Local program to send care packages to military begins

The Hi-Line Cares Package Program begins this week in Havre and on the Hi-Line. The Havre-Chinook Military Family Readiness Support Group, along with relatives, neighbors, friends, former classmates and community service groups, are accepting donated items along with donations to cover the cost of postage to send care packages to Hi-Line soldiers deployed overseas or stateside.

The purpose is to show soldiers, guardsmen and reservists that are away from home and loved ones that their hometowns are thinking of them and want to show their support.

Donation drop boxes have been placed in local st...