LETTERS: HELPING VETS COMBAT LONELINESS

To the editor:

Thanks to the Southeast Missourian for the donation of tickets to the Missouri Veterans Home for the recent Wild Blue Country concert.

The 146 men and four women veterans here represent nearly 2,000 years of military service and participation in nearly 1,000 land, sea and air battles from World War I through Vietnam. Some are here as a result of wounds suffered in those battles protecting America from her enemies.

The new enemies of these patriots are those common to all long-term care facilities: loneliness, helplessness and boredom. We battle these new enemies with the activities and outings that donations allow us to provide. Your donation especially helps fight the enemies of loneliness and boredom.

KEN LIPPS

Volunteer Services, Public Relations, Fund Raising

Missouri Veterans Home

Cape Girardeau