Remember-A-Vet 2024

The 2024 campaign, which began on Thanksgiving, ran through January 1st of 2025.

“We appreciate the many donors who contributed to this program, which has continued to thank and honor our Veterans,” said Todd Greenman, Voluntary Service Officer.

Remember-A-Vet is now in its 71st year, having begun in December 1953 when Art Middleton, a reporter and editor at the local newspaper and a Veteran himself, proposed the fund-raising program after some readers asked how they could support Veterans that were hospitalized. Middleton was commissioned as an Army infantry officer in 1942, was injured in combat in St. Lo, France, in 1944. He then served as public relations officer at Percy Jones Army Hospital. After he was honorably discharged in 1946, he became a reporter at the Battle Creek Enquirer newspaper.

In 1971, Middleton died, and his wife continued supporting the program until her death. The tradition continues with the family as daughter Pam Lajoie, and granddaughter Shannon Cochran both work at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center and are pleased that his legacy continues.

“The Remember-A-Vet program is so important to the Veterans we care for as they are recognized throughout the year for their service,” said Greenman.

Donations can be sent directly to: Community and Volunteer Service, VA Medical Center (135), 5500 Armstrong Road, Battle Creek, MI 49037.

Donations can also be provided electronically by visiting the VA web site at: www.battlecreek.va.gov/giving and selecting the Donate button. Then, click the 1010 Fund for Remember-A-Vet. The name of a person who is being recognized or remembered with the donation may be included with the gift.

This year’s donors are:

Alfred DiGennaro
Alfred Grosskurth
Alma Weimer
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 298
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 465
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 64
American Legion Post 169
American Legion Post 55
Amy Winchell
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union
Barbara Hettich
Barbara Keith
Barbara Leaf
Barbara Taylor
Battle Creek Central High School Hall of Fame
BCCHS Hall of Fame
Beth Green
Bonita DiGennaro
Candice Leibert
Carolyn Palchak
Charles Johnson
Constance Corbin
Constance Mixon
Constance Zimmerman
Corvette Club of Battle Creek
Cynthia Koerner
Daniel Bretl
Daniel Shearer
Daughters of the American Revolution
David Davis
David Keeton
Denise Demarest
Dianna Flint
Dolores Devyak
Donald Kachman
Donna Staines
Dorothy Hutchison
Dorothy Snyder
East Eckford Community Church
Gail Minneman
Gary Steiner
Gerald Tilmann
Gertrude Hickman
Gregory Geise
Hallmark Club
James Postula
Janine Adams
Jean DeWitt
Jean Kraft
Jeff Radewan
Jeffrey Albaugh
Jeffrey Cahill
Jewish War Veterans Memorial Home Association
Jewish War Veterans of the United States Department of Michigan
Jill Crim
Joan Haffenden
Joan Klopfenstein
Joanne Geise
Johnita Keeton
Joseph Blythe
Juanita Solis-Kidder
Judith Smith
Judy Erk
Julianne Laberteaux
Julianne Moore
Kathleen Haas
Kathleen Linsley
Kathryn Ward
Kathy Antaya
Kenneth Bell
Kimberly Martin
Larry Yarger
Lee Peck
Linda Gillett
Linda Stoddard
Lorie Hume
Margaret Hiscock
Margaret Reincke
Marianne Heine
Marilyn Hosking
Mary Bates
Mary Boughton
Mary Ellen Jackson
Mary Lusk
Michael Barnes
Michael Chamberlain
Michael Jenkins
Michael MacDonald
Michael Rahn
Michaele Mathews
Miriam Bible Study Group
Nancy Straub
Norma Sly
Nyrhe Royal
Pamela Bertelson
Peggy Brown
Polish Legion of American Veterans Post 83
Pythian Sisters
Raymond Perry
Rebecca Armock
Rebecca Bellinger
Regis Klingler
Renita Wallen
Robert Cronk
Rose Coakes
Rose Mary Coakes
S. J. Edwards
Saint Augustine Cathedral
Salem Helping Hands
Sandra Colburn
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hover
Sandra Winchell
Sharon Mileski
Sharon Spriggel
Sherril Keese
Sons of AMVETS Squadron 1988
Suicide Prevention and Awareness of Calhoun County
Susan Truax
Theodore Anderson
Theresa Bretl
Thomas Bates
United Auto Workers Local 488 Retirees
United Auto Workers Local 602
Valerie Hodge
Vaughn Gresly
VFW Auxiliary Post 2335
VFW Auxiliary Post 3243
VFW Auxiliary Post 5319
Victoria Bolton
Virginia Hensley Living Trust
Wendy Riley
William Broderick
William Hoffman
William Ray