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Blue Star Families is joining forces with Old Dominion University, the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program, the Community Blueprint, and Give an Hour to remember 9/11 and to thank military families, veterans and service members. Volunteers, students, and runners will come together as part of the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance.

In recent years, a number of us have gotten together to observe Veterans Day in a new but very appropriate way: We’ve honored service with service. Joining with communities and organizations around the country, my colleagues from Blue Star Families have tackled projects ranging from the environment and children to homelessness and hunger, and of course, the quality of life for our nation’s veterans and military families.

This Thursday, Veterans Day, hundreds of civilian and military volunteers will join together to thank our veterans and their families for their service, through a service project of their own. Volunteers will be packing care packages for military families across the country, including those in Hampton Roads.