MEMBERS IN NEED:

Comrade Doc Cloud is receiving treatment for prostate cancer. He is in good spirits and always looks at the brighter side of things.

Comrade Skip Bennett’s wife, Roni, continues with her chemo and radiation treatments at Baptist Hospital. Come support the event this Saturday, 6 February starting at 1800. Skip is recovering from rotator cuff surgery too.

Comrade Rob Lambrecht had surgery and is undergoing chemo and radiation treatments for the next six weeks or so.

Comrade Dick Gilman is recovering from hip replacement surgery.

Please keep these Comrades and Sisters in your thoughts and prayers.

If you have knowledge of a comrade in distress or the passing of a Post 706 member or affiliate member contact the Post at (850)455-0026. We should send our encouragements to those in need as soon as we learn of their situation or loss.

Listen Comrades, Cooties, Ladies:

Our Scratch for May and our dinner are both cancelled because of the District I meeting on 8 May and a wedding on 1 May. Sooooo, we’ll get back together 0n 5 June for our Steak Night and our next Scratch will be on 12 June at 1101.

We had a good turnout at the Milton Picnic. Food was great! Camaraderie was better. You shoulda been there and done that. Got our fill and then some.

The MOC and MOCA will do our best to "Keep 'Em Smilin' in Beds of White" in 2010.

Yours in L.O.T.C.S.

SS PT 66

Hello Sisters, I would like to take this opportunity again to say thank you for coming and supporting our last month’s dinner. However, I also want to apologize for us running out of food so early. We will do our best on the next dinner that this will not happen again.

I want to thank Beth, Sherri, and Pat for your help in the kitchen; if I left out anyone I'm sorry. I also want to give a big thanks to Shawn for all his hard work. He always has done a great job with all our events.

Let me also take this time to say thank you (I think) for voting me in for another term. I will try for this to be a better year for all of us and it will be with all your help and support. I can't do it without YOU.... I also want to thank Beth for accepting to be my Secretary, Millie for keeping her position as my treasurer, and for all the other ladies that were voted in for the upcoming new year effective in June.

We need more of you ladies to start attending the meetings and getting involved. Anyone can carry a card. We have several things coming up this month that need your attention.

Our next dinner will be "POT LUCK" so bring in your best recipe and sign your name on the list. See all of you our next meeting and again thank you.   

Our Draw Down is scheduled for July. So please don’t miss out on this and the prizes of course. Tickets go on sale this week.

Thank you, ladies, for all you do, and have done, to keep the Ladies Auxiliary moving in the right direction.  "Keep Smiling"

Madam President

We would like to thank those who supported our last dinner.  It didn't go to well, but we're hoping that it is just because of the weather.  We are thinking about changing a few things, so if ya'll are enjoying the ribs and chicken, and ya'll want us to keep doing them, then please voice your opinion to a member of the Men's Auxiliary.  Possible changes could be hamburger steaks or beef tips and rice, and any suggestions in this matter will also be welcomed.

Men's Auxiliary meeting will be held on Thursday, 13 May, at 6:00 PM and our next dinner will be on the 22 May at 6:00 PM. 

We are planning a yard sale and car wash and a benefit for the Memorial Day Celebration at the WALL SOUTH on 30 May!!!  Please come out and help support our veterans. 

Thanks again and God Bless!!!

Comrades,

We welcome anyone interested in becoming a member of the Riders. Please stop by, fill out an application, and talk to any of the active members, or please join us on any of our upcoming rides.

During the month of April, we participated in the Wounded Warriors Poker Run. THANKS TO ALL WHO SHOWED UP AND PARTICIPATED.

ATTENTION: DUE TO HOLIDAY SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, OUR MONTHLY MEETING DATE AND TIME WAS CHANGED TO THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 1100!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

MAY 8, 2010 – SAVE A BABY POKER RUN

Joe Spink, President
John Forte, Vice President
Andy Marston, Secretary

VFW Riders

Canteen Friends and Family, I would like to say thank you to the ones of you that have been very good about coming and supporting your canteen. For the rest of you shame on you.. You have been missing out on some good food and great entertainment. We need you to support your post. I/We are not saying you have to come in everyday or for every dinner, but it would be nice to show your faces on at least one of the dinner nights. Due to the fact we have had such a bad turn out on Saturdays I am not planning any entertainment for the month of June. We will only have the dinners. I cannot stress enough how important it is to have your support. If you believe in your VFW and you want to be an active card holder; then be one. We have to work together to keep this Post alive.

We will be going to new hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On those days we will open at 2 PM – until? The rest of the days will remain the same until further notice.

We still have KARAOKE on Thursdays with happy hour all day.  So come out and do some singing, dancing and join your friends.

Remember "all for one and one for all" 

CeeCee Goodwin Canteen Manager

Ebbie Jermyn

Americanism Chairman

GOOD OF THE ORDER
 

NEWSLETTER

In an effort to save money we are going to discontinue mailing this newsletter to those with internet capabilities. The newsletter is available 24/7 online at www.vfw706.org.

~ BINGO ~ THE BIG GAME!

The BIG GAME is a proven success. We are going into week five, and the $250 jackpot can be yours if you Bingo in 55 numbers or less. Someone has to win; it might as well be you!

SUPPORT YOUR POST

Have you ever given any thought to why you joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars? I’m sure it was to be able to share war stories and help other veterans who were not as fortunate as you were. After all, we survived to live another day. Now it is our turn to take care of our Comrades who were not as fortunate as us. In order to complete our pledge to the VFW, you have to participate and show your support to those less fortunate. It always gives me a feeling of worth when someone we helped calls or writes to say “Thank you for all you do.” I understand why many of you are not able to help physically. I don’t understand why those who are physically capable don’t darken our doors or come by to ask: “What can I do to help?” We have 738 members; 600 or so never come by the “V”. Call your friends. Come by the Post. If you have any ideas, suggestions, or issues you want to affect, don’t be afraid to speak up and take a stand. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! WE NEED YOUR IDEAS! But most of all WE NEED YOU!!!

LOST MEMBERS

The Life Member Comrades listed here are “lost.” We have no address for them. If you know any of these individuals or there whereabouts, please call the Post and leave a message with their current address and phone number or send an email to vfwpost706@gmail.com.

Richard Mullen, Commander