U.C. Davis Funeral Home, 301 West Washington St., the professional Pekin Insurance pre-need agency in Morris, made the holidays more meaningful and merry to the troops overseas by participating in a recent “Care for the Troops with Life” sales contest.

For every life insurance application that U.C. Davis Funeral Home submitted during the contest, monetary funds were donated to the USO Operation Care Package program, whose goal is to support the soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen through care packages and letters of encouragement.