Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, Peace, and farewell...
You may be
interested to know that these wreaths -- some 5,000 --
are donated by the Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington ,
Maine . The owner, Merrill Worcester, not only provides
the wreaths, but covers the trucking expense as well.
He's done this since 1992. A wonderful guy. Also, most
years, groups of Maine school kids combine an
educational trip to DC with this event to help out.
Making this even more remarkable is the fact that
Harrington is in one the poorest parts of the state.
Merry Christmas
Attached is a
photo from my nephew who is overseas serving and
in this picture he has their tree decorated with
the Christmas cards the people from the Legion
sent in. I just wanted everyone to know they did
get shipped out.
Printing
and mailing costs are very high and getting higher. You can save your
post money and get a full color
newsletter in pdf format by notifying us
at
member@ciceropost.com.
Please
be sure to include your name with your email address.
"Something Different" CD's
recorded live at the Post during Friday shows available
at the Post
Pictures from Afghanistan
Jan, the Daughter of Bill Bell, our Sons Adjutant, and her Army Reserve
unit have been deployed to Afghanistan. Here are some pictures she has
sent back to us. We will post her address on the Legion Bulletin Board.
Keep
them all in your thoughts and prayers, for a job well done and safe
return home! Page 1Page 2 Page 3
Samantha Kunzelman, daughter of Post 787
members Ned and Mary Barnes
Samantha Enlisted in the United
States Air Force in 1997
She graduated from Central Square Central
School 1996
and married: Anthony Kunzelman of West Monroe in 1997.
Her parents: Ned and Mary Barnes West
Monroe, NY. Both parents are American Legion
Riders with post 787.
Siblings: Tabatha Brown, Riverview Ohio and Adam Barnes, Dover
Delaware. Adam who is also in the
United States Air Force is leaving for
his 3rd tour overseas this next week.
Children: Lucas who is 3 and Lanna who is 2.
Samantha also is employed at Children's
Hospital in Dayton, Ohio as a Laboratory
Technician.
Adam Barnes, Samantha's brother
Pictures from Christmas Caroling at the VA
I want to Thank everyone who helped make the Gift
Shop a success again this year . A special Thank
You to a couple of people from our Post 787
who were not in the picture: Linda and Doug Houmiel,
and Bob Smith, who put in a lot of hard work getting
this all set up and helping take it back down. We
mailed out 177 packages between the VA and the
Community Care Center and could not have done it
without the American Legion Families.
Thank You, Jayne Fust
Chairman
Thank You to all who donated items to our troop box,
as many of you have read in our newsletters the
troops were very appreciative of the many items they
received. Many of you donated cards, soap, lotions,
magazines and numerous much needed items. A lot of
people would ask why is it necessary for us to
donate doesn't the military supply the troops with
these things, well we wouldn't of been collecting
had the military supplied the troops with everyday
needs.
It was a privilege to be able to help in this
manner, but it is with sad heart that I report that
I will be putting the box away due to loss of
interest and shortage of cash to be able to send the
boxes. We have sent numerous boxes to troops
wherever they may be but it cost money to send them
and there is a deep shortage on that fact. Even if
we did a fundraiser times are tough right now for
everybody so it would be hard to keep raising money
for this project. If anyone has any ideas please
feel free to contact me I am always around the post.
Thanks again to all who donated to the troops. May
God keep watch over our troops. Rosemary Danielewicz
Troop Chairperson
CLOTHES NEEDED FOR TROOPS ON EMERGENCY LEAVE
Our Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan need Civi’s to
wear when flying on Commercial Airlines for
Emergency Leave. Many have Military Clothes only. We
Need Your used Jeans, Button Down Shirts, Polo
Shirts, (No shorts or tank tops) any size for Men
and Women. Must be clean and serviceable.
Donation Box in the Lounge0
Please Give Cash Donations for New Jeans & Freight
Post, Legion Riders and Army Cadets Veteran's Day
Parade 8 Nov 2008
Some of the many people
celebrating Veterans Day 2008 at Post 787 open house
Coast Guard Auxiliary to offer Safe Boating Course
Take A Boaters Safety Course
Be A Better Boater
The Life You Save, Maybe Your Own
Professional instruction is provided by certified
instructors of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the
civilian uniformed component of the U.S. Coast
Guard. The number of students in each class is
limited so call now to register.
Benefits of successful course completion
* General information about boats and maintenance
* Information to make your boating experience safer
and more enjoyable
* Knowledge of laws and regulations to which you
must adhere
* Certification and wallet card showing you have
completed an approved
Boating Course. (A must for PWC operation)
Class schedule
Saturday February 28, Gander Mountain Cicero, Starts
9:00
Saturday March 28, Gander Mountain Cicero, Starts
9:00
Saturday April 25, Gander Mountain Cicero, Starts
9:00
Sunday May 17, Gander Mountain Cicero, Starts 9:00
Pre registration is required
Contact:
Lee Wengenroth
315-652-6474 John Steinbarge 315-625-7698
Cost : First person is $35.00, additional person in
same household is $25.00.
Classes are one day, 8 hours of instruction.
The
Flag Code
suggests that, "when a flag
has served its useful purpose, it should be
destroyed, preferably by burning." For
individual citizens, this should be done
discreetly so the act of destruction is not
perceived as a protest or desecration.
American Legion Post 787 conduct a
semi-annual Disposal of Unserviceable Flag
Ceremony. This ceremony creates a
particularly dignified and solemn occasion
for the retirement of unserviceable flags.
Drop your old, tattered or unserviceable
flags in the barrel at the front bar
entrance of the Post any time of the year. This
service and the ceremonies are open to the
community
Membership to Date is
481
Our membership is now up to
481 with a goal of 527 which places us at
91.27%.
Welcome to new members Michael Delaney, Bob
Leach and Jan Bell.
Included in this newsletter (see
pdf here), a list of all members
who have not paid their dues yet. If all
members paid up, we could increase our
membership to almost 600 members.
Doug Herrmann
Adjutant and Membership
Chairman
New league forming Monday
nights. Public welcome. Sign up at the Post
Thanks
for all your donations !!
We gave out 16 Thanksgiving Turkeys to
families in need. Over 40 Food Baskets for
Christmas are being delivered.
Any question or to help
Mark Adam
We would also like to have more
pages of pictures from present and past
events, members, officers, anything you
might have that you want to share. You can
email to
hank@ciceropost.com or, if you're
comfortable with it, use our ftp site at
ftp.ciceropost.com or, if you don't have
digital, leave the materials at the post.
I'll scan them in and return them the same
way.
If you
would like your local business or
organization's events advertised here, for free,
just contact
hank@ciceropost.com. I can tie in,
within reason, gif, jpeg and flash movies
from an existing site or you can email or
upload to
ftp.ciceropost.com. If you don't have an
existing ad, just send me copy and/or
graphics and I'll put one together for you
in either Photoshop or Flash. We get a
couple of thousand hits a day here and a lot
of them are local.
The Corps
of Cadets is a leadership program for young
adults 10-17.
Soldiers, volunteers and parents work
closely with each cadet teaching them
Leadership skills - - Life skills - - Drug
avoidance strategies
Responsibility - - The Cadet Creed and Code
of Conduct
Military history - - Self discipline - -
Dedication.
For more
information, click
here.
