RISING SUN â After a year of overcoming isolation, uncertainty and loss, the veterans at Perry Point VA Medical Center will get an extra dose of holiday cheer thanks to Garrett Rees, a Rising Sun High School freshman who organized an effort to collect cards, books, hats, gloves and other gifts to deliver to the veterans ahead of Christmas.
Rees, a Navy Sea Cadet, basketball player and martial arts student, explained that idea came from larger national projects â in sixth grade, he participated in Wreaths Across America, decorating the graves of fallen soldiers to honor their service, and Stocking for Soldiers, which spreads supplies, gifts and holiday cheer to active duty troops around the world.