FOLSOM, Calif.– Coinciding with Memorial Day weekend and Flag Day in June, SAFE Credit Union employees are holding their third annual U.S. Flag collection drive through June 30.
The drive, run by SAFE’s employee resource group VALOR (Veterans for Loved Ones Resource), provides designated drop-off bins at SAFE branches where SAFE members and the public can bring old and damaged U.S. flags for proper retirement. Last year, VALOR collected more than 500 flags.
“We are so excited to provide this service – for the third year – to ensure that people can have their flags that are ready for retirement honored in the right way,” says VALOR member and SAFE Credit Union Chief Technology Officer Mike McCarthy, who served in the California Army National Guard.
This year, U.S. flags can be dropped off at any of SAFE’s 18 branches in the Sacramento area and at SAFE’s headquarters at 2295 Iron Point Road, Folsom.
After the flags are collected, VALOR and SAFE employees will gather at the credit union’s headquarters to properly fold each flag before giving them to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6604 in Folsom to arrange retirement ceremonies under the U.S. Flag Code.
