Salute to the Golden Corral and all the Veterans and family members who attended the Nov. 12th Veterans Appreciation Dinner. Special thanks for all the donations during the past week which will go to support our Veterans in need throughout our five-county area.

The Official State of Minnesota Veterans Day Program is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday, November 11 at the Veterans Memorial Community Center in Inver Grove Heights. The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs invites Veterans, families, elected officials and community members to celebrate and honor all Veterans who have served this country. This year’s program will have a special focus on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice that ended WWI. This year’s program will conclude with the nation-wide Tolling of the Bell at 11 a.m. In remembrance of those who served and sacrificed, Americans across the nation will ring bells at exactly the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

DAV and Golden Corral are once again partnering for the 18th Annual Military Appreciation Night on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. The evening’s events, held at Golden Corral restaurants nationwide, will offer up free meals to veterans and active-duty service members, while collecting donations to support DAV’s grassroots service initiatives throughout the country. MN DAV Chapter 39 and Auxiliary 39 volunteers will team up to support Military Appreciation Night from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Golden Corral, 3580 Main St NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55448. DAV volunteers will also be manning a DAV donation and membership information table at the Golden Corral in Coon Rapids from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Mon. to Sat., Nov. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, 10 and Sunday, Nov. 11, from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Since the start of the 17-year tradition, Golden Corral has served just over 5.3 million complimentary meals and generated more than $14.3 million in guest contributions for DAV to support community-based service initiatives for veterans.