Navy Federal Sends More Than 28,000 Valentines to Veterans, Deployed Troops
Navy Federal Credit Union has partnered with Soldiers’ Angels to send more than 28,000 handwritten cards to veterans at hospitals and to troops deployed overseas.
Letter-writing stations were active across Navy Federal’s main campuses from Jan. 26 – Feb. 7, where employees could complete Valentine’s Day cards.
Federal’s branch and remote workers added to the impact as approximately 20,000 cards were mailed in from remote sites. Many branches completed Valentines for Veterans as a team volunteer activity.
“These simple service projects are a great way to jumpstart momentum with our volunteers early in the year,” said Natasha Johnson, Branch Operations Marketing Liaison and Community Service Champion at Navy Federal. “Valentines for Veterans is an easy, heartfelt way for us to show our members that we care, and card-writing flexibility allows us to engage our entire workforce.”
Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond.
Hard to argue with that logic.
80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds.
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A church-going agricultural worker. An Echo Park man taking his son to school. A 16-year-old kid searching for work to support his family in Mexico. Three weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, a clearer picture is beginning to emerge of some of the first Californians targeted in his high-profile immigration crackdown. It’s very different from the descriptions of hardened criminals he has touted.
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The author used artificial intelligence in the crafting of this article. I recently have received requests from current and former people experiencing homelessness to write about the thieves among us.
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The Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) in Denmark said the risk of war with Russia would be greatly amplified if the Kremlin perceived the US as unwilling to come to the aid of its European partners
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