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Post Members Trekking in Nepal; Invite Others to Join In
Enjoy trekking? Post member Russ Seelig is planning a trek in Nepal next spring and invites other interested members (and family members) to join in the fun. The actual trekking starts from Jiri, near Kathmandu, and winds up to Everett Base Camp and back to Lukla. So far, Harold and his son have signed on for the approximately four-week hike. It promises to be an interesting, and challenging, trek so if you are interested, give Russ or Harold a call to get more details.
In Memoriam (August 2017)
During the August business meeting, the post charter will be draped with a black cloth for the following comrade who recently passed away. The charter will stay draped for 30 days in his honor.
Robert White, U.S. Army, Vietnam War
Member in Distress: Comrade’s Daughter Fighting Cancer
It was recently brought to Quartermaster Harold Rodenberger’s attention that Comrade Evan Turner’s seven-month-old baby daughter, Lillian, was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, Stage 4S in April.
Comrade Turner and his wife have started a GoFundMe page, and it says, “Although unexpected and heartbreaking, the cancer was found early. The Doctors are optimistic that Lillian will respond well to treatment and live a long life. Evan and Rachel are prepared to do whatever they have to do for their little girl. Their future consists of surgeries, additional cancer treatment, constant observation by the Pediatric Oncology team at Seattle Children’s, a lot of traveling, various therapies, not to mention the vast amount of unseen costs for potential therapy associated with aggressive cancer treatment in the years to come.”
If you would like to donate to Lillian’s cause, please visit her GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/lillians-battle-with-neuroblastoma.
Fishing For Members
By Harold Rodenberger
Washington State VFW Junior Past Commander (2016-2017) Elmer Clark developed a membership program called “Fishing for Members” as a major goal of his year. He was determined to achieve 100% membership so challenged our members by entering each person who recruited five new or reinstated members into a drawing for an all-expenses paid fishing trip out of Westport.
As the end of the year approached, it appeared we would come up a little short but our posts pitched in for a last-minute push and on the last day we made it. For the first time in 15 years Washington state achieved over 100% membership.
Our post did its part by achieving 106% membership, well above the goal. Your post quartermaster was lucky enough to win one of the spots on the charter and caught the two biggest fish, Chinook salmon weighing 21 and 19 pounds. The limit is one Chinook so I gave one away.