COMMANDER’S CORNER Hello to all Post 39 Friends!

Wow, we have been busy at Post 39! Since our last newsletter, our Ladies’ Auxiliary held their Christmas Party, we have had our successful New Years’ Party and Golf Tournament. The S.A.L. and Riders have also been churning up awareness and services around the community. None of this would be possible without our wonderful volunteers!

Let us extend a big warm welcome to our new members and transfers. We are also pleased to see to many of our friends down for the season. Please let us know if you have any

ERA ELIGIBILITY DATES:

WWI 4/6/17 to

11/11/18

WWII 12/7/41 to

12/31/46

Korea 6/25/50 to

1/31/55

Vietnam 2/28/61 to

5/7/75

Lebanon*Granada

8/24/82 to 7/31/84

Panama 12/20/89 to

1/31/90

Kuwait 8/2/90 through

cessation of hostilities

as determined by U.S.

Government

American Legion

Felix Poppell Post 39,

Vero Beach, FL

Inside this issue:

Auxiliary’s

Announcements

2

Commander’s

Corner

1

On the Road with

Post 39’s ALR

3

S.A.L Speaks 3

T.A.L.A.R.C. 3

Virtual Honor Flight—A

Day of Honor

1

Wreaths Across

America

2

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ideas. We look forward to seeing you at meetings! Just a reminder: nominations are coming in April, so please begin to think of recommendations.

At the Post, we have improved services by installing a glasswasher behind the bar. Soon, we will be addressing bar stools and remodeling of the back room.

Thank you again for being an American Le-gion Family Member! Remember to join our Facebook group for up-to-date info: http://www.facebook.com/groups/AL39FL/

P. Jay

Commander Post 39

VIRTUAL HONOR FLIGHT—A DAY OF HONOR

“CORKY” Boddy (SAL Treasurer) , and Paul J

Bartoszewicz drove down to Riviera Beach to

volunteer assistance to the Southeast FL

Virtual Honor Flight, which gave a “DAY OF

HONOR” for WWII, Korean, & Vietnam veterans.

This day of honor was created for those vet-

erans who cannot physically take their HONOR

FLIGHT to Washington, DC to see the

memorials built to honor their service and

sacrifices. Southeast FL Honor Flight is who

See FLIGHT on Page 4

On Saturday January 20th,Post 39 members Paul

“SKI” Zimkowski (1st Vice Commander), Corwin

The Three Post 39 Volunteers.

assisted in this stirring transition.

Since our last newsletter, Auxiliary has successfully hosted a Halloween party, Christmas Party for children, and a New Years’ Party (co-hosted), We are looking forward to our upcoming St. Patrick’s Day Bash!

In such spirit, March’s dinner will be a corned beef prepared by Peggy and fixin’s cooked and served up by our volunteers. April’s dinner will be fish and fixin’s. We will

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Happy Spring, Post 39 Friends! I hope you’ve had a wonderful season and I wish a warm wel-come back to those who were away.

This is my first Auxiliary Announcement as your new President, and I would like to thank those who

AUXILIARY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS also be presenting a Yard/Bake Sale in April as well.

As a result of Easter holiday, we will not be serving our Sunday breakfast. Boozo will also be moved to April 14th due to Auxiliary assisting our AL Riders’ Poker Run held at Post 39 on the 7th.

We have a lot of exciting pro-grams for Veterans that we are researching and will for-ward that information to our family when it is completed. Stay tuned! There will be more to come!

MEMBERSHIP

AMERICAN LEGION

POST 39 FL

2018 OFFICERS

E-BOARD COMMITTEE

Leon Bedrusian

Steve Davis

Jack Smith

SUPPORTING OFFICERS

....Christina Hertlein

SAL COMMANDER.......CJ Smith

ALR DIRECTOR ...........Tim Turner

........ JT

I would like to remind our members that nominations are approaching. Please think about those who you wish to suggest for April. We have many seats to fill. Thank you for being a member of Post 39 Auxiliary!

Auxiliary meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at 7pm. This is your chance to become a part of an exciting unit for our Post, Community, and Veterans. See you there!

President Auxiliary Post 39

WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA

of volunteers they have

spread to 1440 locations. By

laying wreathes and by re-

membering each veteran we

try to honor the lives and

teach the future generations

about the men and women

who served this country. This

year we will have the ceremo-

ny on December 15, 2018 at

both locations.

At this time we have a booth

at the Firefights Fair and will

Some of you know me I’ve been

a member of the post for sev-

eral years. I recently had the

opportunity to become involved

with Wreaths Across America. I

was introduced to the program

by a new friend and decided to

help sponsor Crest lawn Ceme-

tery and Memorial Island for

the program. I am reaching out

to see if any other Post 39

members would like to help with

this project. First let me try to

explain a little more about what

WAA is for those not familiar

with it.

WAA was started by the

Worcester family in 2007 after

15 years of honoring the veter-

ans at A r l ing ton w ith

wreaths. In 2017 with the help

be there collecting donations,

and selling wreathes ($15.00

each) (March 9-18). I am also

looking to do something at the

Air show April 21-22. If anyone

would like to be involved or if the

post. Auxiliary, Riders would like

to form your own fund raising

group contact me and I will be

glad to help. You can also go to

the WAA web site, I recommend

visiting the site anyway it’s

very informative.

If we can show good progress

early I plan to sponsor Sebas-

tian next. Thank you for any and

all help and please fill free to

call me with any questions. Rick

772-913-1717

Ladies’ Auxiliary Unit 39.

Those who missed the March meeting: We proposed a

change to our by-laws, and it

passed the first round of vot-ing. I will prepare a mailer to

be sent to the membership describing the changes to the

by-laws. We will vote on it

Hello fellow SAL members,

We have been busy this past month. At the close of 2017, we

purchased a metal shed,

cement blocks, and lounger for the Veteran’s House on Old Dixie

Highway and delivered it to

them. We are planning a joint fund-

raiser with The Next Generation

Veterans, and we sponsored

their Ruck March along with the

American Legion Post 39 and

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everyone who volunteered

their time. On Feb 3, 2018 our

Post Riders participated in

Post 117 Poker Run to benefit

Special Olympics be sure to

ask Turtle and Fran about

their winnings. We are excited

about two up coming events,

the first on March 10 to show

support of our younger veter-

ans in the Next Generation of

For our readers:

Our Legion Post 39 Riders

group continues to grow. The

Group is now up to 27 members

of those 21 are Riders and 6

active supporters. The Riders

had their first Sunday breakfast

at the Post in a long time and

from what I hear it was very

successful. Many thanks to

S.A.L. SPEAKS

Try our kitchen for

your next lunch!

Served up by Peggy

or Bonnie

LUNCHES!!

the Ruck March please see flyer,

and lastly is our Poker Run

event on April 7th. That flyer is

also posted. Please remind our

members that the Annual Red,

White, & Blue Concert at Vero

Beach High School starts on

Sunday March 18th.. I will post a

flyer at the Legion.

As always all the Riders

appreciate the support of our

Post.

Sincerely

ALR Director Post 39

ON THE ROAD WITH POST 39’S ALR

UPCOMING RUNS FOR RIDERS

3/10/18………………..RUCK MARCH TO SHOW 4/07/18…………………… ALR POKER RUN SUPPORT FOR NEXT GENERATION

ATTENTION ALL

MEMBERS OF

POST 39

IF you are also a LICENSED HAM

RADIO operator, please call Paul

Bartoszewicz at 770-905-9821.

I am trying to organize all Post 39

Hams (Includes all Legion/ Auxiliary/

Sons members) into the American

Legion POST 39 Amateur Radio Club.

NO DUES - Monthly & Weekly NETS,

and get a nice certificate of

membership for your "shack". More

about this "special" part of the

American Legion in the next Post 39

newsletter. For now...here is a listing

of TALARC NETS:

National EchoLink and 20-Meter Nets

meet 2nd Saturday of each month.

National 40-Meter Net meets the 3rd

Sunday of each month.

National/Regional 80m Net meets

every Wednesday.

National EchoLink/IRLP Net meets

the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

National D-Star Net meets the 1st

Monday of each month at 9 p.m. and

Midnight EDT

again at our April meeting.

The S.A.L. will continue to cook

Sliders on our Wednesday

nights. And for our March Dinner, we will serve Pork Loin &

Veggies.

I look forward to seeing every-one at the next meeting.

Caleb J. Smith

Commander Post 39 S.A.L.

American Legion

Felix Poppell Post 39

1535 Old Dixie Highway

Vero Beach, FL 32960

Phone: 772-562-9726

Fax: 772-562-9049

Email:

“For God and Country”

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MONTHLY MEETINGS

LEGION ............... 2ND Monday

@ 7:30PM

AUXILIARY ......... 1ST Monday

@ 7PM

S.A.L. .................1ST Thursday

@ 7PM

RIDERS ............... 3RD Monday

@ 7PM

• LUNCH —Mon-Sat

11am-2pm (PUBLIC WELCOME)

• SUN —Breakfast

8am-12pm (PUBLIC WELCOME)

• TUES—Bingo 6-8pm (MEMBERS

ONLY)

• WED—Karaoke 6-10pm and

Hot Snacks 6-7:30pm (PUBLIC

WELCOME)

• THURS —Open Pool Table

(MEMBERS/GUESTS ONLY)

• FRI —Dinner and

Live Entertainment

6-10pm (PUBLIC WELCOME)

• SAT —Trivia 5:30-6:30pm

(MEMBERS ONLY)

tion, group photos, lunch, and

finally the Video of the actual

Honor Flight from Washington,

produced by the students of

brought the memorials to them.

The day started with registra-

tion and greeting at 10am

followed by song and recogni-

Suncoast Community High

School. More than 40 veterans

attended the event, and over

100 “student” volunteers made

the day possible.

Photos provided by Paul B.

FL IGHT—cont inued from page 1

Above: Images from the Auxiliary 2017 Christmas Party

Right: S.A.L. members in-

stalling a new shed and gazebo

for the Veterans Home.

Far Right: Thank you letter from S.A.L. to Lowe’s for

their donation.

SAL Thank You Letter Manuscript: Dr. Mr. Steve Citowitz &Lowes, On behalf of the veterans at the home on Old Dixie Highway, Vero Beach, Fl and the members of The Sons of The Amer-ican Legion, Squadron 0039. We would like to say THANK YOU! Your partnership with S.A.L. Squadron 0039, provided the veterans home with much needed storage with the shed and outdoor comfort and protection with the gazebo. The veterans home is operated by The Vietnam Veterans Association of Indian River County, and the S.A.L. is in partnership with them on these projects. Thank you, Mr. Citowitz and Lowe’s for your generosity, it is very much appreciated.