Clark Mills American Legion Post 26 Serves 75 Veterans Free Veterans Day Meals
The Legion hall doubles as Clark Mills' emergency shelter, and neighbors are still raising money for a standby generator there after last year's tornado.
American Legion Post 26 in Clark Mills served free hot meals to 75 local veterans on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, the Daily Sentinel reported. Volunteers cooked at the Legion, where 60 veterans ate, and drove 15 more meals to veterans who are homebound.
The money came by a roundabout route. A former Clark Mills resident who now lives in North Carolina sent the Clark Mills Historical Society a gift to buy ice cream for kids at its September open house. Bonomo's Dari Creme in Kirkland donated the ice cream instead, so the society had money left over and the donor didn't want it back.
Organizers first thought about putting it toward a standby generator for the Legion, then settled on the Veterans Day meal, according to Lorraine Kinney-Kitchen, who chairs the Clark Mills Coalition.
No date has been published for the generator fundraiser.
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