Some soldiers who couldn’t be home with their families on Thanksgiving received letters from Forsyth County students. About 10,000 letters were written by local students for soldiers all over the world as part of the Salute Program, a new program between Forsyth County Schools and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9143 to support soldiers and honor veterans. “Looking at our community and seeing all of the military we have in our community and in the schools, the students that we have coming in and out of our schools every day that have parents in the military or loved ones in the military, as well as our staff members that have served … we wanted to be able to recognize and give back and honor all that they have done and all that they are currently doing,” said organizer Hannah Samples.