According to Hamlin Town Supervisor Thomas Breslawski, the town has launched the Hamlin Veterans Services page on the Hamlin website. The Veterans Services page, located at www.hamlin.org/veterans-services.html, lists the many programs and services offered by the Town of Hamlin, Monroe County and New York State for the benefit of United States military veterans. The page includes information on the Monroe County Veterans Discount Card Program, and links to Honor Flight Rochester and the Monroe County Clerk’s Office.
At a Monroe County Supervisor’s Association meeting this past summer, Peter J. Glennon, Director and Legal Counsel of Honor Flight Rochester, introduced the group to the town supervisors and asked them to help publicize their cause of flying World War II veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the World War II Memorial.
Honor Flight Rochester is free to all WWII veterans and any veteran who suffers from terminal illness. Honor Flight Rochester’s goal is to take every veteran who otherwise would not or could not fly. Veterans typically travel in the order their applications are received. Medical priorities are the exception. The flying season is April to November. Applications are now being accepted for 2013.
Breslawski said he was especially moved by Honor Flight Rochester’s presentation on that day. “My grandfather was a World War II veteran. He lived a good clean life and gave so much back to his community. It was very inspirational to see a group like Honor Flight Rochester recognizing those efforts so many years later,” said Breslawski. This sparked Breslawski to immediately put the Honor Flight Rochester link up on the Hamlin website. Then he began to think of even broader possibilities. “It occurred to me that there are many other veterans of all ages in our community and so many programs available to them that they might not be award of. Creating the Veterans Services page on the Hamlin website is the perfect way to address all veterans and their needs within our community,” Breslawski stated in a press release.
On Veteran’s Day, November 12, the Town of Hamlin Veterans Services page went online and will serve to publicize and promote veterans programs at all levels of government.
