Littleton 8th Grader Receives Award

On October 11, Megan Buehler, a student at Littleton Preparatory Charter School, received a Certificate of Appreciation from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

The award was presented during a surprise ceremony at her school, by Paul Sherbo, Director of Public & Inter-Governmental Affairs. Megan had no idea that a presentation would be made in front of her classmates at the school.

So far, in 2006, Megan has volunteered more than 100 hours of her time to help veterans. This is her 8th year of volunteering; she began when she was five.

To help prepare Ft. Logan National Cemetery for the annual Memorial Day observances, she helps place the 80,000 flags at the gravestones, place the floral arrangements and clean up afterward. It is only through such volunteer labor that this work can be done.

In addition to her work at Ft. Logan, she has been a long time volunteer at National Disabled Veterans Ski Clinic. She walks blind veteran’s dogs, runs errands and most importantly thanks the veterans for their service.