Committee sets newsletter items; Toys for Tots drop-off details due to city by mid-November

The Veteran and Veteran Families Advisory Committee agreed to three newsletter items for the coming issues: the new Veterans Day informational booth and veteran memorial information for the November newsletter; the veteran banner program notice if approved; and Toys for Tots information for December.

Committee members asked that the Toys for Tots entry include drop-off locations and a firm deadline. One committee speaker said the final collection date is Nov. 7 and that donations must be at the VA by Nov. 12. A committee member who coordinates distribution in Seminole County said he already has 26 drop-off locations and recommended limiting the city newsletter to the most accessible sites (for example, the top 10 locations with the most hours).

Hannah Kirsch offered to work with committee members on newsletter copy. The committee set a target that copy for the Dec. 1 newsletter be available about two weeks earlier (mid-November) to allow communications staff to prepare the mailing and social posts.

The advisory committee agreed to include the informational booth and veteran banner program notices in November’s outreach and Toys for Tots in December’s newsletter; members volunteered to provide contact details and to compile a short list of drop-off locations for the December item.