Comrades,

Tonight is our monthly post meeting. It’s our quarterly Audit so we ask that Trustees show up early at 645pm.

Topics for this evening include Nominations for new Officers & Memorial Day Flag Placing in the Junction and Poppies.

See you there.

-QM

Winners Selected in VFW’s Annual National Youth Scholarship Contest
Panama City, Fla., student awarded a $30,000 scholarship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 1, 2016) – Last night, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) and its Auxiliary proudly announced the national winners of its annual Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions, live during the 2016 VFW Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.

Enacted in 1946, the 2016 Voice of Democracy program’s theme asked students to describe “My Vision for America.” The first-place winner, Grayson Campbell, sponsored by VFW Post 10555 and its Auxiliary in Panama City Beach, Fla., received an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where he was presented with the T.C. Selman Memorial Scholarship Award in the amount of $30,000. The second-place winner, John Dykstra, sponsored by VFW Post 1774 and its Auxiliary in La Mesa, Calif., received the $16,000 Charles Kuralt Memorial Scholarship Award. The third-place winner, Christopher Oulds, sponsored by VFW Post 8798 and its Auxiliary in Eufaula, Okla., received the $10,000 VFW Scholarship Award. All other state winners received at least a $1,000 college scholarship. More than 36,000 students participated in this year’s competition.
Read Grayson Campbell’s award-winning essay.
Watch Grayson deliver his essay on-demand at vfw.org/VFWDC2016.
See the complete list of 2016 winners.

Enacted in 1995, the Patriot’s Pen program is designed to foster patriotism by allowing students the opportunity to express their opinions on a patriotic theme, this year’s being, “What Freedom Means to Me.” The first-place winner, Shane Stafford, sponsored by VFW Post 10468 in Searchlight, Nev., received an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where he received a $5,000 award.

The second-place winner, Cassandra Soeldner, sponsored by VFW Post 10810 in Stuttgart, Germany (VFW Department of Europe), will receive a $4,000 award. The third-place winner, Nicole Kashner, sponsored by VFW Post 108 and its Auxiliary in Chillicothe, Ohio, will receive a $3,500 award. More than 130,000 students participated in this year’s competition.

Watch Shane Stafford deliver his essay on-demand at vfw.org/VFWDC2016.
Read Shane’s award-winning essay.
See the complete list of 2016 winners.

General Motors, Habitat for Humanity of Seattle King County and Habitat for Humanity International invite you to attend a Veterans Build Networking event in two weeks focusing on engaging veterans. Please REGISTER as soon as possible if you are sure that you can attend. PLEASE, select Partner Organization/VSO as the registration type to prevent the $15 charge. (2 per organization)

We would appreciate if you or your local representatives could attend the Veterans Build Networking Event 12-4pm. If your Veteran Support Organization would like to bring brochures to share with our HFH Affiliates that would be great. The event is to build a partnership and create a collaborative interaction for future opportunities and endeavors. Thank you.

WHAT:

Veterans Build Networking Event

WHEN:

February 17, 2016, 9:30 AM – 4 PM

WHERE:

Habitat for Humanity Seattle – King County
560 Naches Ave SW, Suite 110, Renton, WA 98057
DIRECTIONS

WHO:

Any affiliate wanting to start or improve efforts to empower their local veteran community. This session will be especially useful for executive directors, family services staff and/or board members and focus on outreach, working with Veterans and partnerships.

WHY:

This interactive session will enable your affiliate to more effectively recruit and partner with veteran families. In the morning, you’ll discuss best practices with other successful Veterans Build affiliates. In the afternoon, you’ll meet national and local Veteran Build partner organizations such as Team Rubicon, The Mission Continues, Team Red, White & Blue, the VA and others and discuss how you can collaborate.

COST:

Thanks to General Motors generous support, registration is only $15! In addition, a limited number of $150 per affiliate travel stipends reimbursements are available for affiliates over three hours from Renton.

HOW:

Please REGISTER by February 15 so we can plan meals and set up the space appropriately!

All the best,

Sean L. Walker

Associate Director, Veterans Build

Habitat for Humanity International

270 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1300

Atlanta, GA. 30303

Direct: (404) 962-3491 Cell: (404) 604-7437

Empowering Veterans through the Build

General Motors, Habitat for Humanity of Seattle King County and Habitat for Humanity International invite you to attend a Veterans Build Networking event in two weeks focusing on engaging veterans. Please REGISTER as soon as possible if you are sure that you can attend. PLEASE, select Partner Organization/VSO as the registration type to prevent the $15 charge. (2 per organization)

We would appreciate if you or your local representatives could attend the Veterans Build Networking Event 12-4pm. If your Veteran Support Organization would like to bring brochures to share with our HFH Affiliates that would be great. The event is to build a partnership and create a collaborative interaction for future opportunities and endeavors. Thank you.

WHAT:

Veterans Build Networking Event

WHEN:

February 17, 2016, 9:30 AM – 4 PM

WHERE:

Habitat for Humanity Seattle – King County
560 Naches Ave SW, Suite 110, Renton, WA 98057
DIRECTIONS

WHO:

Any affiliate wanting to start or improve efforts to empower their local veteran community. This session will be especially useful for executive directors, family services staff and/or board members and focus on outreach, working with Veterans and partnerships.

WHY:

This interactive session will enable your affiliate to more effectively recruit and partner with veteran families. In the morning, you’ll discuss best practices with other successful Veterans Build affiliates. In the afternoon, you’ll meet national and local Veteran Build partner organizations such as Team Rubicon, The Mission Continues, Team Red, White & Blue, the VA and others and discuss how you can collaborate.

COST:

Thanks to General Motors generous support, registration is only $15! In addition, a limited number of $150 per affiliate travel stipends reimbursements are available for affiliates over three hours from Renton.

HOW:

Please REGISTER by February 15 so we can plan meals and set up the space appropriately!

All the best,

Sean L. Walker

Associate Director, Veterans Build

Habitat for Humanity International

270 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1300

Atlanta, GA. 30303

Direct: (404) 962-3491 Cell: (404) 604-7437

Empowering Veterans through the Build