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Volume 23. Issue 1 Commander’s Message Loyalty, Honor, Service July 2016 Gary Kaiser, Commander Bill McGarr, Editor Queensbury Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6196 and Auxiliary QVFWP6196.org VFW Messenger Hello Brothers and Sisters: I hope your beginning of summer was full of sunshine and fun. I attended the state convention and there is a combined project for veterans with the Auxiliary. The VFW is concentrating on doing fundraising to assist our homeless vet- erans. As you know there are veterans that do not feel “safe or comforta- ble” taking assistance and housing from government programs. Our goal this year is to get small portable tents to all of those veterans. Congratulation to Dennis Sullivan as this year’s Commander and to all his officers. We have started to get supplies to build our outdoor storage shed which will be built by Dan Saville. Please mark your calendar for Sunday August 7 th , the annual post family picnic. Please bring the kids as we are going to have horse rides and music. I will be setting up poppy tables during the summer to build up the assistance fund. Please, if you have free time, your help is needed to greet and talk with people that are happy to say “Thank you for your service” I have had numerous people say they have been looking for our poppies each year. Dist. 3 will meet July 16 th at Glens Falls post 2475 for Michael Hoag’s and Terry McGarr’s Homecoming as District Commander and President this year. Aug 28 th is the date set for the HMCC picnic but as of now a location has not been determined. I have to have a medical procedure on July 12 th , if any questions come up please contact Bill McGarr or Barry Cronkhite for any assistance. I will be in contact with them after that procedure. Any ideas that can be used as fundraisers for our homeless veterans, please contact me. Have a fun summer. Gary Kaiser, Commander
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Volume 23. Issue 1
Commander’s Message Loyalty, Honor, Service
July 2016
Gary Kaiser, Commander
Bill McGarr, Editor
Queensbury
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 6196 and Auxiliary
QVFWP6196.org V
FW
Mes
seng
er Hello Brothers and Sisters:
I hope your beginning of summer was full of sunshine and fun.
I attended the state convention and there is a combined project for veterans with the Auxiliary.
The VFW is concentrating on doing fundraising to assist our homeless vet-erans. As you know there are veterans that do not feel “safe or comforta-ble” taking assistance and housing from government programs. Our goal this year is to get small portable tents to all of those veterans.
Congratulation to Dennis Sullivan as this year’s Commander and to all his officers.
We have started to get supplies to build our outdoor storage shed which will be built by Dan Saville.
Please mark your calendar for Sunday August 7th, the annual post family picnic. Please bring the kids as we are going to have horse rides and music.
I will be setting up poppy tables during the summer to build up the assistance fund. Please, if you have free time, your help is needed to greet and talk with people that are happy to say “Thank you for your service” I have had numerous people say they have been looking for our poppies each year.
Dist. 3 will meet July 16th at Glens Falls post 2475 for Michael Hoag’s and Terry McGarr’s Homecoming as District Commander and President this year.
Aug 28th is the date set for the HMCC picnic but as of now a location has not been determined.
I have to have a medical procedure on July 12th, if any questions come up please contact Bill McGarr or Barry Cronkhite for any assistance. I will be in contact with them after that procedure.
Any ideas that can be used as fundraisers for our homeless veterans, please contact me.
Have a fun summer. Gary Kaiser,
Commander
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Auxiliary President’s Message
Anchored to Serve Our Veterans
And Their Families
Good news the nice weather has finally arrived and I think the pollen season is finally over. I know like myself many of you can have a hard time with allergies this time of year. I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Memorial Day. We had a beautiful day for the parade and ceremony at Crandall Park. Again this year the Commander and Becky made a lovely float for us to ride on. After we attended the picnic at Post 2475 Glens Falls. Well here is the bad news for those who did not pay their dues by June 30th. You are no longer a member. This means you are no longer eligible for a cancer grant and have lost your continuous years of service. In order to be-come a member again you will have to reapply as a new member. Please we hope that you will reconsider and come back. Just come to the post for an application or contact me [email protected] or 796-7942 or you can download one from the National website. As I have been telling you this past year we are now the VFW Auxiliary which means that male relatives are now eligible to join us. Come join us as a family. For those of you who are annual members the department is running a BLUE PLATE SPECIAL. What does this mean? The de-partment is discounting the portion they collect from each member from $5.50 to $4.50. which helps the auxiliary out in that for every member we will be able to keep $1.00 in our treasury and put that toward programs that will help our Veterans and their families. This special runs from July 1 through September 30, 2016. We are asking our annual members to send in their dues during this time to help us to help others. Dues can be sent to Terry McGarr 56 3rd Street, Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801. Remember if you have belonged to the auxiliary for a year and are over 70 dues are $12.50. All others are $17.50. Also life memberships are the way to go. The auxiliary will pay $20 of your total cost. Thank you and we hope to hear from you. The VFW National Home for Children is celebrating 90 years. I am not sure if you are aware that they have been a member of the Labels for Education program. Unfortunately Campbell's is discontinuing this program. The Na-tional Home has been using the label donations to purchase vans for transportation. Currently they are working on their 7th van and are in need of 27,385 more labels to achieve this goal. Products for this program are Camp-bells, Bic, Pace, Pepperidge Farms, Spagettios, Swanson, V8 splash, V8 Fusion and V8. If you would like to drop these off at the post I would be happy to mail them in or you can send them yourself to: VFW National Home for Children, 3573 S. Waverly Rd., Eaton Rapids, MI 48827. If you do it yourself could you send me a note telling me how many you sent. These labels have to reach the National Home by Monday July 11th so they can get them in by the deadline. Thank you for your support of the VFW National Home for Children as they get no federal or state funding. They depend on you! I would like to thank our Bingo kitchen workers for all their time and dedication. Welcome to the crew Clyde Sherman and Debbie Rondeau. Thank you to all the volunteers who help at Bingo. We can't ask you enough, if you have an hour or two please come help out. VFW National convention will be held in Charlotte, N.C. July 23-27th. NASCAR fans know this is the home of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. I am hoping and am sure that there will be much more there to see. Our next meeting will be July 18th at 7 p.m. Hope to see you there I wish everyone a Happy and Safe 4th of July. God Bless Our Veterans. Please pray for those serving and bring them home safely. God Bless the USA. Lynne
VFW MOTTO
“Honor the dead by helping the living”
POST DONATIONS FOR
June
Troop Support & Postage $406.42
Hole in One for troops $200.0
AUXILIARY DONATIONS FOR
June
Cancer Aid & research $100.00
Dept. ways & means $50.00
Jane Reape Nat. Adv. Fund $50.00
National Home $22.50
WCSD project lifesaver $120.00
WGFFD Safety Trailer $150.00
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Comrades and sisters,
Richard Lee is our Post Chaplain and Lillian Phinney is our Auxiliary Chaplain. You can reach Dick at 793-2893 and Lillian at 832-1730.
Polly Harvey is back home and attending BINGO. There have been no other reports of illness or death.
Please contact one of our Chaplains with information on any one who is sick or passes away. You can always leave a message at the Post by calling 793-7535.
Richard Lee Lillian Phinney
CHAPLAINS CORNER
WE HAVE
BINGO
TUESDAYS !!!!
Regular Tuesday night Bingo
For Jujy
5th 12th 19th 26th
Food and snacks available
Come and enjoy yourself
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Gary Kaiser
Commander 2013-2016
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Storefronts
Insulated Glass
Vinyl Window
Replacement
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR
SPONSORS
We are open on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Sunday afternoons.
The 2nd and 3rd Sundays are band fan clubs and open to interested people while the 4th Sunday is open to those in-terested in Square Dancing.
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Warren County Veterans Service Officer’s Report for July 2016 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845 * Phone: 518-761-6342 Fax: 518-761-7683
Denise A. Di Resta, Director/CVSO at [email protected] — website: http://warrencountyny.gov
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Fresh Connect: The New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs will launch the third consecutive year of its Fresh Connect Checks program on June 20. Through this program, Veterans, Servicemembers, and their immediate family members (including surviving spouses of Veterans) are eligible to receive one set of 10 Fresh Connect Checks, each one bearing the cash equivalency of $2. These checks are redeemable with participating vendors at farmers mar-kets across New York State for fresh produce and other fresh food products. Fresh Connect Checks are available at every New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs office, and can be distributed only by Division of Veterans’ Affairs em-ployees. Individuals interested in a Division of Veterans’ Affairs Veterans Benefits Advisor attending an event with Fresh Connect Checks to distribute are strongly encouraged to contact the Division at (518) 474-6114.
Military Appreciation Night: On July 1, 2016 the Albany Saratoga Speedway will be having a Mili-tary Appreciation Night and fireworks. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. and racing starts at 7:00p.m. Veteran’s Appreciation Day at the Adirondack Museum: Saturday, July 16 Free admission for veterans and one guest from the 12 Adirondack counties (Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, War-ren, and Washington). Proof of status such as VA Universal Access Card, Military I.D., DD-214 (Discharge Papers), Veterans Service Organi-zation Card and county residency required.
Sail Ahead: Long Island Based “Sail Ahead” Announces a Veterans "All Hands" Sailing "Sail Ahead," an organization based in Suffolk and dedicated to “Healing Wounded Veterans through Sailing” is sponsoring a Veterans “All Hands” Sailing on Saturday, July 30 for all local Veterans.
There is no cost to participate. Veterans are being invited to thank them for their service and to introduce them to Sail-Ahead’s mission: To use sailing as a healing platform to help Veterans with the physical and emotional consequences of war. Veterans from throughout the area are invited to be part of a flotilla of sailboats leaving from the north shore for an afternoon of sailing, friendship and camaraderie aboard numerous volunteer sailing craft. They will sail from Centerport Yacht Club and then make their way into Long Island Sound. No previous sailing experience is required. Veterans may invite a spouse or significant other to join them.
Location: Centerport Yacht Club, 33 Beach Plum Drive, Centerport. NY 11721
Date: Saturday, July 30th 2016 Please arrive between 12:00 pm and 12:30 pm.
Refreshments provided by Centerport Yacht Club
After an afternoon of sailing, we will enjoy a BBQ plus music and entertainment generously provided by the Centerport Yacht Club
The New York Air Show: The New York Air Show will take place September 3-4, 2016 at the Stewart International Air-port. More information on this event can be found at: http://airshowny.com/
Leatherstocking Honor Flight (Albany NY): There are (2) more 2016 flights available. All interested WWII and Kore-
an Veterans, please call my office for more information. VETS FLY FREE!!!
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Queensbury Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 6196 and Auxiliary
32 Luzerne Road
Queensbury, New York 12804
518-793-7535
qvfwp6196.org
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Commander Gary Kaiser 518-307-8313 [email protected]
Qmstr. Barry Cronkhite 518-793-7535 (post) [email protected]
518-792-6097 (home)
Service off. Denise DiResta 518-761-6342 [email protected]
Adjutant William McGarr 518-793-3963 (home) [email protected]
President Lynne Loga 518– 796-7942 [email protected]
Sec/Treas Terry McGarr 518-744-5961 (cell) [email protected]
Queensbury VFW Post 6196
32 Luzerne Road
Queensbury, New York 12804
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