Midstate students donate nearly 2k items, hundreds of dollars to Lebanon VA Medical Center
LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Midstate students delivered thousands of items and hundreds of dollars in checks and gift cards to the Lebanon VA Medical Center.
The Williams Valley Vikings for Veterans organization was launched by Williams Valley High School senior Kaitlyn Balliet.
She says she started the group to honor vets from her family.
Items gathered and donated included things like soap, toothpaste, and clothing.
'It was kind of a slow pace when we first started,' Balliet said, 'I had gone to my history teacher and then I asked if we thought we could do something like this and we proposed it to my principal, then I went to a school board meeting and they thought it was a great idea.'
'We put bins in every single classroom and there were kids bringing stuff in about everyday,' she added.
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She said some local businesses and others also committed a little more than $500 to the cause, which was donated as checks and gift cards.
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