Comrades:
Success in spite of adversity.
As we come to the end of 2020 and hopefully what will become the beginning of the end to the pandemic, I want to wish all of you a Happy and wonderful New Year, surrounded by those who mean the most to you.
This has been a difficult year especially since March, for all of us, but I am most confident that with the ever increasing availability of the vaccinations, happy days will indeed be here again sooner than later! We will eventually be moving beyond the Covid restrictions, but for now there is still a need to stay the course with masking, social distancing, etc. for what will hopefully be just a bit longer. I never thought the comment, “I wouldn’t touch them with a six foot pole” would become a national policy – but here we are!
The pandemic, as difficult as it has been, has served to make us look at new or different ways for the Post to meet or exceed the goals that are set at the beginning of each VFW year.
Zoom has enabled us to continue with our business meetings, The Bidding Owl resulted in our fundraiser being far more successful than anyone thought, the Honor/Color guard has successfully pursued a grant that will allow it to “march” right along (sorry) better than ever, and Kay and the kitchen staff have developed a system that keeps the operation in compliance with the Governor’s requirements and still serve tremendous meals to 80-100 people each month. Through the efforts of many, the post successfully assembled in excess of 90,000 Buddy Poppies that will generate another $2,000 for the post. And these are just some of the main accomplishments!
Lastly, with regard New Year’s Day, Mark Twain once said, ”Now is the accepted time to make your annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” For me, my New Year’s resolution list usually starts with the desire to lose between 10 and three thousand pounds! Hopefully you all can do better!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! Here’s a special message from our command team: https://tinyurl.com/y9wx92dn.
Joe Fitzgerald
Post 3063 Commander