Surplus Funds Raised For Chillicothe’s Purple Heart City Monument- Donated To Local Veterans Group
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Chillicothe was designated a Purple Heart City in late June with a monument dedicated in Veterans Park on Veterans Day 2021. Melody Lapczynski, who organized the drive for Chillicothe’s Purple Heart status, appeared on a Litter Media Special Edition interview with Dan Ramey where she gave a follow up on the dedication of the Purple Heart Monument.
Money was raised in the community went for the constructing the Purple Heart Monument and the Purple Heart City signs that appear at the various City of Chillicothe entrances.
The surplus of the funds raised for the monument and signs have been donated to the group known as Veterans In Transition, which is based at the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center. They have been presented a check for over $3,567.
