Mundelein students and police serve veterans
The Mundelein Police Department and area school students spent a recent Friday serving a multicourse meal to dozens of veterans.
The police department oversees the Mundelein After School Coalition, which includes students from area middle schools and Mundelein High School. The coalition provides activities for adolescents after school lets out that are safe and which keeps them from making poor decisions. Part of the group's mission is to offer outreach services to the community.
About a dozen coalition students representing M.H.S., Fremont Middle School, Carl Sandburg Middle School and West Oak Middle School brainstormed different groups for which to raise funds, from pets to veterans, and settled on assisting local veterans. A fee-based Halloween event helped them raise $500, which they donated to local veteran groups.