{"id":35992,"date":"2022-01-25T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=35992"},"modified":"2022-01-25T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:26:03","slug":"houlahan-invites-community-to-participate-in-2nd-valentines-for-vets-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=35992","title":{"rendered":"Houlahan invites community to participate in 2nd Valentines for Vets event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15497\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15497\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15497\" src=\"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/image003-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Chrissy Houlahan distributes valentines at the Coatesville VA Medical Center, 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a successful inaugural card drive last year, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)\u00a0announced the return of her office\u2019s Valentines for Veterans project today. Houlahan is inviting students and community members to participate in the project by making cards for area veterans, thanking them for their service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, we were inspired by our community\u2019s overwhelming response,\u201d\u00a0said Houlahan.\u00a0\u201cWe collected over 2,000 individual messages, allowing us to give each veteran several heartfelt notes of appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many Pennsylvanians, our veterans have endured a lot throughout the pandemic. As we work to address their ongoing needs \u2013 accessing veterans\u2019 benefits in a timely manner, scheduling health care appointments with ease, and more \u2013 this gesture is a simple reminder that we appreciate their service.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The cards will be delivered\u00a0in the days before Valentine&#8217;s Day to area veterans\u2019 medical and community centers. Those who wish to participate may drop off or mail\u00a0cards to Houlahan\u2019s\u00a0West Chester office anytime between now and Monday, February 7. Due to the temporary City Hall closure in Reading, we are currently unable to collect cards at that office. Call (610) 883-5050 with any questions.<\/p>\n<p>District Office:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rep. Chrissy Houlahan\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>709 E. Gay Street, Suite 4\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>West Chester, PA 19380\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Houlahan\u2019s office is also accepting requests to send valentines to veterans who may not live in a veterans\u2019 facility. If you know a veteran and wish for Houlahan\u2019s office to send them valentines, please call (610) 883-5050 with their name and address byMonday, February 7 or fill out <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfBJL6Yg2jmdTvG631wQPK-dH7ji8htAnqhHoMCC6kY5F2elg\/viewform\">this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful inaugural card drive last year, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)\u00a0announced the return of her office\u2019s Valentines for Veterans project today. Houlahan is inviting students and community members to participate in the project by making cards for area veterans, thanking them for their service. \u201cLast year, we were inspired by our community\u2019s overwhelming response,\u201d\u00a0said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6269,12163,13677,4155],"class_list":["post-35992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-rep-chrissy-houlahan","tag-valentines","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35993,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35992\/revisions\/35993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}