KRDO-TV (Colorado Springs) | Next Chapter seeks volunteers to honor veterans at Roselawn Cemetary
Jose Ramirez is a 25-year veteran of both the Army and Marines, much of that time spent as a member of the special forces, and he knows what it’s like to lose a fellow servicemember. While placing wreaths at Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo back in December, he learned that the cemetery didn't know how many veterans were buried there. As a staff member at Next Chapter, Ramirez decided that needed to change. Around that same time in December, UCHealth was taking over Parkview Hospital. As a partner in the Next Chapter program, the organization saw this effort as a way to engage and support the Pueblo community… Damian McCabe, UCHealth Director of Behavioral Health and Military Affairs, says "Providing an opportunity like this to the veteran community in Pueblo to come and help us, is an opportunity for them to return to that service, and to continue to live that oath of service that we took when we joined the military."