Strickland Launches Annual Valentines for Veterans and First Responders Drive

Valentines will also be delivered to JBLM soldiers deployed to South Korea

Lakewood, WA - Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced her annual Valentines for Veterans and First Responders drive. Valentines will be distributed to veterans and first responders in Washington's 10th Congressional District, and for the first time, Valentines will be distributed to JBLM soldiers deployed to Korea.

"Our annual Valentines for Veterans demonstrates how the South Sound comes together to support our veterans, first responders, and active duty servicemembers, said Strickland. "Thank you to those who made valentines last year, and to those who are making valentines this year so we can spread goodwill to our friends and neighbors-and those deployed overseas."

Residents can leave cards at drop boxes at Lacey, Lakewood, Olympia, Puyallup and Yelm City Halls.

Specific dates and times are here for each dropbox:

Lacey City Hall
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
420 College St. SE
Lacey, WA 98503
Drop off: Labeled box by first-floor elevator

Lakewood City Hall
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
6000 Main St. SW
Lakewood, WA 98499
Drop off: Labeled box by City Hall front desk

Puyallup City Hall (City Clerk's Office)
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
333 S. Meridian,
Puyallup, WA 98371
Drop off: Labeled box in the City Clerk's office on the 4^th floor of City Hall

Olympia City Hall
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Thursday
601 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA 98501
Drop off: Labeled box in the first-floor lobby

Yelm City Hall
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday
106 Second St. SE
Yelm, WA 98597
Drop off: Labeled box in the lobby

For questions or mailing or drop-off instructions, please contact our office at (360) 459-8514.

For pick-up for a large number of valentines, please contact Peter, Senior Outreach Representative at (360) 584-4538.

Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. She is Whip of the New Democrat Coalition, Secretary of the Congressional Black Caucus, the first African-American to represent Washington State and the Pacific Northwest, and one of the first Korean-American women elected to Congress.

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