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American Legion Family:
Old Settlers Update: Thursday, July 9, we will be stuffing the envelopes with raffle tickets for our annual fundraiser at Old Settlers. If you can spare an hour or two, come by the post at 7pm. This is not hard duty and kind of fun once the assembly line gets rolling but we need people for the assembly line. The raffle prizes are increased to $300 and $200 and more important than stuffing them into the envelope is to sell or purchase the tickets. This is one of the events we depend on for our operating expenses throughout the year.
New this year will be breakfast from 8-10 before the parade on Sat. It will be a buffet style for efficiency. The horseshoe tournament has also been moved to 1pm on Sat and Sun. Need volunteers to work the water booth down town too. Just a couple of hours to sell water, pop and t-shirts. Booth open Friday noon-close and Sat 9-close. If you can spare an hour or two to sit there, send me an e-mail back.
Community Flag project: At the June meeting, membership approved the purchase of 15 3x5 American flags to be used to replace and retire old, worn out flags in the Mulvane community. Businesses are the primary target but neighborhood flags are also eligible. A certificate is being developed to present to the flag owner, along with the offer to replace and retire the worn flag. If anyone notices an flag in need of retirement, all it takes is an E-mail, phone call, or note to myself or any officer. Include name, address, and contact of business (if known), or individual if residence to contact. Arrangements will be made to get them a flag and certificate. If you know them personally, you will be involved as well. This is a great form of Americanism and community support from the Legion.
Canteen Finances: Here is something you don’t hear about every day. The Canteen has been performing efficiently and effectively for some time now. Leroy announced at the meeting the Canteen is actually in position to return funds to the American Legion general fund for the first time in many years. A lot of credit goes to Leroy and Peggy Reynolds for their efforts to not only contain cost, but also manage your money as if it’s their own.
Post Members MIA: If anyone knows the phone contact or address of the following members, can you please e-mail back with the info. These are members that are paid and on the rolls, but have moved without notifying us and we cannot locate:
James Cameron
Randall Everett
Ernest Madison
Tami Steward
Roger Taylor
Dan Cane: Since Dan has been a fixture at our post home for so many years, we need to be sure he can get around and get there. Now that Dan is pretty much confined to a wheelchair, Phil Horner has modified his house, at his own expense, for a ramp and has done some inside work to accommodate as well. What Dan now needs is a portable scooter. Medicare pays a portion of it but there is still about $1300 difference. For all Dan has done for our post, the membership approved up to $1300 to go towards the purchase of a motorized scooter for Dan. The Ladies Auxiliary later approved $200 to offset the cost and other groups are welcome to help out as well.
New Ice maker: Just when we needed it most, the ice maker bit the big one and we had to purchase a new one. The members that contribute to the Supplementary fund pitched in $500 and the Post absorbed the rest. We are now up to our frozen assets in ice and back on track for bagging up for Old Settlers. The nice thing is we are in position to handle these unplanned expenses and should shortly be able to get the post completely out of debt with the payoff of the new AC and heating units. This is about 2 years before the term of the loan.
Sat kitchen duty: The kitchen is in dire need of some cleaning and Sat is the day. Very doubtful we will be having the usual chicken and fish fry. All the appliances are going to be pulled out for deep cleaning behind them. Will need at least 4 to help pull stuff out around 9am. Have a couple of volunteers but will need a couple more. Please consider a little help.
Fireworks update: Final numbers are not yet firm but we have enough of a feel for the expenses and sales to tell everyone we will be making a profit in the range of $2450. Not a lot but not bad for a first time out. We discussed how to make it better at the meeting and we have a way to reduce some expenses. Additionally, we are now established and should do a lot better next year. Everyone felt it was worth moving forward with and we have committed to doing it again. We will have a fireworks committee meeting to soon and debrief all the issues, get questions answered and list what we need to do better next year. Some of the expenses can be reduced and along with a better knowledge of what we are doing, we stand to make a lot higher margin next year.
There were a lot of people that helped on this project. It lasted almost 10 days and we hit our first 100-degree days at the beginning of it. A few of the members were pretty much abused, but overall, a lot of other pitched in, took a shift or two and those that were abused survived. Everyone sacrificed and after talking to a lot of people, it was obvious we had a lot of fun and the post really pulled together. While it was not overly profitable the first year out, we set a good foundation for some big stuff in the future. Thank all of you that helped out and especially to those on the committee that were involved for months in advance.
Rick
JULY
Thru July 6 Work Fireworks Stand
1 7:00 E-Board Mtg
6 7:00 American Legion Mtg
7:00 Ladies Auxiliary Mtg
12 1:30 SAL Mtg
3:00 ALR Mtg
23 6:00 BOG Mtg
29 7:00 E-Board Mtg
AUGUST
3 7:00 American Legion Mtg.
3 7:00 Ladies Auxiliary Mtg
9 1:30 SAL Mtg
3:00 ALR Mtg
15-16 Old Settlers weekend
ALR-Woodland Park
American Legion Family:
Old Settlers Update: Thursday, July 9, we will be stuffing the envelopes with raffle tickets for our annual fundraiser at Old Settlers. If you can spare an hour or two, come by the post at 7pm. This is not hard duty and kind of fun once the assembly line gets rolling but we need people for the assembly line. The raffle prizes are increased to $300 and $200 and more important than stuffing them into the envelope is to sell or purchase the tickets. This is one of the events we depend on for our operating expenses throughout the year.
New this year will be breakfast from 8-10 before the parade on Sat. It will be a buffet style for efficiency. The horseshoe tournament has also been moved to 1pm on Sat and Sun. Need volunteers to work the water booth down town too. Just a couple of hours to sell water, pop and t-shirts. Booth open Friday noon-close and Sat 9-close. If you can spare an hour or two to sit there, send me an e-mail back.
Community Flag project: At the June meeting, membership approved the purchase of 15 3x5 American flags to be used to replace and retire old, worn out flags in the Mulvane community. Businesses are the primary target but neighborhood flags are also eligible. A certificate is being developed to present to the flag owner, along with the offer to replace and retire the worn flag. If anyone notices an flag in need of retirement, all it takes is an E-mail, phone call, or note to myself or any officer. Include name, address, and contact of business (if known), or individual if residence to contact. Arrangements will be made to get them a flag and certificate. If you know them personally, you will be involved as well. This is a great form of Americanism and community support from the Legion.
Canteen Finances: Here is something you don’t hear about every day. The Canteen has been performing efficiently and effectively for some time now. Leroy announced at the meeting the Canteen is actually in position to return funds to the American Legion general fund for the first time in many years. A lot of credit goes to Leroy and Peggy Reynolds for their efforts to not only contain cost, but also manage your money as if it’s their own.
Post Members MIA: If anyone knows the phone contact or address of the following members, can you please e-mail back with the info. These are members that are paid and on the rolls, but have moved without notifying us and we cannot locate:
James Cameron
Randall Everett
Ernest Madison
Tami Steward
Roger Taylor
Dan Cane: Since Dan has been a fixture at our post home for so many years, we need to be sure he can get around and get there. Now that Dan is pretty much confined to a wheelchair, Phil Horner has modified his house, at his own expense, for a ramp and has done some inside work to accommodate as well. What Dan now needs is a portable scooter. Medicare pays a portion of it but there is still about $1300 difference. For all Dan has done for our post, the membership approved up to $1300 to go towards the purchase of a motorized scooter for Dan. The Ladies Auxiliary later approved $200 to offset the cost and other groups are welcome to help out as well.
New Ice maker: Just when we needed it most, the ice maker bit the big one and we had to purchase a new one. The members that contribute to the Supplementary fund pitched in $500 and the Post absorbed the rest. We are now up to our frozen assets in ice and back on track for bagging up for Old Settlers. The nice thing is we are in position to handle these unplanned expenses and should shortly be able to get the post completely out of debt with the payoff of the new AC and heating units. This is about 2 years before the term of the loan.
Sat kitchen duty: The kitchen is in dire need of some cleaning and Sat is the day. Very doubtful we will be having the usual chicken and fish fry. All the appliances are going to be pulled out for deep cleaning behind them. Will need at least 4 to help pull stuff out around 9am. Have a couple of volunteers but will need a couple more. Please consider a little help.
Fireworks update: Final numbers are not yet firm but we have enough of a feel for the expenses and sales to tell everyone we will be making a profit in the range of $2450. Not a lot but not bad for a first time out. We discussed how to make it better at the meeting and we have a way to reduce some expenses. Additionally, we are now established and should do a lot better next year. Everyone felt it was worth moving forward with and we have committed to doing it again. We will have a fireworks committee meeting to soon and debrief all the issues, get questions answered and list what we need to do better next year. Some of the expenses can be reduced and along with a better knowledge of what we are doing, we stand to make a lot higher margin next year.
There were a lot of people that helped on this project. It lasted almost 10 days and we hit our first 100-degree days at the beginning of it. A few of the members were pretty much abused, but overall, a lot of other pitched in, took a shift or two and those that were abused survived. Everyone sacrificed and after talking to a lot of people, it was obvious we had a lot of fun and the post really pulled together. While it was not overly profitable the first year out, we set a good foundation for some big stuff in the future. Thank all of you that helped out and especially to those on the committee that were involved for months in advance.
Rick
JULY
Thru July 6 Work Fireworks Stand
1 7:00 E-Board Mtg
6 7:00 American Legion Mtg
7:00 Ladies Auxiliary Mtg
12 1:30 SAL Mtg
3:00 ALR Mtg
23 6:00 BOG Mtg
29 7:00 E-Board Mtg
AUGUST
3 7:00 American Legion Mtg.
3 7:00 Ladies Auxiliary Mtg
9 1:30 SAL Mtg
3:00 ALR Mtg
15-16 Old Settlers weekend
ALR-Woodland Park
