Project New Hope Selected For Honor

A Pequot Lakes-based project to help veterans adjust to civilian life has been selected as one of three finalists for an international Lions Club award. Project New Hope takes combat veterans and their families on weekend vacations. Other vets and counselors are available if the vets or their families want to talk. US Navy vet and Pequot Lakes resident Bruce Billington created the project . The winner of the award will be announced in June at the Lions Club International Convention in Bangkok.