RichmondCC to Display Heroes Trees for Veterans in Two Locations

By Press release submission

Sep 3, 2021

Richmond Community College issued the following announcement on Aug. 30.

Richmond Community College will be honoring veterans this fall with an Our Heroes’ Tree display and ceremony at both the Hamlet Campus and the Scotland County Campus.

Our Heroes’ Tree® is a national initiative that bridges military and civilian communities by honoring the service and sacrifice of U.S. service members and their families. Communities, classrooms, families and groups come together to discover and celebrate the names and stories of family members, friends, neighbors and others who have served or are serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. They create remembrance ornaments that are hung on a tree honoring the legacies of American service people.

The kick-off ceremony for the Our Heroes’ Tree® display for the Hamlet Campus will be at 10 a.m. Sept. 23 at the Cole Auditorium. The kick-off ceremony for the tree at the Scotland County Campus will be at 10 a.m. Sept. 29. The tree will be located in the lobby of the Honeycutt Center.

The public is welcome to attend these ceremonies honoring military service men and women, as well as to make an ornament to be displayed on Our Heroes’ Tree® at either location. Ornaments are to be made in honor or memory of a member of the military. The following ornament making sessions are open to the public:

Sept. 8 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hamlet Senior Center, Veteran's Club

Sept. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Honeycutt Center at the RichmondCC Scotland County Campus, Laurinburg

Sept. 16 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Cole Auditorium, Hamlet

Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the café on the RichmondCC Hamlet campus.

The tree will remain on display until Veterans Day on Nov. 11. Anyone wanting their ornament returned must pick it up the week immediately after Veterans Day when the Our Heroes’ Tree® display ends.

For more information about where to get materials to make an ornament for the tree, contact Sheri Dunn-Ramsay at (910) 410-1907 or srdunn-ramsay@richmondcc.edu.

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