Through the sale of license plate birdhouses and other efforts, Kentucky county clerks in 2021 donated another $44,000 to Kentucky’s four Veterans Centers. The announcement was made earlier this week at the Kentucky County Clerks Association (KCCA) fall conference in Lexington.
Since adopting veterans as its primary cause to support, KCCA has raised more than $900,000 that is used to directly benefit Kentucky’s former servicemen and -women. This year, Kentucky Department of Veteran Affairs’ (KDVA) Veterans Centers in Hanson, Wilmore, Radcliff and Hazard will each receive an $11,000 check used to address the personal needs of their residents.
License plate birdhouses have been made by Letcher County Clerk Winston Meade since 2008, utilizing Kentucky tags taken out of circulation. They are sold for $20 each by most county clerk offices, including Crittenden County’s.
“Clerks are proud of their support for our veterans because we are proud of their service to all Americans,” said Crittenden County Clerk Daryl Tabor. “A $20 birdhouse may seem like such a small help, but as you see, it can add up across 12 months in 120 counties.”
In time for Christmas, there are more than two dozen varieties of license plate birdhouse available in Crittenden County Clerk’s Office during regular business hours. The range in plate designs vary from military tags to Friends of Coal to the state’s nature plates.
Kentuckians may also support veterans through the clerk’s office by:
- Donating $5 to the Kentucky Veterans Program Trust Fund with each renewal of a veteran’s license plate.
- Donating $10 to KDVA with the purchase and renewal of an I Support Veterans license plate.
- Making any donation to the Trust Fund to Help a Veteran Everyday (HAVE).
The help for veterans is not over in 2021. County clerks and supporting vendors raised another $10,000 for veterans through a live and silent auction on the final night of the fall conference.
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