By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Central Kansas Veterans Community Partnership and Hospice and Home Care of Reno County are coming together to help get personal care items for veterans.
"When we have patients admitted that we know are veterans, one of our volunteers, who is a veteran themselves, will take a certificate to them," said Micki Wilson with Hospice and Home Care of Reno County. "The certificate says that we thank them for their military service. When a patient dies at Hospice House and that patient is a veteran, the family is presented a folded flag. We're always trying to come up with things that we can do to honor veterans."
We Honor Veterans is a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
"We have donation barrels around town," Wilson said. "There's one at the American Legion, one at the VFW, one at the Kindred Hospice office, one here at our office, Hospice of Reno County and one at Hospice House. We're asking for things that we're going to put together as a care package and Noel Lodge will be distributing these care packages to homeless veterans here in the area."
The groups have put together a veterans wish list for items to be donated. That list is below.
White socks
White underwear
White T-shirts
Travel tissues
Puzzle books
Peanut Butter crackers
Cheese crackers
Single serving coffee
Rain ponchos
Small flashlights/ batteries
Insect repellant
Sunscreen
Gallon size zipper style baggies
Backpacks
Laundry detergent pods
Travel size toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Body wash
Shampoo
Conditioner
Deodorant
Lotion