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Last Friday, we had the opportunity to honor Joe Firmani, Director of\u00a0Operation Service<\/a>, at the\u00a0Boston 25 News<\/a>\u00a0Zip Trip in the\u00a0City of Fitchburg<\/a>\u00a0as the DCU Hometown Hero. In 2010. Joe and his wife established \u201cTrees for Soldiers\u201d, a small group of residents that provides free trees to veterans and active duty service members at Christmas time. They expanded their efforts with the founding of \u201cOperation Service\u201d, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that coordinates beautification projects around the twin cities of Fitchburg and Leominster.<\/p>\n Joe is also helping to bring \u201cThe Wall that Heals\u201d, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., to Fitchburg. The memorial is designed to represent and say \u201cthank you\u201d to the 58,000 Vietnam War veterans on the wall for their service, including those from Massachusetts. Twelve men from Fitchburg that never returned from the Vietnam War will also be recognized during the ceremonies. You can watch the DCU Hometown Hero presentation with\u00a0Elizabeth Hopkins<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Michele Lazcano Boston 25<\/a>\u00a0host of\u00a0Around Town on Boston 25<\/a>:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last Friday, we had the opportunity to honor Joe Firmani, Director of\u00a0Operation Service, at the\u00a0Boston 25 News\u00a0Zip Trip in the\u00a0City of Fitchburg\u00a0as the DCU Hometown Hero. In 2010. Joe and his wife established \u201cTrees for Soldiers\u201d, a small group of residents that provides free trees to veterans and active duty service members at Christmas time. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\nLast Friday, we had the opportunity to honor Joe Firmani, Director of\u00a0Operation Service<\/a>, at the\u00a0Boston 25 News<\/a>\u00a0Zip Trip in the\u00a0City of Fitchburg<\/a>\u00a0as the DCU Hometown Hero. In 2010. Joe and his wife established \u201cTrees for Soldiers\u201d, a small group of residents that provides free trees to veterans and active duty service members at Christmas time. They expanded their efforts with the founding of \u201cOperation Service\u201d, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that coordinates beautification projects around the twin cities of Fitchburg and Leominster.\r\n\r\nJoe is also helping to bring \u201cThe Wall that Heals\u201d, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., to Fitchburg. The memorial is designed to represent and say \u201cthank you\u201d to the 58,000 Vietnam War veterans on the wall for their service, including those from Massachusetts. Twelve men from Fitchburg that never returned from the Vietnam War will also be recognized during the ceremonies. You can watch the DCU Hometown Hero presentation with\u00a0Elizabeth Hopkins<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Michele Lazcano Boston 25<\/a>\u00a0host of\u00a0Around Town on Boston 25<\/a>:\u00a0https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\u2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n \r\n\r\n- Thank you DCU, Fox25 Zip Trip and the City of Fitchburg,<\/strong>\r\n\r\nJoe Firmani<\/em><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n
Fitchburg Zip Trip Hometown Hero: Joe Firmani<\/h2>\r\n
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