BOCA RATON – Events are being planned this week in Boca Raton and other nearby communities to mark the Veterans Day holiday.
Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Lynn University are also joining in with events of their own.
The hospital will partner with America’s Moms for Soldiers Wednesday, Nov. 10, to collect items for troops overseas. The event that helps ensure that all soldiers on the front lines are provided with care packages from home collects basic 
hygiene items from toothbrushes and sunscreen to snack pack items such as canned tuna and granola bars.
It will be held Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lobby of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, 800 Meadows Road, and is open to hospital employees, physicians, volunteers and the community.
The Lynn University community will gather for a Red, White and Blue barbecue in the Perper Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
At the barbecue, President Kevin Ross will address and honor Lynn’s student veterans enrolled under the Post 9/11 GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program, as well as Lynn’s staff, faculty and alumni veterans.
For more information, contact Laura Vann at lvann@lynn.edu or call 561-237-7967 / 561-289-0159 (m).
Veterans Day services will be held in the following locations:
Boca Raton, Thursday, includes commemorative ceremony at 9 a.m. at City of Boca Raton Cemetery, 449 SW 4th Ave., Boca Raton. It will include patriotic drills, music and speeches, including an address by Mayor Susan Whelchel. At 7 p.m., a concert will be held in the Mizner Park Amphitheater, Federal Highway just south of Glades Road. Performers include the New Young Patriots, NJROTC Honor guard and New Gardens band and Chorus. For information, call 393-7806. Both events are free.
Boynton Beach, Thursday, 10-11 a.m., Bicentennial Park, 411 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach. Includes American Legion Post 164 Honor Guard, firing squad and bugler; unveiling of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and a tribute of the Gold Star Mothers. Presented by the Boynton Veterans’ Council. Call 561-276-1796.
Veterans Day Service: 11 a.m., Saturday, Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach. Wreaths will be placed at the Veterans Park monuments. Presented by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4141 with Commander Richard Finkenberg leading the service. Immediately following, a lunch will be served at VFW Headquarters, 5 SE Second Ave. No charge for meal, but donations will be accepted. Call 561-276-9529.
Veterans Day Parade: 2 p.m. Sunday, Clematis Street at Sapodilla Avenue, West Palm Beach. Parade proceeds east to Centennial Square fountain and City Commons, 100 block of Clematis Street. Free parking available at city garages. Visit pbcveteranscommittee.org or call 561-703-6998.