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Membership Minutes for July 2012
The meeting was called to order by President Marolf at 1900
hours. Officers present Trea
Harold Hansen, Secretary John Lavelle. The meeting began with a
pledge of allegiance
moment of silence for POW/MIA and for all those serving our
country in harms way. W
two individuals attending the meeting for the first time, Dr.
Art Tate, and Susan Walker
minutes were accepted as published in the July newsletter with
the exception of the c
information concerning a volunteer position for the VA Ride
Coordinator position. That c
person is Tammy McClaskey and her phone number is 1 319
339-7061. The financial con
for the chapter was given to the members by Harold Hansen. The
reading of ch
communications provided members with information on the DMZ
Dance on November
this is a dance held in Maryland by Chapter 227 and is an annual
event. Further inform
can be found in the Veteran. Members in distress this month
include Larry Witt. Larr
surgery in Iowa City and is home resting. The chapter voted to
provide Larry with $250 to
him in his recovery process. The honor guard has again been
involved with many funeral
MAVA and Chapter 299. The chapter will take part in the BIX 7
again this year and will
at the starting line at 0700 hours. Three members of the honor
guard, John Lavelle,
Paulline, and Jett Bork took part in the medals ceremony for
Captain Ronald A. Ross o
28th. NAMI Walk is October 6 at Centennial Park. The Trust Fund
Honor G
reimbursement for FY 13 has been reinstated and funerals need to
be documented from J
2012 until the filing of reimbursement form on June 30, 2013.
The next VVA State C
meeting could be held in Iowa City. The chapter has not had a
delegate in attendance for th
two meetings of the state council. On August 5th the chapter
will help with the family picn
The Iowa Army National Guard Unit A Co. 2/34 BSTB Engineers. Bob
Brooks and
Anderson of Chapter 299 have volunteered to cook for this event.
The picnic will be h
Credit Island and begins at 11:00 A.M. with serving of food to
begin at 12:30. The honor
will present colors at the River Valley Car Show at North Park
Mall on August 25t
chapter members will assist with a 50/50 Raffle. The finance
committee is investi
possibilities to assist the Valor Program by providing baskets
for veterans who are beginni
in new housing. Each basket will contain household products such
as necessary cle
materials to assist the veterans and their families in beginning
their new lives. The fi
committee is also looking for ways to help create a storage
facility for these materials and
items that will be needed by these families, including furniture
and other household good
option would be to join with another veteran organizations and
lease a storage facility
year at a time. The meeting adjourned. Submitted by John P.
Lavelle, chapter secretary.
The next Chapter 776 meeting willbe held at the Bettendorf
PublicLibrary on August 22, 2012 at
1900 hours, hope to see ya there.
