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Star Spangled Salute: A Veteran Gets Creative To Help Homeless Veterans

"I don't want to see a vet sleeping under a bridge. I don't want a vet sleeping in somebody's garage, and they don't know it, I want that vet to know somebody cares about him and we do,” veteran Ed Harmon said.

Tue, 12/22/2020 - 7:30am On behalf of our American Legion Post, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season! As has been said this year, many are struggling to get into the spirit because our normal celebrations with family and friends can’t happen. Probably good news for Zoom; let’s hope they can handle the volume. And, in the spirit of the season, Zoom has announced they are lifting their 40-minute time limits during the following times: 10 a.m. Dec 23 to 6 a.m. Dec 26; and 10 a.m. Dec 30 to 6 a.m. Jan. 2. The VA response to the pandemic and a...

Blount Community Fund (BCF), an affiliate fund of East Tennessee Foundation (ETF) celebrated the support and service of William “Ed” Harmon with a small, socially distanced plaque presentation on Dec. 14 at his Maryville home. Trudy Hughes, ETF’s vice president for regional advancement, shared, “We are here today to recognize and honor Ed Harmon for yet another great philanthropic commitment by Ed to his Blount County community. This Fund was formed when ETF matched Ed’s generous contribution. He has also served as one of many Blount County volunteer leaders growing r...

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 10:00am I am excited to report that the VETS team, let by Ed Harmon, has placed two of the homeless veteran shelter trailers with the Maine Bureau of Veteran Services (MBVS) and one is now occupied and the other will be soon. This means one homeless veteran is not living out in the cold and one more will be as well! The MBVS Facebook page now includes the VETS trailer as one of their resources. A big thank you to our community, individuals and businesses, who have supported VETS Inc, a 501(c) (3), over the past year. Ed also reports that four more trailers are now ...