marine Corps tucked away in a foot locker inside a trailer that was stolen in Aloha.