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“Overwhelming,” said Leslie Peters, great nephew of Corey Spencer, on visiting the beautiful VFW National Home with his family in the crisp of autumn for the first time in his life. Up until a few months ago, Leslie was unaware that his great uncle, cattleman, and VFW member, Corey Spencer, donated a farm on 472 acres of beautiful rolling land alongside the Grand River outside of Eaton Rapids back in 1923 …

“Don’t look for a quick fix; Marriage only works when you work at it” is one takeaway that six National Home couples went away with. The group participated in a two-day retreat called Operation Thriving Marriage, based on a book of the same name by Bryon and Jennifer Harvey. The Harveys arrived on campus with a desire help married residents by donating their time and conducting five workshops titled: …

VFW National Home Life Members gathered recently for their annual meeting. The Annual Meeting of Life Members is when we thank outgoing trustees whose terms have ended and welcome our new incoming trustees. Alongside our new trustees, the new board president and vice president are sworn in as well.  Board President Annabelle Furgason of District 7 ended her term as president and passed the gavel to K…

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Fulfils Couple’s Dream Rodney McDonald and his wife Christi dreamt of building a home they could offer to a struggling family to get back on their feet, who then in turn, would move out, allowing another needy family to move in. “Year after year one thing or another happened, and we couldn’t make this dream a reality,” said McDonald, who along with his family and wife, own CW Leasing and Transport Inc.,…