Dear Fellow Comrades,
Our Post Commander Terry McNitt did another fantastic job at our August meeting. We also had a near record number of members attending, with 17 members at our meeting. It was great to see some old faces and a couple more new ones this month.
We are continuing our planning for the new fiscal year. We will again be sponsoring the Patriots Pen Essay Contest and also the Voice of Democracy and the applications are on order, once the forms arrive, they will be taken to the respective schools.
We did order 10 books title “America’s White Table” which explains the POW/MIA Table and meaning at a child’s perspective. We will be presenting these books to all the local schools and also the Rice Lake Library for everyone to enjoy.
We started something new at our August meetings and plan on continuing it at each meeting. We will have one of our members give a brief history of what they did in the service. This month Herb Zimmer gave a 5 minute or so summary of what all he was involved in leading up to and after the Battle of the Bulge during WWII. Come to our next several meetings as we have several more members lined up to talk about what they did during various wars/conflicts.
The National Convention is scheduled for 21-26 August in Indianapolis, Indiana and currently Pete Breed, Betty and I will be attending. During the convention, Betty and I will be taking a day trip to the VFW National Home in Eaton Rapids, MI. During our visit, we will be presenting a check from our post to the Wisconsin House to let all the children know that we do care about them.
You all should know by now that the Scuttlebutt is now being published and mailed every other month. If you would like to see the monthly issues and have Internet, go online to www.rlvets.org and just click on scuttlebutt. If you are getting the articles from the website, please let us know and we will take you off the mailing list and save a few dollars.
The 9th District Fall Conference is scheduled for 02 October and it will once again be held in Altoona. If any member would like to attend, please let us know by the September meeting.
**** If you know of any member who is sick or could use some sunshine, please contact Steve Clark at 715-234-2848.
Upcoming Event:
- 21 September 2010 – Monthly Meeting
- 02 October 2010 – VFW 9th District Meeting (Altoona)
- 19 October 2010 – Monthly Meeting
John L. Fredrickson
Sr. Vice Commander