By Harold Rodenberger
My update this month is about thanks.
Your post is alive and well, membership just hit one hundred percent with more to come and our activity list is growing longer with more people becoming involved. Our Facebook page, website and newsletter are thriving thanks to the managers of each and your support.
Our present officers are nearing the end of their terms of office. Thanks to them for going above and beyond to serve our post and the members of our community. New officers will be elected this Thursday and will be waiting in the wings to take over their new positions of authority. Thanks to them for accepting these new responsibilities.
Effective with this month’s meeting, our Auxiliary will be furnishing the food for meeting nights. Thank you, Auxiliary, for assuming this responsibility.
Yes, our post is doing well, but today I want to write about YOU, our members, family and guests.
Most people who read this paper are members of our post or family members of members, but since we post on our website, others also read these words. That doesn’t matter because today’s column applies to all of you. I want to tell each of you THANK YOU for what you do.
Thank you for being a friend to veterans. Whether you fly our flag, donate money to veterans’ causes or simply continue your membership in our VFW, you are helping veterans and their families. There is strength in numbers and your continued membership adds to the clout we have in the other Washington in support of veterans.
Thank you for being a good citizen and community supporter. Whether it’s cleaning the street in front of your place, volunteering at your school or library, visiting shut-in friends or just saying “Hi” to your neighbors it all helps to make our community a better place to live.
Many of you support the post and keep your membership current even though you can’t attend meetings. Some can’t drive at night, some have scheduling conflicts and some are care givers and can’t get away. Thanks to all of you for thinking of us and for your continued membership.
A special THANK YOU to those of you who live outside Seattle but still maintain your membership in our post. This month we are starting a newsletter column featuring members of our post who are living in areas away from our post. Some are temporary and some are permanent relocations but we value all of you.
Finally, THANK YOU for your support as I perform the duties of Quartermaster. Many of you post changes to your address, phone, etc., and pay your dues directly to the VFW National website thus saving me the time and effort. Members of the various committees share the financial decisions that are necessary to run the post. Many of you stop by the office just to say “Hi.” Your help and support make this job so much easier.
When I had the medical problem last month I was heartened and humbled by the many of you who asked after my health and kept me in your prayers. THANK YOU!
I would like to greet each of you personally but, since I can’t, let me say again, and again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!