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MilVets trustees describe $15,000 in scholarships, rally model as parade attendance wanes
Summary
MilVets Educational Foundation told the House Veterans and Military Development Committee it awards two $5,000 and two $2,500 scholarships at both its Armed Forces Day luncheon and Veterans Day rally, runs entirely on volunteers and has shifted a downtown parade to a rally model at the National Veterans Memorial Museum.
Carrie Killingsworth, president of MilVets Educational Foundation (MilVets), told the House Veterans and Military Development Committee that the small, volunteer-run nonprofit awards $15,000 at each of two annual events and has shifted a long-running downtown parade into a Veterans Day rally at the National Veterans Memorial Museum.
"We are 100% volunteers who serve as trustees, associate trustees and advisors," Killingsworth said. She described two primary annual events: an Armed Forces Day luncheon, set for May 16…
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