Post pays a visit to hospitalized vets on Labor Day

VA Volunteers
Five members of Post 3063 and two community volunteers visited the Seattle VA Hospital on Labor Day to bring some holiday cheer to the patients. This visit they tried something new: instead of passing out drinks and snacks to the patients they passed out monetary chit books that could be used in the Veterans Canteen Service Store. Even the patients on restricted diets received something this time and all of them could choose whatever they wanted at the store. Pictured from left to right: Justin Mamallo, Dan Stokke, Sanu Chacko, Jessica Chacko, Gail Engler, and John Hoglund (Harold Rodenberger not pictured).

 

 

State of Women Veterans social media campaign launched

The Department of Veterans Affairs published a press release announcing a social media campaign about women veterans going on now through Veterans Day. It aims to raise awareness about contributions of women veterans.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 1, 2016

 

State of Women Veterans Social Media Campaign Launched

 

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is partnering with Women Veterans Interactive (WVI) to launch a State of Women Veterans’ social media campaign. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of women Veterans’ military and societal contributions and provide an avenue for informing women Veterans about the VA benefits they have earned.

 

“This campaign is a collaborative effort to establish partnerships with nonprofit organizations that advocate and provide assistance on behalf of women Veterans,” said Kayla Williams, Director of VA’s Center for Women Veterans. “We are elated to be partnering with WVI in this important initiative. The new State of Women Veterans’ social media campaign offers another way to connect with women Veterans to raise awareness about VA care and benefits and to encourage collaborative partnerships.”

 

The campaign will conclude over the Veterans Day weekend and will be recognized and featured during a WVI- sponsored event in November.

 

For more information or to join in the conversation, follow @DeptVetAffairs on Twitter, like the Department of Veterans Affairs Facebook page and use the hashtag State of #WomenVets.

 

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Report on the VFW National Convention

By Harold Rodenberger

 

Our National Convention was held in Charlotte, NC, July 23-27 2016. Four members of our post attended: Commander Nestor Tamayao, Trustee and Past Commander, Aaron Stoltz, Quartermaster and Past Commander Harold Rodenberger, and delegate Jesse Basher.

 

This convention is the supreme authority of our organization, and as such acts through the delegates to enact and modify laws governing how our group operates. People are appointed as our leaders and enact various goals and programs for the current and future years.

 

This year there were almost one hundred proposed amendments and revisions to be considered and voted on by our convention.

 

In addition to the changes in our governing documents there were many other items of business. We heard speakers ranging from the Mayor of Charlotte to the Secretary of the VA to both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president. We presented our VFW awards, and the winners are listed on our VFW National website at vfw.org

 

One of the main functions of the convention is to elect and install our leaders for the ensuing year. This year we elected Brian Duffy as our Commander in Chief. Chief Duffy is the first Desert Storm veteran to hold that office. We also elected another Desert Storm veteran and the first female to hold the office, Karen Anderson, as our new Quartermaster General.