With Veterans Day coming up, the Selden Home Depot honored the Farmingville-Holtsville Veterans Memorial Park on Friday.
Over 40 Home Depot employees came together to represent 10 Suffolk County Home Depot stores to support US Veterans. The associates got on their knees to clean-up the Memorial Park. Plants, fresh mulch, new seeds and topsoil brought back life to the park.
The Suffolk County Department of Public Works came down and brought a heavy boulder with a plaque to help move a rock to a more desirable and appealing location.
Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone called the Home Depot employees “the orange army” for their selflessness and generosity in passing it forward to those who gave their all to serve the United States of America.
In attendance included the Farmingville Fire Department, Farmingville Residents Association, Farmingville Historical Society and several others.
Suffolk County houses the largest contingency of Veterans across New York State. Mental health care and housing are two prominent issues for Veterans on Long Island.
“As our men and women begin transitioning back to civilian life, they need to know there is help out there,” Legislator Nick Caracappa told The Messenger. “They have access to all these facilities and services that are through Suffolk County and private organizations.”
“We need to get this message out to our new Veterans,” Caracappa added.
The next event to keep an eye out for is for the “Light Up Our Communities Green” which will take place at The Paramount in Huntington Village this Friday.
Legislator Stephanie Bontempi and Nick Caracappa submitted legislation that was unanimously passed to recognize the days of November 7-10 to honor Veterans. The same 10 Home Depot stores have donated over 300 green bulbs for the event.
