Georgetown VFW Post 8587 Commander and Navy veteran John McCleskey presents Gift of Time Executive Director Becky Folta-May with a $2,000 check Aug. 25. Navy veteran John Gulling, a musician with Fond Memories, is kneeling. Pictured in the back row are Activities Director Jeanette Workman, respite participant and Air Force veteran Rusty Lowe, Fond Memories musician Terry Aynes, visitor and Coast Guard veteran John Bowen, Fond Memories musician Ty Choate and Gift of Time Board President Mary Odom.
Georgetown is home to a significant number of military veterans. Given the city’s demographics, many people dealing with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia also live here.
Those two populations met on Tuesday, Aug. 25, when Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8587 made a $2,000 contribution to A Gift of Time. The VFW also presented A Gift of Time with $5,000 last year. The local nonprofit offers a v…
