As the City of Clinton embarks what will be an unusually quiet last full week of September with the annual Apple n' Pork Festival canceled, a local veterans group is stepping up to give back to a community that has been very supportive of them.

Tom Reddington and his fellow veterans at the American Legion are allowing several community groups to use their expansive kitchen to prepare food for what will ultimately be a less-than-normal Apple n' Pork weekend in Clinton. He says it is their way of giving back to a very generous community that has supported them.

For Reddington and his fellow veterans, in a time when the community is in need, it makes them feel like they are still serving.

Among groups hosting fundraising efforts this week are the Clinton Rotary Club's Friday night pulled pork dinner, the Clinton Kiwanis Club's Saturday cookout at IGA, and the DeWitt County Museum's ham n' beans and smoked ham sandwiches sales on Saturday evening. 

Get a full list of weekend alternate Apple n' Pork Festival events in Clinton by visiting dewittdailynews.com and clicking on the Apple n' Pork icon at the top of the home page.