Category: Event

Comrades Don Service Items for November Social

At the November monthly social many of us wore items from our service — like jackets and hats — which was quite a treat! Comrade Griffith, who sported an Army blouse from his service in the 1960s, was the lucky random winner of a Lockspot gift card. We also belatedly recognized the USMC birthday and Al Simpson being the only USMC veteran in attendance received a birthday cake from a local boy scout, Taj, who is enlisting in the USMC next summer. (We would have eaten the cake but we already had a tasty Thanksgiving meal and a sampling of homemade desserts made by Chef Kay and crew.) Wally Michl didn’t have any items left from his service but he brought a photo of himself from 1949.

It was a fun night that honored our many years of service and we’re looking forward to our holiday social Dec. 15!

Veterans and Community Work Together to Paint Mural

It was a Veterans Day to remember for our post this year! Our friends at Urban ArtWorks and veteran artist Chris Kent — with the help of post and auxiliary members, community members, scouts, Mayor Harrell and CM Strauss — were able to bring our much anticipated “Service with Pride” mural to life! It was a fun experience for all participants and certainly fit the intent for the county’s VETS ENGAGED grant. Close to lunch time folks from Taco Loco generously dropped off three large trays of delicious food for our hard working volunteers. Thank you again to everyone who pitched in who were united in service and honor of veterans.

Here was the external coverage we received of the event:
Seattle Times
KCPQ 13
KOMO 4
My Ballard
National VFW
Mayor of Seattle

Sign Up to Help Paint Our New Mural!

The community has already started to sign up to help paint our new mural but we need more of our membership to pitch in! Go to this SignUp Genius link to put yourself down for a time to paint. It should be a great opportunity to connect with local artists, neighbors and our scouting troop who are giving time to our post to make our building more prominent to passers by. Questions? Contact [email protected].