4/16/23
Hi all
Next meeting is Monday, May 1st at 1PM, Catalina Vista, with guest speaker Walter Ram, WWII B-17 radio operator and POW. Larry Webster will be collecting 2023 $5 dues at the door to the right as you enter the room. 50/50 raffle tickets will be sold at the table to the left as you enter the room. $1 each or 6 for $5. Please wear your club shirt to the meeting.
Bring non-perishable food items to Monday's meeting or my house, 2145 E Bighorn Mountain Dr., for the VA pantry. (Spam, protein bars, peanut butter, cereal, canned vegetables, etc. No family size Costco or Sam's packages) We will be making a delivery to the pantry on the VA campus in June.
Honor Unclaimed Veterans on April 22. NOTE CHANGE OF START POINT FOR MOTORCYCLE ESCORT If you ride a motorcycle and want to help provide escort to the 20 unclaimed Veterans to the Marana Veteran Cemetery, be at the Desert Sunset Funeral Home, 3081 West Orange Grove Rd, Tucson by 8AM. SCOV motorcycle riders meet at the bocce courts ready to leave by 7:30. If you want to respect these Unclaimed Veterans with military honors at the cemetery, 15950 N Luckett Rd, Marana, the ceremony begins at 10AM. Lunch to follow at the Feedlot Cafe, 14075 W Kirby Hughes Rd, Marana near the cemetery.
Next "Meet & Greet" is Wednesday, May 3rd, 3:30PM at the Views Restaurant.
Calendar of Events for meetings and volunteer opportunities
April membership meeting photos, bottom of page
2023 Membership activity photos, bottom of page
If you are interested in buying a "Legacy Walkway" brick, "Phase 3", fill out this order form and bring it to the Welcome Center for processing. Fill in Veteran Club as the sponsor and the Veterans Club receives $30 from you order. View the recently installed bricks on the cart part near the Pickleball courts and View Restaurant.
Apr 3 Minutes
At the April meeting a motion was made and passed to donate the 50/50 raffle money to club member Leslie Monroe and the Casa Amigas Sewing club to purchase material for patriotic quilts for Veterans at the VA. Over $200 was donated. I want to thank everyone for their help.
If you are interested in getting a shirt embroidered, by branch color, for the Veteran Club, bring your shirt my house, 2145 E Bighorn Mountain Dr, with your first and last name stapled to the collar. You could find a shirt at Wal-Mart, Ross Stores or Kohl's. Look on the sale rack for discounts.
Send me a photo of yourself while you were in the service to add to the other 88 members on our website.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is looking for Vietnam Veterans that would be willing to sit down for an interview about their life experiences before, during and after the Vietnam War. Please help. A few members have already participated.
*The interviews will be conducted with the outmost discretion at a location of your choice.
*Once the interviews are compiled, they will be bound in a booklet for each of the participating veterans.
*If you are interested, please contact Penny Simon-Nielen, at 206-349-1062 or by email at [email protected].
Get discounted sports or entertainment tickets at VET TIX. Registration and proof of service is required. Sent by a fellow member.
Charity Golf Tournament for the Marana Veterans Cemetery.
Contact Natasha (Environmental Health Coordinator) to get on the Toxic Exposure Registry in Tucson 520-792-1450 x16173
If you were at Camp Lejeune and concerned about the water issue, call 877-261-9782 to get put into their water data base.
Expanded presumptive disability benefits for Vietnam Veterans Mar 2023
Basic training without yelling: Army recruits get 2nd chance Mar 2023
US Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention Mar 2023
US deploys guided-missile submarine amid tensions with Iran Apr 2023
You don't have to be an adult to be a Patriot. Be sure to unmute to hear the entire story.
Baghdad falls to US forces Apr 2023
Nixon administration vows to "Vietnamize" the war Apr 1969
Atomic submarine USS Thresher sinks in the Atlantic Apr 1963
US troops land on Okinawa Apr 1945
US Army liberates Buchenwald concentration camp Apr 1945
Bataan Death March begins Apr 1942
American pilots engage in first dogfights over western front Apr 1918
US officially enters WWI Apr 1917
Union forces surrender at Ft. Sumter Apr 1861
As always, thank you for your service.
Mike