10/29/22
Hi all
I want to thank the 12 volunteers who helped out with the SCOV flu clinic on Monday, Oct 17th assisting SCOV residents. Comradery and entertaining stories were swapped during each of the 3 shifts.
Please remember club member Bill Baker, who passed away Oct 21st.
"Meet & Greet" happy hour, Wednesday, Nov 2nd, 3:30 at the Views. Wear your SCOV Veterans Club shirt.
Next Veteran Club meeting is Monday, Nov 7th, 1PM Catalina Vista. Pima County Judge Thaddeus Semon, Veterans Court, guest speaker. Wear your SCOV Veterans Club shirt. PLEASE BRING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM TO DONATE TO THE VA PANTRY.
Calendar of Events - Need a minimum of 4 volunteers each day for 15 minutes on Nov 8th (7am) & Nov 14th (5pm) to put up and take down US Flags in/around SCOV. Let me know if you want to help.
Thursday, Nov 10th, help place US Flags on grave sites for Veterans Day at the Marana Veterans Cemetery (15950 N Luckett Rd). Bring a screwdriver and hammer to make holes for the flags. Should take less than 30 minutes to lay flags. Meet at the Activity Center parking lot near the bocce courts, ready to leave at 7:10AM. Carpool or follow us to the cemetery. Breakfast afterward at Feedlot Cafe (14075 W Kirby Hughes Rd) near the cemetery. Wear your SCOV Veterans Club shirt.
Please attend the Veterans Day Ceremony, Friday, November 11th at the Catalina Vista 11AM. MG Don Shepperd, USAF (Ret) guest speaker. Wear your SCOV Veterans Club shirt.
Photos from Oct 3rd club meeting (bottom of page)
Photos from October 5th "Meet & Greet and the October 8th ceremony of the Missing in America Project escort from the funeral home to Marana Veterans Cemetery (bottom of page)
Do you have a convertible and/or a Santa Claus costume? You are needed in the December SCOV holiday parade, contact Brenda Stoltz in admin at 520-917-8077 for more information.
Do you shop at Davis-Monthan? A club members nephew is visiting Oro Valley between Nov 3 - 8 and would like to look around the base. He is deciding whether to join the Air Force or Coast Guard. Contact Cliff at 989-820-6791.
Link to sponsor (purchase a holiday wreath) for Wreaths Across America at the Veterans Cemetery in Marana. We need volunteers to help lay wreaths at grave sites on December 17th at 10AM.
10 benefits if you have a 30% VA service-connected disability
10 benefits if you have a 50% VA service-connected disability
11 benefits if you have a 60% - 90% VA service-connected disability
14 benefits if you have a 100% VA service-connected disability
Link to Oro Valley and AZ State Veteran Service Officer to file a VA Claim
FREE, Brand New Medical Supplies & Equipment if enrolled with the VA
Unknown US Soldier is selected Oct 1921
Japanese planes destroy the USS Hornet Oct 1942
Suicide bomber kills 241 US military in Beirut Oct 1983
18-year-old Army PFC Milton Lee Olive awarded MOH posthumously 6 months after act of bravery Oct 1965
First American casualties in Vietnam Oct 1957.
Secretary of Defense: Active-duty suicide rate drops Oct 2022
Veterans Day free meals, discounts and offers.
Draft card burning demonstrations staged across the country Oct 1965
As always, thank you for your service
Mike