Serving up meals for veterans in Cloquet

By WDIO

The Cloquet American Legion Auxiliary Unit 262 and Cloquet VFW Auxiliary Unit 3979 teamed up on Veterans Day to prepare and hand out free ham dinners to area veterans.

“It’s a good meal and they deserve to be recognized,” said Ron Stigers, Commander of Post 3979. “They did serve in combat, a lot of them. A lot of them didn’t, but they [still] served. They put their name on the line and walked that line.”

For Stigers, taking care of vets is personal, being one himself.

“I come from a family of accumulated 168 years of service to our country,” explained Stigers. “I served in Desert Storm and I’m a retired Air Force policeman, but it’s the obligation that we need to take up. Because if we don’t take it up, who’s going to?”

The units will also be doing a Thanksgiving meal and a Christmas meal this holiday season.