VFW Post 8661 Current Newsletter

POST CALENDAR

Nov 3	Country Breakfast - Shawnee - 0730-1130
Nov 8, & 10	Poppy Program - Conifer & Bailey
Nov 11	Veterans Memorials at Horn, Webster & Shawnee Cemeteries Beginning at Horn at 1100
Nov 11	Raffle Drawing - Shawnee - 1500
Nov 12	Veterans Program - Elk Creek Elementary - 1845
Nov 16	District 8 Meeting - Florissant - Noon
Nov 20	Post Meeting - Shawnee, 1930 Burgers & Dogs
	1830 - Drawing for One Life Membership

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to: Bob Clements, Carl Eck, Jack Flint , Gary Hansen, Robert Mann,
Dave Marlin, James Martin, Pete McConnell, Richard Mier, Lori Morgan, Ralph Morgan,
Glen Palkowsky, Joe Price, Lee Roper, and
Larry Testone.
If we don’t list you in your birth month, we don’t have your birthday recorded. Call your Quartermaster.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP RAFFLE

For continuous members — get your 2003 dues paid by 1 December 2002 and you could be awarded a Life Membership. One winner will be selected at the December meeting ( 18 December 2002 ).

Legendary Wisdom from Jim Hartford -- God grant me the courage to change what I can, the serenity to accept what I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference.

VETERANS DAY RAFFLE

The raffle drawing will be held at 3 p.m. on 11 November, so get your entries in before then.

POPPIES

Poppies will be offered at Bailey Conoco, Loaf N Jug (in Bailey & Aspen Park ) and Safeway in Conifer. Chairman Steve Taylor needs help.

BEAVER RANCH COUNTRY BREAKFAST

On Oct 26, a Saturday, we will host an extra Country Breakfast at the Beaver Ranch on Foxton Road . Chairman Martin Ayala needs help that morning. In addition, we are pursuing the notion of chartering a new VFW post in Conifer. We will need at least 25 new members to do so. It behooves us to form this new post for District 8 because we will probably see Fairplay’s Post 8407 surrender their charter soon. More on this next month.

LADIES AUXILIARY

Dear Auxiliary Sister,

    We have quite a few projects going on between now and the end of the year. If you can help, give us a call: Ginnie Marlin (719) 836-7049, Pam Clements (303) 838-7831, or Wanda Painter (303) 838-7586.
    Saturday, October 26 is “Make a Difference Day.” Our project is collecting warm clothing for the Homeless Veterans Standdown. We will be at the Post 1 - 4 p.m.
    The Veteran’s Day Poppy drive will be on Nov 8 and 10th. We really could use your help since some members will be out of town that weekend.
    On Veteran’s Day we will assist the Post in the annual cemetery honors. Try to come for our departed veterans.
    Our membership drawing is coming up soon. If you were planning on sending in your membership dues get them in before Oct 31. You will be in the drawing and might win $50. The drawing will be at our next meeting - Nov 12.
    If you are an auxiliary member who can’t make it to the meetings but you do work in the community or work with Veterans please let us know. We could use your hours on our reports. If you would like a ride to meetings let us know that too. Maybe we could arrange it.
              Hope to see you soon.
                        -- Ginnie Marlin, Auxiliary President

Dear Comrades

This newsletter is a little early, but we have a lot on our plates in the next three weeks. We need your help to start a Conifer VFW or expand our own VFW post. Please try to make it Saturday Oct. 26 ( 7:30 to 11:30 ) to Beaver Ranch for our first breakfast to the Conifer community. All veterans from Conifer will eat free, providing they have some sort of proof, such as a copy of their DD-214 or discharge papers. Also on that day, which is “make a difference day,” the auxiliary will be having a clothes drive at the Shawnee Community Center .

On Wednesdays Oct. 30 and Nov 6 we need volunteers to help the Brownie troops of West Jefferson and Marshdale Elementary Schools to have a class on the United States Flag and what it represents.

On Sunday Nov. 3 we will be having our own breakfast in Shawnee . On Nov. 8 to 1 0 we will our schedule to sell poppies to the public. Please call Junior vice Commander Steve Taylor at (303) 838-7014 for your times to help out. In between poppy sales on Saturday Nov. 9 we will have our first Turkey Shoot. Please call Comrade Don Gilbreath at (303) 838-0528 or District Commander Dave Marlin at (719) 836-7049 for details. Please do not forget Veteran’s Day. Assembly at Horn’s Cemetery will be at 10:45 . Also on that day will be our raffle drawing. Please sell some more tickets. On Tuesday November 12 Elk Creek Elementary School will be staging their annual Veteran’s Play at 7:00 p.m. If you our involved thank you if not please get involved we need you.

Thank you a1l

Commander Bill Taylor

	VETERANS of FOREIGN WARS of the UNITED STATES Lambert-Wright-Roy, VFW Post 8661 P. O. Box 1416 - Conifer, Colorado 80433 BILL TAYLOR, Commander BOB CLEMENTS, Quartermaster (303) 816-0241 (303) 838-7831

General Meetings Are Held On The Third Wednesday Of Each Month At 1930 hrs at the Post Home, Highway 285, Shawnee
Volume: 24	NOVEMBER 2002	Edition 5