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Humbolt Elementary student places third in Americanism essay contest
‘Addressing our veterans’
by Maleah Archibald
We need to address the health and well-being of veterans
in the military and their families. We can help them overcome
their stress and disabilities. When they come back from the
military, they and their families have trouble with health is-
sues, finding health care, injuries, finding work, homelessness
and death. We can help them!
We need to make sure veterans get all of the health care
they need. Some care that they need is not available for them.
We need to have all of the health care they need close to them
and accessible for them. Wherever they live they should be
able to get help. They should get that because they served for
our country.
PTSD is one of the health issues veterans have. It is a disor-
der where a person has a hard time recovering after being in
awful events. Between 11 and 20% of veterans have PTSD. We
should make sure they are able to get therapies, medications
and go to specialists.
Veterans also come back from war and can’t find jobs. They
need to support their families. We should make up an organi-
zation that is run by veterans so they can easily get jobs once
they come back from the military.
Another problem is that some veterans come back and
they are homeless. One-third of homeless Americans are
veterans. When they come home we need to make sure they
have a home. We could make up an apartment for veterans (if
they don’t have a home) that they can stay in when they get
back from the military.
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When they are in the military it is also hard. They have to
fight. We could help them by sending them care packages.
We could also donate to the USO. The USO helps the military
workers and their families.
Maleah Archibald, left, receives an award from the American Legion Auxiliary’s Sherry Feiger for placing third in the state
for her Americanism essay.
Archibald addresses veterans issues
made it difficult to recognize this year’s
essayists.
For the fifth- and sixth-graders
locally, Jessica Surchorski’s students
placed first, second and third. Maleah
Archibald’s essay took the top spot, fol-
lowed by Hannah Cole and Eliza Bailey.
Feiger said the first-place essays
went on to the state competition.
Veterans are important. They served for our country. We
need to make sure that they and their families get what they
need to live. We need to them with their health issues, finding
health care, injuries, finding work, homelessness and death.
As you can see, we need to address the health and well-being
of our veterans, military and their families.
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A Grant County student, Maleah
Archibald, placed third at the state level
in the Americanism essay contest.
Nearly 100 students participated in
the American Legion Auxiliary’s annual
contest.
The local contest, sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary Ellis Tracy
Unit 77, had students grappling with
how to address the health and well-be-
ing of veterans, the military and their
families.
Coordinator Sherry Feiger said Ellis
Tracy Unit 77 participated in the state-
wide competition, but the pandemic has
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