- “Continuing our children’s service and memory by serving our veterans, active-duty personnel, and the community.”
- In the last year, Nebraska Gold Star Mothers have completed more than 5,000 volunteer hours.
- Nebraska Gold Star Mothers stretches across the entire state.
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Wednesday is pantry day at the Victory Apartments in Omaha.
“We love all our men and women here at the pantry. We’re very attached to them,” Nebraska Gold Star Mothers President Barb Yllescas-Vorthmann.
The apartments are home to more than 280 low-income or previously homeless veterans.
Now, a few things are always the same on pantry day.
One, it gets a bit chaotic in the pantry room.
Two, the line of veterans picking up essentials is long.
“There’s no supermarkets around here and most don’t have transportation, so there became a need for a food pantry,” Yllescas-Vorthmann explained.
And three, the Nebraska Gold Star Mothers are running the show.
“We’ve got it down to a science now, it’s kind of …