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Yes, there are a lot of good young kids out there, and some of those kids will be in Windsor.
Some of the American flags that flew over Windsor during the May 22, 2008, tornado will receive their proper due in Windsor.
The Flatirons Young Marines, a unit of boys and girls ages 8-18 from the northern Colorado area, will perform a flag retirement ceremony from 9-9:30 a.m. (today, May 30) at the American Legion, 624 Ash St., for the flags recovered from the Windsor area during the tornado.
Echoe Shriver, a Greeley resident and parent coordinator for the unit, said several Windsor families had American flags either tossed into the mud or shredded by the wind. She said that many families asked the Young Marines if they could give their flags a proper retirement.
“During that time of clean up, the children collected several flags and have been hanging on to them for the proper time to retire them,” Shriver said. “A lot of people came to the kids and said, ‘Here’s a flag. Can you do something with it?’ We have all this collection of flags, so we thought since it’s close to the one-year anniversary we would try to retire the flags properly. We have 10 to 15, maybe more. We kept them in storage for this last year.”
The Flatirons Young Marines program teaches kid respect and discipline, Shriver said. Twenty-five kids are in the Young Marines program and they live in Greeley, Fort Collins, Longmont, Thornton, Frederick, Platteville and other areas.
“When the tornado hit, we had three (Young Marines) families (from Windsor) that were affected. One totally lost their home. The young ladies that lived in Windsor that were part of our unit, they were out doing what they could do helping,” Shriver said. “My son (Jayhawk) is a Young Marine, and within minutes of the tornado hitting we were loaded up and he was out doing whatever he could do, and he’s 11.”
Shriver said a lot of the Young Marines started helping with the cleanup right after the tornado hit Windsor.
“That Saturday and Sunday after the tornado, we got a whole group that came over there and we went from home to home and helped clean, and do debris pick up,” Shriver said.
The northern Colorado unit seems to thrive on doing community service.
“Our unit was named Battalion Unit of the Year based on all the community service that they do,” Shriver said. “This group of kids last year were given a choice of doing some community service or hanging out and doing a fun camping trip with some other Young Marines, and they chose the community service.”
Shriver said it’s important for the Young Marines to see the flags retired.
“We have one young man that every time he finds a shredded flag or a flag that’s been disrespected, he somehow gets it for us and brings it to us,” she said. “This is a pretty big deal for the kids to do this.”
It’s a pretty big deal for Windsor, too.
T.M. Fasano is the editor of Windsor Now. If you have any story ideas, tidbits or anything of interest for All Around Our Town, please call him at 392-5631, or e-mail him at tfasano@mywindsornow.com.
Some of the American flags that flew over Windsor during the May 22, 2008, tornado will receive their proper due in Windsor.
The Flatirons Young Marines, a unit of boys and girls ages 8-18 from the northern Colorado area, will perform a flag retirement ceremony from 9-9:30 a.m. (today, May 30) at the American Legion, 624 Ash St., for the flags recovered from the Windsor area during the tornado.
Echoe Shriver, a Greeley resident and parent coordinator for the unit, said several Windsor families had American flags either tossed into the mud or shredded by the wind. She said that many families asked the Young Marines if they could give their flags a proper retirement.
“During that time of clean up, the children collected several flags and have been hanging on to them for the proper time to retire them,” Shriver said. “A lot of people came to the kids and said, ‘Here’s a flag. Can you do something with it?’ We have all this collection of flags, so we thought since it’s close to the one-year anniversary we would try to retire the flags properly. We have 10 to 15, maybe more. We kept them in storage for this last year.”
The Flatirons Young Marines program teaches kid respect and discipline, Shriver said. Twenty-five kids are in the Young Marines program and they live in Greeley, Fort Collins, Longmont, Thornton, Frederick, Platteville and other areas.
“When the tornado hit, we had three (Young Marines) families (from Windsor) that were affected. One totally lost their home. The young ladies that lived in Windsor that were part of our unit, they were out doing what they could do helping,” Shriver said. “My son (Jayhawk) is a Young Marine, and within minutes of the tornado hitting we were loaded up and he was out doing whatever he could do, and he’s 11.”
Shriver said a lot of the Young Marines started helping with the cleanup right after the tornado hit Windsor.
“That Saturday and Sunday after the tornado, we got a whole group that came over there and we went from home to home and helped clean, and do debris pick up,” Shriver said.
The northern Colorado unit seems to thrive on doing community service.
“Our unit was named Battalion Unit of the Year based on all the community service that they do,” Shriver said. “This group of kids last year were given a choice of doing some community service or hanging out and doing a fun camping trip with some other Young Marines, and they chose the community service.”
Shriver said it’s important for the Young Marines to see the flags retired.
“We have one young man that every time he finds a shredded flag or a flag that’s been disrespected, he somehow gets it for us and brings it to us,” she said. “This is a pretty big deal for the kids to do this.”
It’s a pretty big deal for Windsor, too.
T.M. Fasano is the editor of Windsor Now. If you have any story ideas, tidbits or anything of interest for All Around Our Town, please call him at 392-5631, or e-mail him at tfasano@mywindsornow.com.
TO GO
The Flatirons Young Marines will hold a flag retirement ceremony at 9 a.m. (May 30) at the American Legion, 624 Ash St., in Windsor. A fundraiser for the Young Marines will also be held following the flag ceremony with a barbecue of hamburgers, chips and drink for $5.
The Flatirons Young Marines will hold a flag retirement ceremony at 9 a.m. (May 30) at the American Legion, 624 Ash St., in Windsor. A fundraiser for the Young Marines will also be held following the flag ceremony with a barbecue of hamburgers, chips and drink for $5.
