Greetings friends, in the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I hope you all are doing well. Here are some important dates to remember. US Marine Corps established November 10, 1775.  Signing of World War I Armistice November 11, 1918 also Veterans Day. Granada Campaign  Ended November 21, 1983. Thanksgiving day, November 28th. Liz and I wish you a happy Thanksgiving. (it is good to give thanks to the Lord! Psalm 92 verse one). Until next time with Jesus, love and ours for you, Liz and Doug.

Greeting Comrades,

I hope you have all survived the onslaught of young ghosts and goblins coming to your door in search of candy.  Of course, next month is Veterans Day and the post will be out with the Auxiliary on November 9th and 10th passing out Buddy Poppies.  We hope you can get your family and friends to come out to show support for Veterans by wearing the Red Poppy.

I am not sure if you remember but the post was awarded a grant by the El Dorado Community Foundation to provide support and relief to veterans in need.  We can help veterans get through tough times and help make ends meet with the money we received in this grant.  So, if you know of a deserving veteran in need, please reach out to us and we will get them the help they need.  You can email me at vfw2680cc@gmail.com with their information.

Last weekend we had our District meeting, and it was interesting to hear about all the work other VFW posts do for the community.  I often tell people we don’t sit around and bitch about things, well there is this one Marine who seems to have an opinion on everything, that we try to get involved with the community, especially the veteran community.  So, if you have some ideas or suggestions, please let us know so we can get our faces out there.

Mark your calendar for our Christmas dinner for post members and families in December.  It is always fun to see everyone there.

On a national front the VFW has changed some of the regulations for membership into the organization and the biggest one is the Purple Heart.  So, if you know someone who was awarded the Purple Heart, they can automatically join the organization.  Granted there are some weird instances where someone can be awarded the Purple Heart but not be in combat but those are for a different day.

Happy Veterans Day and have a safe month,

Seth Culver

Commander