Ohio Students Share Holiday Cards for Soldiers 

John Gregg Elementary School in Bergholz, Ohio created 2,500 greeting cards for soldiers and seniors in their community. Students in preschool through sixth grade all contributed cards, the Herald-Star reported. Melissa Huggins, who has run the program for three years, sent 64 envelopes to military members and sent cards to 10 nursing homes. Huggins comes from a military family, which motivated her to send cards to service members who might be far from home. 

DOE Awards Grant for Veterans Employment Program 

The Department of Energy recently committed $8 million to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago, funding its Veteran Applied Laboratory Occupational Retraining program. According to a Fermilab press release, the program provides training for service members recently leaving the military, with options of a 10-week and 6-month paid internship. Since 2022, Fermi has hired 22 veterans who participated in the program. 

Army photo by Cpl. Timothee Buangala