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Sumter Post 15 Newsletter
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Commanders Call
At our January meeting
we presented a check for 5,000 dollars to Scout master
 Bobby
Barns who accepted this third installment of our pledge of $20,000
to the Henry Sheeler District of the Boy Scouts. Several scouts and
their families were recognized. Bobby Barns, scout master of Troop
339 was our guest speaker. He talked about the value of the Boy
Scout program in building leaders for our future. He highlighted
some of the plans the troop has for the upcoming summer including
trips to Texas and Tennessee. Wendy Schaare announced that the Cub
Scouts were planning a Spaghetti dinner fund raiser on February 27th
at the Legion Home. Tickets are 5 dollars and both take out and eat
in meals will be available.
Our February program
will be Law & Order. We will recognize the Police Officer,
Firefighter, Corrections Officer, and Emergency Medical Technician
of the year. Each have been nominated by their respective
departments and selected by our Public Safety committee. Each
selectee will receive an engraved plaque, certificate, and 500
dollars. Our guest speaker will be Retired Assistant Columbia Fire
Chief Ed Goff.
Commander,
Henry Holland
From the Adjutant
Our membership stands
at 610. More than 150 current members have not yet paid their dues.
We are only 72% of our goal for membership. Our biggest down fall
continues to be the lack of new members. If the post is to continue
to thrive we must all work hard to bring in new members. Active duty
members are eligible and young gulf war veterans are the strong
active members we should work to sign-up.
At the close of the
February meeting, we will take a 10 minute break to excuse our
guests. I will then present a financial briefing to the membership
outlining our FY2009 expenditures and our budget plans for FY2010.
Adjutant,
Nick
Nero
From our Chaplain
Post
everlasting since our last meeting:
Monroe
Brown, Woodrow Brown, Wendell T. Parrott, Robert T. Brown, W. Burke
Watson and Marion B. Hanna
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