Beyond the Yellow Ribbon launches in Elk River
Annette Kuyper, the director of military outreach for the Minnesota Army National Guard, helped Elk River launch itself into the next phase of becoming a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon community this past weekend.
Kuyper was the keynote speaker at the Jan. 7 Beyond the Yellow Ribbon community kickoff event, which was hosted by the members of a local steering committee and was open to the general public.
The program attracted dozens of people and demonstrated that while much has been accomplished to get this effort to reach servicemen and -women and their families off the ground, a great deal of work remains.
“The Yellow Ribbon program in the state of Minnesota is creating miracles all around Minnesota,” Kuyper said. “It’s creating a whole new way we can support military families — leading the way in the nation for how America can take care of its veterans.” See more in Editor Jim Boyle’s Star News story.
