Pennsylvania Power & Light employees delivered all the makings of a full thanksgiving dinner to the veterans living at Veterans Place in Ephrata.  The Ephrata home is one of the three homes owned and operated by the Pennsylvania American Legion Housing for Homeless Veterans Corporation.

“We (the employees of PPL) just want to say thank you for their service and this is one way we can do it”, says Donna Schanno, the spearhead of this project.  “All the employees of PPL donated money to ensure that these veterans would be able to have a real Thanksgiving dinner.”  Under the watchful eye of Donna, Don Spade and Don Stoudt went grocery shopping and then delivered the goods to the veterans living in the home.

Don Spade, a Vietnam veteran, and Don Stoudt make sure that there was enough food to not only take care of Thanksgiving, but to provide them with meals up through Christmas.

“We have been doing this for several years and with the generosity of the employees of PPL we will continue to do this for many years to come,” relays Spade.

“It is always a pleasure to do this for these veterans,” says Stoudt.  “I know the veterans who live here appreciate it.  It gives us a good feeling as well.”

“Wow,” the veterans exclaimed as Spade, Stoudt and Donna continued to bring in bag after bag of food, including pumpkin pies, cranberry sauce, corn, potatoes and much more, along with a 20-pound turkey.  “The food just kept coming and coming,” the veterans said.  “We couldn’t believe our eyes.”

The veterans living at the Ephrata home gave their thanks to the employees of PPL for thinking of them during the holiday season and for their concern and generosity in providing them with all the fixings that will make this Thanksgiving something to really be thankful for.  The veterans at Veterans Place wish God’s blessing upon everyone and hopes that each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and dinner – they sure did!

The veterans living in the Coraopolis home received Thanksgiving dinner donated by Housing for Homeless Veterans Corporation and the veterans living in the Philadelphia home enjoyed their Thanksgiving dinner from Angel Food Ministries.