Job Corps students served lunch to veterans on Nov. 11 at VFW

Photos courtesy of John Thomas: (Left) Job Corps students helped serve lunch to veterans and their guests Saturday at the Lincoln VFW Post in Medina. Here, Jermaine Miller and Javen Feliciano are ready to fill veterans’ plates. (Right) Hasmieu Jalloh and Marcos Garcia, students at Iroquois Job Corps, sold red poppies and handed out patriotic mementoes on Veterans’ Day at the Lincoln VFW Post in Medina, as Job Corps operations director John Thomas watches.

MEDINA – An important part of students’ curriculum at Iroquois Job Corps is getting out into the local community to interact with people and volunteer their services.

In recent months, Job Corps students have painted the Shelby Town Hall and did construction work for PAWS animal shelter in Albion, to name a few projects.

Last weekend, however, the students showed their respect for veterans by volunteering to help at a Veterans’ Day lunch provided by the Lincoln VFW Post in Medina.

As part of their volunteer efforts, the students made 75 patriotic cards, which they handed out to veterans who came for lunch.

John Thomas of Medina, operations director at Iroquois Job Corps, accompanied the students, Hasmieu Jalloh, Marcos Garcia, Javen Feliciano, Jermaine Miller and Asia Borden. The students helped by selling red poppies and serving lunch.

Jim Freas, former commander of the Post, said he thought it was great the students come to help. He added it is so important for the students to show their appreciation of veterans. He also thanked Thomas for bringing the young Job Corps people out and promoting community service.

At least 40 veterans were served lunch, a Veterans’ Day tradition Freas said the VFW has done for more than 20 years.

A large photo of Marines in front of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. is the backdrop for this picture of students from Iroquois Job Corps who volunteered to help at the Lincoln VFW Post in Medina on Veterans’ Day. From left are Hasmieu Jalloh, operations director John Thomas of Medina, Marcos Garcia, Javen Feliciano, Jermaine Miller, Asia Borden and VFW Post commander Patrick Little.