Source: St. George News, “GE Aerospace employees lend a hand at Ivins retirement home for Veterans Day” by Jessi Bang, Nov. 11, 2026. Read the original article for the full story.
Here’s a small, kind moment from right here in Ivins. For Veterans Day, a group of local volunteers stopped by the Southern Utah Veterans Home to say thank you to the men and women who live there.
Cake, conversation and a thank-you
According to St. George News, twelve GE Aerospace employees from Southern Utah gathered at the Ivins facility to serve cake to residents after lunch, as a gesture of appreciation for their military service. Nathan Cortese, who leads the company’s local site Veterans Network, told the paper the gathering was meant to offer a moment of connection for veterans receiving short-term rehabilitation or long-term care.
It was the group’s first volunteer effort with the Southern Utah Veterans Home, which the article says provides care for 106 veterans. The volunteers connected with the home through the Veterans Coalition of Southern Utah. In Southern Utah, the company is represented by Unison Industries, a GE Aerospace business with a facility in St. George.
Cortese closed with a message for the residents: “To all veterans at the Southern Utah Veterans Home: thank you. We are grateful for your service and sacrifice.”
Why it matters for Ivins
The Southern Utah Veterans Home is part of the Ivins community, and seeing neighbors show up for the veterans who live there is one of the quiet things that makes living in Ivins special.
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