C. Robert Arvin VFW Post 2408

Update from the Commander

Commander Laura Honomichl Comrades,

Happy 4th of July. I hope this month finds all of you well and enjoying the summer sun. This month we have a special project going on for our troops, “Christmas in July”. At the Canteen in our meeting room we will be setting up a Christmas tree and it is my sincere hope that by the end of the month, we will have lots of unwrapped goodies there to be sent out to our troops.

It is a new administrative year, as far as the commands go, so there are some housekeeping issues that I need to mention.

Membership: If you have not paid your dues for the year 2008 you are late already, and dues are now being accepted for the 2009 colander year.

The Arvin Award for Excellence committee is proud to announce that again they have awarded 10 scholarships at $1,000 each. Next year will be their first year as a separate entity, apart from our post, but that does not mean that we will not continue to try to support this wonderful endeavor.

Meetings: Not only has attendance been down at the post level for meetings, but there was an obvious lack of members at the last Department Convention. Comrades, in my opinion if we don’t do something soon VFW’s will be closing all over the state. Go out there and promote our programs, show the troops coming home that we have more to offer than just some place to come and drink.

Friday night dinners have been going well and I would like to thank everyone for their continued support.

For those of you who do not know, effective 1 July the Canteen will accept credit/debit cards only for cashing or in payment for services there. Of course we will continue to accept checks or credit cards in payment for dues.

waving flag Again, Happy Independence Day and I hope to see you all at our meetings or at the Canteen for some great fun and comradeship.

Commander, Laura Honomichl

C. Robert Arvin

VFW Post 2408

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