MCC collecting holiday donations for soldiers overseas

McHenry County College is collecting donations for U.S. men and women serving in Iraq to help make the holidays a little merrier for them.

Collection boxes will be available on campus through Nov. 12, when the college will hold its annual Veterans Day program in the multipurpose room.

Boxes are located outside Room B174, in the Commons Area in Building B, room A256; outside the Financial Aid Office in Building A; and in rooms C212 and E212.

Suggestions for gifts include phone cards, AA and AAA batteries, warm socks, skin lotion, comedy DVDs, music CDs, electronic hand-held games, crossword puzzles, word search games, cookies, trail mix, nuts, candy and holiday note cards, including Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa.

The Veterans Day Recognition ceremony on Nov. 12 will feature keynote speaker Major Frank Bart of Wauconda, music by the McHenry High School Band and Choral Ensemble.

A Combined Services Color Guard presentation will be featured, along with bagpipes music.

The ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the college and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided following the program.

For more information, call Deb Gallo at (815) 479-7547 or Lynn McCabe at (815) 455-8763.