Join us Sunday Nov. 10 for a free concert honoring those who have served our country in the United States’ Armed Forces. All ages are welcome. Any donations will benefit the Ballard Eagleson Post 3063 Relief Fund. See Facebook event here.
Category: Event
Annual Fundraiser Yet Again an Outstanding Success
By Alyson Teeter
VFW Post 3063 hosted its Annual Spaghetti Fundraiser and Raffle Sept. 14, 2019. The annual tradition, which has been held at the post hall for a number of years, brought in $6,264.20: an increase of nearly $500 from 2018!
The net proceeds will be deposited in the Post Relief Fund, which benefits a variety of causes, from local veterans in need — including those at the Seattle VA hospital — to the VFW’s National Home for Children.
As in past years, the hall was jam packed with comrades, family members, and friends due in large part to the Seelig family. Comrade Russ Seelig, Chef Kay Seelig, and their family performed a bulk of the work, from organizing the raffle to cooking the food. Their dedication was obvious by looking at the quality of raffle items, the large turnout, the taste of the food, and the comradery felt by all.
Thank you to all who volunteered and attended; please come again next year!
Fundraiser update
By Russ Seelig
We are exactly 2 weeks from the Spaghetti Feed and Raffle and I wanted to give you all a quick update on where we are prior to our final meeting. We currently have about 35 raffle prizes in hand with additional promised. My experience has been that not all that are promised materialize and some that we never hear about beforehand show up at the event. Nevertheless we are running behind where we have been in the past few years both in quantity and dollar value.
Our goal is to raise about $5,000 to add to our charitable contributions budget. We make a profit of about $10/ticket, and if we sell the 150 tickets we normally sell that is a profit of about $1,500, leaving $3,500 to secure from the about 125 participants we have had in the past, or about $30 per person. In other words we need additional quality prizes that we hope people will want to put numerous tickets in. I do not know how many tickets have been sold to date, but I have distributed about 100 and an unknown number have been sold via the internet.
The following is a condensed list of the prizes we currently have:
Restaurant Gift Certificates: Alcove Dining Room, Olive and the Grape, Dick’s Drive-In, Uli’s Famous Sausage, Ballard Mandarin
Admission Tickets: Mariners, Ride the Ducks, Everett Aquasox, Argosy Cruises, MoPop, Museum of Flight
Other larger ticket items: Artwork, Instant Pot, Handmade Afghan, Tattoos, Salmon Fishing Trip, MacDonald’s Happy Meal display
Other items: Interesting items that are hard to categorize.
Please come to the meeting with the proceeds from the tickets you have sold. If you haven’t sold any please call your friends and neighbors and give them a chance to come and have some fun. Please bring any raffle prizes you have gotten. Contact me at 206-423-1150 if you have any questions.
Annual Spaghetti Fundraiser Sept. 14
Buy your tickets now on Eventbrite or in person from Russ Seelig or Harold Rodenberger.
Relay Restaurant Group Feeds Veterans on Memorial Day
By Alyson Teeter
On Memorial Day more than 20 employees — including the owners and chefs –from the nationally known Relay Restaurant Group fed approximately 40 veterans and family members from the local Ballard community.
General Manager Michael Lund reached out to VFW Post 3063 in late April with the offer and that they wanted to hear “the amazing stories from people who helped make our country the amazing one it is today.” The post leadership team immediately said yes to the proposal!
The Memorial Day event started with a honor guard detail and an address from Commander Pete Krawitz. The front of the house staff showed off their serving skills while the kitchen staff showed off their culinary skills.
The Relay team provided a large assortment of picnic-themed food — from barbecue chicken to cornbread and potato salad — all with a gourmet flare. According to Lund, the menu came together that morning and they had fun being spontaneous.