{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"License plate birdhouse sales go to benefit veterans across Kentucky &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2y9F5JMfhR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/license-plate-birdhouse-sales-go-benefit-veterans-across-kentucky\/\">License plate birdhouse sales go to benefit veterans across Kentucky<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/license-plate-birdhouse-sales-go-benefit-veterans-across-kentucky\/embed\/#?secret=2y9F5JMfhR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;License plate birdhouse sales go to benefit veterans across Kentucky&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"2y9F5JMfhR\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Birdhouses that are being sold at your local county clerk\u2019s office to support veterans across the state. Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz said that technically the birdhouses are being offered for a $20 donation that goes to benefit Hope For Veteran\u2019s, which is a program that supports the four veterans nursing homes across the state. \u201cThe donations that we take up with these are used to buy things like their lift chairs, big screen televisions for their community rooms and telephone cards,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cReally it goes towards anything that Medicaid or Medicare can\u2019t or won\u2019t buy for them.\u201d Over $5,000 worth of birdhouses have been sold through Schwartz\u2019s office alone, since it began selling the birdhouses last March. Schwartz admits that she is a little surprised at how well the license plate bird houses sold, but she isn\u2019t surprised by how much local residents want to support the veterans. \u201cWe had one lady, who bought five for Christmas presents. They have been Mother\u2019s Day gifts, birthday presents, there have been several requests for certain tags that we had when we get them turned in,\u201d Schwartz said. The birdhouses are the creation of Letcher County Clerk Winston Meade, a veteran, who started making the birdhouses out of various license plates about nine years ago with the help of his father-in-law Arnold Lee Watson. \u201cAt the monthly clerk\u2019s meetings, I bring a supply of bird houses back and take him a supply of license plates,\u201d Schwartz noted. Schwartz said that the most popular license plate bird houses in Whitley County are those made from the \u201cI Support the Veterans\u201d license plate or those from a particular branch of service, such as Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines. \u201cOf course, U.K. is a popular tag too, but I think the Veteran\u2019s Tag is the most popular,\u201d she added. \u201cI appreciate people supporting the veterans. Supporting the veterans is one of the favorite charities that I like to support. They dedicated their life for us so I think we should support them.\u201d Daniel Hurd of Williamsburg, who served in the U.S. Army for six years, was at Schwartz\u2019s office Monday afternoon buying one of the birdhouses. \u201cI like the little things,\u201d he said. \u201cI even bought one for my son at Christmas.\u201d Hurd said that his 19-year-old son, who joined the National Guard, put the birdhouse on the desk in his room. The license plate birdhouses are sold at both Schwartz\u2019s main office in Williamsburg at the old courthouse, and at her branch office in the old Corbin City Hall. The cost is $20 and checks should be made payable to Hope For Veteran\u2019s."}