Cards for Vets 2026: Utica, Rome and Whitesboro Students Write to Local Veterans by Nov. 1

Students across Oneida County have until Saturday, Nov. 1, 2026, to turn in handmade thank-you cards for this year's Cards for Vets drive, now in its seventh year, WIBX reports. Hundreds of kids are expected to take part.

Schools taking part: Utica, Rome, Whitesboro, New York Mills, Oriskany, Westmoreland and Holland Patent districts. Utica Academy of Science, Notre Dame, the New York State School for the Deaf and the House of the Good Shepherd's Tilton School were also invited.

Where the cards go: American Legion and VFW posts, nursing homes and senior centers throughout the county, delivered ahead of Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

The drive is run through the schools; no public drop-off was published. If your child's class isn't part of it, a card mailed or dropped at your local Legion or VFW post does the same job.