25-03-2025
Luncheon brings together veterans, community members
STRUTHERS, Ohio (WKBN) — A special lunch event Tuesday brought dozens of disabled children and adults together with hundreds of area veterans.
Directors with the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities hosted their 11th Veterans of the Valley luncheon in conjunction with DD Awareness Month.
Organizers say the event allows their clients the chance to interact with some of those who served the valley and their country in uniform.
'We wanted to come up with an event where we give back to the community, and because we get a lot of recognition, there are billboards, there's TV ads, all those types of things,' Bill Whitacre with the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities said. 'We thought what could we do to support people in our Valley that have meant so much to us.'
As part of Tuesday's event, proclamations were given to four area veterans including Victor Berarducci — who is 101 years old — and Arthur Newell — who's 99 — as well as Frank Marr and Grace Abernathy.
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