2022 HOMETOWN HEROES MAGAZINE

2022 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May / June 2022 Page 35 Hoops for Heroes games exemplify the meaning of home town heroes O n Saturday, April 23rd, West Lincoln- Broadwell School student athletes and the Central Illinois Veterans Commission co- hosted the annual Hoops for Heroes basketball game at WLB. The annual event is a fundraiser for local veterans. For the past two years, the money raised during the show has gone to the CIVC for the Veteran Tiny Home building projects. Prior to 2021, the fundraiser benefitted the Veteran Honor Flight project. The Honor Flight program was another very worthwhile project that provided day trips for veterans to Washington D.C. to see the war memorials. Honor flights made multiple trips a year to the nation’s capital, and over the years dozens of Logan County veterans have gone. The Honor Flight was halted in 2020 due to Coronavirus. At the same time, the CIVC was working hard to raise money for the construction of tiny homes for veterans. Everything fell into place nicely for the CIVC to be the next organization to benefit from the annual event. While the program is called Hoops FOR Heroes, it could just as easily be called Hoops BY Heroes, for every person young and older alike are heroes in the eyes of those who will benefit with safe, sturdy housing in newly constructed homes, at no cost to them. Continue 8