The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs in partnership with Serve Illinois launched the 2021 Serving Those Who Served program, a week of service projects created to thank service men and women, veterans, and their families across the state from beginning November 4th and ending on Veteran’s Day, November 11th. The program includes projects such as painting, landscaping, event planning and execution, and writing thank you notes to service men and women and veterans in the Anna, Chicago, LaSalle, Manteno, and Quincy veterans’ homes. Serving Those Who Served recruits volunteers for its own projects as well as organizations looking to bolster its volunteer pool. Serve Illinois’ mission is to improve communities by enhancing volunteerism across Illinois.  It is comprised of a 40-member, bi-partisan board appointed by Governor JB Pritzker and administered by the Illinois Department of Public Health. To register for a project, participants may visit: https://serveillinois.galaxydigital.com. To register a project in need of volunteers, visit: https://serveillinois.galaxydigital.com