U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and State Senator Dr. David Parker were among the dozens of people who gathered at Baptist DeSoto on Nov. 11 to thank military veterans for their service and sacrifice. Baptist DeSoto’s annual Veterans Day celebration included a free heart-healthy breakfast, health screenings, and entertainment from DeSoto County schoolchildren.
Baptist DeSoto officials also presented members of the Army National Guard’s Project Package program with 8,900 shoeboxes filled with donated personal care items and snacks. Project Package will send the boxes to North Mississippi troops stationed overseas. DeSoto County students donated many of the boxes, and the hospital rewarded the three schools that collected the most boxes with donations to their physical education departments.