Veterans – St. Francis Villa | Assisted Living | Jefferson Parish | New Orleans https://stfrancisvilla.com Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:14:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://stfrancisvilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sfvlogo-transparent-200-150x150.png Veterans – St. Francis Villa | Assisted Living | Jefferson Parish | New Orleans https://stfrancisvilla.com 32 32 Hometown Heroes https://stfrancisvilla.com/hometown-heroes/ Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:10:49 +0000 https://stfrancisvilla.com/?p=736 On Tuesday, 9/10/13, St. Francis Villa honored our “Hometown Heroes.”  We have several of our own who have fought for our nation in World War 2 or Korea.  POW and Purple Heart are among those who live at St. Francis.  As part of National Assisted Living Week, we took time to honor our vets and celebrate the achievements they made on behalf of our country.

Hometown Heroes John and Earl
Hometown Heroes John and Earl

We served “HERO” sandwiches (what else?) to them and decorated their places in the dining room with red, white and blue, and cards expressing our thanks.  Then we ALL celebrated with Plum Street Snoballs!!

Alberta with her Plum Street Snoball
Alberta with her Plum Street Snoball

How blessed we are to have real live heroes walking our halls every day!

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