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EVENT	LEAD/POC	INFO FOR POST MEMBERS
Leland Founders Day September 8th 3pm - 9pm	Richard Fry	Click: LINK for more info
Post 68 Officers Meeting CANCELLED Sep 13th  1300 - 1500	Dale Todd	Hammock Meeting Room Shelmore Brunswick Forest
Vets to Washington Meet and Greet CANCELLED Sep 20th @ 4pm	Gerald Decker	Blossoms Meeting Room Magnolia Greens
Post 68 Member Meeting CANCELLED Sep 20th 6pm	Dale Todd	Blossoms Meeting Room Magnolia Greens
Veterans Information Event Sep 21st @ 11am CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!	LINK	Leland Town Hall
Fish Fry Fundraiser Sep 22nd CANCELLED!	Greg Miller
Women Veteran Expo and Veteran Banquet Sep 27th 2pm CURRENT STATUS UNKNOWN!		First Baptist Activity Center 1939 Independence Blvd Wilmington FLYER LINK www.militarymarket.org
Services Coordinating Council Annual EXPO Sep 29th 9am - 1pm CANCELLED! To be rescheduled		Location change!!!!!  from Leland Town Park to Leland Senior Center

Taps for....   William 'Bill' Charshaw   10/2/26 - 8/16/18 Friend and Legionair We will miss you...

LINK to obituary

AUGUST 2018 EVENT INFO

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MAY 2018 EVENT INFO EVENT LEAD/POC INFO FOR POST MEMBERS May 7th North Brunswick H.S. Freedome Shrine Dedication       Post 68 participated. Pics Battleship North Carolina Deciation   A new walkway surrounding the Battleship North Carolina was dedicated.. Post 68 Memorial Day Flag Placement

MARCH 2018 EVENT INFO

EVENT:

Post 68 Poppy Fund Drive

EVENT:

Post 68 Flag Retirement Ceremony pictures: LINK

EVENT:

JROTC Change of Command Ceremonu under Special Events - LINK

JANUARY 2018 EVENT INFO

Updated June 2018

Post 68 Officers

Commander, Jim Zelenski                                    afblueberet7494@gmail.com

1^st Vice Commander, Alan Simmons                   bandaid125@gmail.com

2nd Vice Commander, Art Dietrich III               dietriaw50@gmail.com 

Adjutant, Eric Mens                                             armyvet6770@gmail.com

Treasurer/Finance Officer, Greg Miller               FlyBoyFB111A@gmail.com

Chaplain, Brian Danielson                                   brian.e.danielson@gmail.com

Sergeant at Arms, K.C. White                              ken.white1031@gmail.com

Service Officer, Dale Todd                                    daleetodd@gmail.com 

Supply Officer, John Marone                                jonflyfish@aol.com

Public Relations Officer, Lane Adrian                  laneadrian@att.net

Historian, Dan Dodge                                             lifesgood50@gmail.com

Membership Committee, Chair, Kathy McDonough  Katconnaughton@hotmail.com

Member (Vacant)

Events Committee, Chair  VACANT                                         

Member (Vacant)

Flag Retirement Committee: Chair, Dan Fortini          dan14ef@hotmail.com 

Executive Committee:

Lou Tranzillo                                                      ltranzillo@bellsouth.net

Jim Thompson                                                       jim66t@yahoo.com            

Bill Smith                                                              Neptunevp92@gmail.com

Upcoming Event! Cape Fear Regional Jetport - Oak Island June 8th - 10th Please Note:  Post 543 (St James) is offering a raffle for 1 seat on this ride worht $475 Tickets will be $5.00 / $10.00 for 3 tickets $4.50 will be given to the "selling" organization and $.50 goes towards administrative costs. Any excess revenue from ticket sales goes to The Experimental Aircraft Association for the upkeep of this aircraft. Post 68 is looking into getting some raffel tickets............

MARCH 2018 EVENT INFO

Local Business Support for Veterans!

BEACH BAGELS      map

In honor of National Vietnam Veterans Day on March 29, we're offering a discount to any Vietnam Veteran who shows their Veteran card.  In addition, for every breakfast or lunch special sold this month (March) Beach Bagels will donate $1.00 to Wilmington's VVA Chapter 885.

POST HAPPENINGS Content from February 2018:

Meeting Guest Speaker - February

     Rick de Moya introduced Col. Steve Baker, Senior Army Instructor, North Brunswick High School, and member of Legion Post 68. Col. Baker spoke about the JROTC program at North Brunswick High School, events that the cadets participate in throughout the year, and thanked the Post for its support including the scholarship and recognition programs and participation in Boys State. Col. Baker invited Post members to participate in the Change of Command Ceremony at the High School on April 23rd at which time the Post 68 medal awards will also be made.

Member Recognition:

The Commander recognized the following Post 68 members for their work in our community in representing our “can do” spirit –

• Lane Adrian, Patty Kelley, Kobe Kelley, and Dale Todd for working the BFA Commodities Distribution on February 8th.

• Bobby Hunt for his work to date on Flag Collection and Flag Retirement events (Bobby had to step down as the Lead).

• Dan Fortini for taking the Lead on the Flag Collection Day (we need a Lead for the Flag Retirement event).

• Dan Dodge, Post Historian, for his continued excellent work on updating the Post 68 website.

Post Membership Status

     Post 68’s Local Roster shows that we have 122 members on our Local Roster. One transfer to Post 1981 (National) has been completed. As of the meeting date, 86 percent of the members have paid their 2018 dues.  

Legion Jackets

    We are working to put together a quantity order of American Legion Jackets for sale to members.  The price per unit goes down the bigger the order is.  Please contact John Marone to order or for more info.  Price is $37.00 plus $8.00 for "Post 68" lettering front and back for approximately $53.00 plus shipping.   John also has American Legion T-shirts for $12.  Product Descriptions @ LINK

Service Officer

            Dale Todd: No new service requests have been received.  However, Post 68 continues to provide assistance to needy local veterans.  A local veteran we had been assisting has recently passed away and we Salute his service.  Another family is being helped by a local auto repair facility to get their car running and by Brunswick County Housing Services which will be working on a handicap ramp along with electrical and plumbing repairs.

        Dale and Lane also gave updates on the March VBEC and Veterans Stand-down event.  Lane is helping to coordinate volunteers from other Military service related organizations while Dale is doing the same with all other service organizations.  Lane passed a signup sheet around asking members to step up and commit to a day and time slot.

Post 68 Elections:

    Commander Jim Zelenski gave an update on election of officers for May.  All positions have at least 1 member posting for the slot. 

District 9 Meeting – January 2018

        Attended by Dale Todd and Lane Adrian.  Post 68 received kudos for meeting membership target goals which included a presentation of challenge coins to by Dale and Lane to our Commander and Adjutant – Jim Zelenski & Eric Mens.

Brunswick High School / JROTC

            Rick de Moya, Brunswick High School and JROTC liaison gave another update regarding two projects at North Brunswick High School:  A Flag Pole Plaza in front of the school with 3 flag poles which may not be completed until later this year along with a Freedom Shrine of historical documents for a wall in the school’s library which should be completed this Spring.

What about..... a Legion Riders chapter for Post 68? 

            Post 68 members Lane Adrian and Greg Miller, both avid riders, are interested in exploring the idea of developing a Legion Riders chapter for Post 68.  Interested members should contact Lane or Greg for more information.  Also, if you know of any veterans who are also riders, please let them know about this effort.  We may get a few new members!

Thank You Post 68!

  In January, Post 68 hosted Melissa Monroe, Deputy Director, Brunswick County Board of Elections as our guest speaker.  We have received a THANK YOU card from Melissa for allowing her to speak.  See LINK for text.

Unserviceable Flag Collection Event: 

  We held our 2nd Flag Collection event on Saturday March 3rd at the Leland Town Park.  This event was not attended as well as last years event but we did collect both flags and donations. See Special Events section for an after-action report along with pictures.

*** UPCOMING EVENTS ***

Unserviceable Flag Retirement Ceremony

  The unserviceable flag retirement ceremony event will be held at the Leland Town Hall recreation building on April 28th.  The Lead for this event is Gerald Decker.  More inforamtion forthcoming.  

Poppy Day

    Commander Jim Zelenski has ordered additional poppies for this fund raising event.  He is also working on volunteers to run tables at various locations in and around Leland.

Wilmington Down Town Concert Series Wristband Sales

    Commander Zelenski has already submitted an application for Post 68 to participate in wristband sales at the Down Town Concert Series this year.  Last year the Post made about $400 for a few hours work.  Volunteers will be needed to man 2 tables at the event.  A date is TBD at this time.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS:

     Veterans Benefits Action Center (VBAC) remains in the planning stages for 2018 and has been renamed the Veterans Benefits Experience Center (VBEC). A veterans “Stand-down” will be held on site as well to provide showers, clean clothing, food, and medical and dental services to the area’s homeless veterans.  SEE VBEC LINK for details!

          22, 23, 24 March 2018 – we will need volunteers to work the event
          Volunteer Roles are being defined
                – information on responsibilities will be provided as received
          Location - Elks Club, 5102 Oleander Drive, Wilmington
          Website: http://www.vbec2018.com/
          Post Lead – Lead (Dale Todd, Service Officer)

JUNE 2018 EVENT INFO