CICIERO—It's hard sometimes to be among the few, the proud and the brave—sometimes even harder to be a member of their family. But the Military Families of Cicero United (MFCU) is making things easier.

Since March 2009, the all-volunteer MFCU has been addressing the needs of the town's military community, assisting both active and inactive servicemen and women, and creating a a family support system in Cicero.

Maureen Carroll, family outreach liaison, said the group provides help to veterans of WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and any other places where an American soldier or sailor from Cicero has been sent.
MFCU provides all kinds of information, resources, support and referral services to those in need, and the needs are different, Carroll said.