Volume #7 Issue #9 Spetember 2016 From the Canteen, From the Canteen Manager Well, welcome to September. I just can't believe it is here already! Days are getting shorter and a little bit of fall is felt in the air. On the bright side it's time for FOOTBALL SEASON!! If you haven't been in to the Post in the last 2 weeks, we have a new sound system throughout the canteen. This will help in distributing the sound through the building for game days as well as the juke box and the karaoke on the weekends. This is new, as I said, so please bear with us as we learn the controls of this new system. Another new note, In the past few weeks we have brought on a new bartender. Her name is Nickie, she will be filling in on shifts for our events as well as covering shifts for our present volunteers. She is not new to bartending however it will take her time to learn our way of doing things. Please welcome her and again I ask for patience as she learns our POS system. She will be asking for member cards so make sure you have a current one with you. Don't forget with football season here, Mondays are Happy Hour all day and at 4pm we start our burger and a draft domestic special for $6.00. Also on Thursdays that we don't have a General Meeting or a Auxiliary meeting we will be showing the game and offering a chili dog and chips for a great price. So please come in and share in some game day fun. We are trying something new on our Wednesday taco nights starting this month. We will no longer have a potato night every other week, it will be replaced with fajitas. Your choice of chicken or beef. They will be offered on the weeks that we don't have enchiladas. Don't worry we will still be having Tina's famous chili those day/nights as well, just no potato. In This Issue From the Canteen 2016-2017 Officers 2016-2017 Auxiliary Officers Event Flyers Adjutant s Report September Calendar AT&T Flyer Canteen Menus The Back Page Ok...finally onto the upcoming events. There are a few things happening this month. Beginning on Sunday the 4th we will be having our Annual Luau starting at 2pm, serving pulled pork with all of the fixins, for $10.00 a plate. Wear your best Hawaiian shirt for a prize and our " Fabulous Benny" will be here from 5-10pm. This is always a great party don't miss out! Next our Air Force will be celebrating their 69th Birthday on Saturday the 17th. Dinner will be London Broil served 5-7, with ceremonies directly following. Now our next event is brand new to our Post. Its a Members only Car Show on Saturday the 24th starting at noon. Its $10.00 to enter your car, we have 8 categories with trophies and a special little gift for everyone that enters their car. Beings that this is a 1st we are limiting the entries to Members only including Amvets and Auxiliary, as our parking is already limited. We will be having live music outside from 2-6 pm. I'm looking forward to this one and hope you all will come and participate in the judging. In closing, I want to thank everyone that makes this Post such a wonderful place. I know I say this a lot but it needs to be said. Without our Volunteers and our wonderful Members we wouldn't be the successful Organization that we are. People that care is what it takes. So give yourselves a BIG THANK YOU. May God Bless YOU. Stay healthy and I hope to see you all soon. Nancy from our VFW Auxiliary would like to be informed when we have Vets at Peacehealth hospital so she can check in on them while at work. She can be reached at 360-600-0080 Thank you Nancy! Michelle Rex
2016 2017 Officers Commander: Jim Vanderhieden commander@vfw7824.org Sr. Vice Commander: Glen Fisher srvice@vfw7824.org Jr. Vice Commander: Herb Lavin jrvice@vfw7824.org Quartermaster: Terry Clark quartermaster@vfw7824.org Adjutant: Bruce Maas adjutant@vfw7824.org Chaplain: Richard Yeates chaplain@vfw7824.org Service Officer: Larry Ross servofficer@vfw7824.org Scuttlebutt Editor: Nelson Copeland editor@vfw7824.org Canteen Manager: Michelle Rex manager@vfw7824.org Post Address: Vancouver VFW Post 7824 400 N Andresen Rd Vancouver, WA 98661 General Meeting Thursday September 8 Auxiliary Meeting Thursday September 22 AMVET Meeting Tuesday September 13 National Home National home lifetime memberships only cost $35. This is a GREAT cause so please sign up today. You may have noticed the little blue house banks sitting on some of the tables at the post. These are for the National Home. Any spare change, dollar bills, 5 s or whatever you want to donate is greatly appreciated. Thank you to all who donated to this most worth while cause. Thanks to your donations, I have sent over $100 to the National Home so far. 2016 2017 Auxiliary Officers President: Sr. Vice President: Jr. Vice President: Cootie Meeting Sunday September 11 Jenifer Harris LaVonne Eggen Mary Jordan VFW Website: www.vfw7824.org Treasurer: Conductor: Chaplain: Guard: Trustees: Secretary: Pam Vanderheiden George Fich Carolyn Myers Janelle Brossard Pam Hutcheson 3rd yr. JoAnn Wisner 2nd yr. Debbie Andrew 1st yr. MJ Moran - appointed
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A few sights of the VFW Sailing Crew as they head out on their adventure. 30 brave souls boarded the Celebrity Solstice for a week of fun and adventure. Keep your ears and eyes open for more adventure opportunities like this one!!
From the Adjutant Fellow Comrades, Bob Meyers is this year's Voice of Democracy chair. As with this task, it takes comrades like you to volunteers your time to help make the youth essay program a successful one. Come out and support our post honor guard this month. The honor guard will be at Patriot Day and POW/MIA event Ceremonies. There will be a clean up detail at the VFW Memorial Plaza before the fall weather sets in. At last months meeting, Comrade Roy Billings asked the post to fund a new sign at the Ester Street side of the plaza. A post inspection will be held sometime during a fall meeting. All post officers are requested to wear their VFW uniform. Calendar Of Events Wednesday Taco Nights at 1700 Friday Night Dinners/Music at 1700 Saturday Night Dinners/Music at 1700 Sunday Morning Breakfast at 0900 Sunday Queen of Hearts Drawing at 1730 Sep 03 - VFW Bingo (Vancouver VA) 1800 Sep 04 - House Committee 1600 (monthly only) Sep 04 - Labor Day BBQ 1500 Sep 08 - Clark Co. Veterans Meeting 1400 Sep 08 - Post Meeting 1900 Sep 11 - Cooties Meeting 1300 Sep 11 - Patriot Day Ceremony Sep 12 - Military/Veterans Day At Wash. State Fair Sep 12 - DAV Chapter Meeting Gracepoint Church 1900 Sep 13 - AMVETS Meeting 1900 Sep 17 - Air Force Birthday Party 1700 Sep 18 - District 6 Meeting Woodland Post 1927 1100 Sep 19 - Military/Veterans Day At Wash. State Fair Sep 19 - POW/MIA Ceremony Sep 22 - Auxiliary Meeting 1900 Sep 30 - End of Summer Quarter Oct 02 - VFW Bingo (Vancouver VA) 1800 Oct 03 - House Committee 1600 (Monthly Only)
VFW 7824 Scuttlebutt 400 N Andresen Rd Vancouver, WA 98661 USA PLACE POSTAGE HERE The Back Page with Nelson Greeting all! Well, just about back from a GREAT Alaska cruise with a wonderful bunch of VFW and Auxiliary members as well as some non members.. Had a great time, now back to the real world. We are getting into the last four months of the year so you know what that means right? Yep, the holidays are just about upon us.. Probably not too early to start thinking about what you will be doing for the holiday season. If you are traveling, make sure to plan ahead so you won t get surprised by last minute challenges. If you are not good at arranging travel plans, remember that we have a Travel Agent as a member of our Auxiliary. Contact the Auxiliary President, Jenifer Harris if you need help with travel plans.. Be sure to watch the VFW calendar, both in the Scuttlebutt as well as online for last minute additions and subtractions. We have a lot of events coming up, including; Air Force, Navy and National Guard birthday parties, BBQ, Luau, and a new event for our post, a members only car show in September. Come down and enter your classic, special or hot rod car in the show. If you don t have one to enter, come on down and check out what our other members have to display. Don t forget to watch out for the little ones as they head back to school.. Until next month (which will be here before we know it) have a great September Nelson Contact Us Give us a call for more information about our organization or your membership. Vancouver VFW Post 7824 400 N Andresen Rd Vancouver, WA 98661 (360) 254-0155 info@vfw7824.org Visit us on the web at: www.vfw7824.org Facebook Group Page Join the VFW and help our Veterans!