LEESBURG — Scouts and leaders walked around Leesburg during the afternoon hours of Saturday, Dec. 12, placing flyers at residences and businesses to help collect non perishable food to help those in need this holiday season.

By JOE DONNELLY, Indiana Senator INDIANA — We owe it to our service members to help them access the best quality mental health care and to deliver that care in a way that meets their needs. My bipartisan “Service member and Veteran Mental Health Care Package” is an important step in our fight against military …read more.

ELKHART – Jimtown and Triton will battle on the hardcourt Friday night for the last time as Northern State Conference boys basketball rivals, but there will be much more important attachment to the game at Jimtown. The night will be dubbed “Military Appreciation Night”, hosted by Jimtown but also extended to Triton as a show …read more.

By JOE DONNELLY United States Senator for Indiana After two years of working to combat the scourge of military suicide, the Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act is now law. This landmark legislation recently passed the House and the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act and was signed into law by the …read more.

By LINDSAY JANCEK Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski In an effort to reduce the number of veterans and troops who commit suicide, Congresswoman Jackie Walorski recently supported legislation she co-sponsored to increase access and improve the quality of mental health care administered to veterans. H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, …read more.

By LINDSAY JANCEK Communications Director, Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, member of the House Armed Services Committee, expressed her concern with the high rate of military sexual assaults after a report released by the Department of Defense reported 19,000 incidents of unwanted sexual contact in 2014. The report, which anonymously surveyed members …read more.

By ALYSSA AHERN Public Relations Associate, Project Evergreen As Project EverGreen’s SnowCare for Troops campaign begins its fifth season, the program is expanding to serve wounded and disabled U.S. veterans in addition to families of currently deployed military personnel with snow and ice removal services during the winter months. The program currently serves more than …read more.

By LORI ANN TILDEN Administrative Assistant, Warsaw Community Schools Sandy McClellan’s sixth grade students are reaching out to our United States Military during the holiday season by sending them Christmas stockings full of goodies and encouraging notes. This is the third year that Sandy McClellan has partnered with Jennifer Kauffman from Vein Institute and Medi …read more.

By DAVID GROUT Media Relations, Grace College and Seminary Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has named Grace College to its coveted Military Friendly Schools list for the fifth consecutive year. The 2015 Military Friendly Schools list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities, and trade schools …read more.

By KIM KOMDEUR Kosciusko County American Red Cross With the help of the Red Cross, Americans can send holiday cards with messages season’s greetings and holiday wishes to military members and veterans who cannot be with their families this season. The Holiday Mail for Heroes program runs until Nov. 26. This year, card making and …read more.