Post Commander – Terry Pieper
Sr. Vice Commander – Jon Kelly
Jr. Vice Commander – Sol Diekmann
Quartermaster – Larry Grindland
Adjutant – Sol Diekman
Post Officers
Trustee 1 yr – Mike Mausolf
Trustee 2 yr – Mike Running
Trustee 3 yr – Ken Johnson
Surgeon – Larry Mueller
Legislative – Jon Kelly
Commanders Column
Greetings
Summer is fast coming to an end and I hope you all enjoyed it. As part of the summer community events, the Color Guard lead the Kaposia Days Parade. New at this year’s parade we had a float that members from the Post and Auxiliary rode on and passed out candy. We hosted a booth during Kaposia Days Business Expo and answered questions about the changes for the Post. We also met with several Vets about membership and the mission of the VFW.
July has been quiet for the most part, we made our visits to the Minneapolis and Hasting Veterans homes for our bingo nights. We are continuing to host Bingo at the Moose Lodge (see dates and time on the VFW website calendar) and encourage our members to go and give it a shot, you don’t have to be a member of the Moose to play Bingo. And if you wish to have a drink and play some pull tabs we have several post members that you can sign in under as a guest.
Upcoming volunteer opportunities:
- Youth awards- to judge essays for the Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy
- Cemetery – in addition to repairing and refreshing the monument, we are looking for volunteers to clear and raise headstones that have sunken
Special Meeting– Saturday September 28th, 1-3 pm at the South St Paul Community Center for all Post and Auxiliary members on the future of the post. This will be an information gathering meeting on the options available to ensure our post is sustainable and relevant to veterans and our community for generations to come. (no voting will be done)
Annual membership drive-membership dues are now being accepted we hope to have them collected by January 1st, but early payments are accepted. 2020 dues can be sent to the Post – attention quarter master – Larry Grindland,
100 Anniversary- Don’t forget to send your reservation in for the Anniversary banquet.
Calling on any member that graduated in the SSP class of 1969! Please contact Patty Moliter, the reunion committee member at: (651)216-9898
Comrade in Arms
Terry Pieper
Post Commander
Gallagher-Hansen
1401 Thomson Ave.Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 295
South St Paul Mn 55075
(651) 455-1505