WASHINGTON - More than 100 military families from throughout the National Capital Region spent the day volunteering at the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Northwest Washington, D.C., for National Family Volunteer Day Nov. 14, 2015.
The families helped out the AFRH staff by washing wheelchairs, raking leaves, cleaning the arts and crafts room, decorating the hallways for fall, dusting the library books, and delivering thank you notes to the residents in honor of Veterans Day. Volunteers were also able to visit with several of the residents, including Edward Davis, 93, a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor and a veteran of World War II, Vietnam and the Korean War.
The event lasted from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., and included a chance for the volunteers to eat lunch with residents after lending a helping hand around the facility.