Welcome to VFW Post 2680!

Greeting Comrades,

I hope all is well with everyone and you are gearing up for a safe and sane summer. The consolidation with 10165 is going along and we will hopefully be finished by July 1st. And since we are getting together, we are helping them out with their annual breakfast. They host it on the second Sunday of every month and of course need help.

Our bingo event is getting bigger every month, I think we are eventually going to run out of room in the dining room. We have made a few scheduling adjustments because of the El Dorado County Fair and another event which conflicts with our games, the May game will be on May 22nd and our June bingo game is going to be on the 26th of June. So be sure to tell your friends about the games and come out and support the post. 

Of course, Memorial Day is the end of the month and the VFW always runs a Buddy Poppy drive during the weekend, we are going to join up with 10165 and do a joint drive, more folks at more places, if you want to help please email at vfw2680cc@gmail.com and we will fit you in. Also our post puts out flags on the graves of Veterans at the Westwood and Union cemetery before Memorial Day and then picks them back up on Monday, this is a great way to show everyone that Memorial Day is not just about a long weekend and barbeques. 

The VFW State Convention is coming in June and will be in Sacramento this year, the first time it has been in Northern California is years and will be held June 17th to the 21st at the Holiday Inn in Sacramento on 300 J Street. There is lot of good information coming out of this as well as the election of state officers. Go the VFW of California website to see the tentative schedule of events, vfwca.org

The National Convention is in Reno this year and will be in the middle of July, I will put out more information about that next month.

Take care and be safe,

Seth Culver 

Commander.

Chaplain's Report 

Doug Shelstad

  Greetings friends, in the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  At the beginning of the School year at Providence Christian School Pete, Mike, Primo and I taught the incoming fifth grade class how to fold the American flag. We also gave each student American flag lapel pins and they promptly put them on. They put the American flag and the Christian flag up and take it down each day. We really enjoy the kids and it’s one of our favorite things to do. At the end of the school year, we show the incoming class the proper way to raise and lower the flags. We demonstrate folding the flag, so the kids could see it. We also have one of the students play taps with our bugle. They really like it and so do we! Friday, November 7th we participated in the veterans program at Providence Christian School. We have been participating in this program for many years now. Primo,Pete and Seth opened the flag held it towards the audience and Max played taps. As the guys folded the flag I read what each of the 13th folds mean. Special recognition was given to us and we received a thank you card with a check of $100 for our post! It was an honor to represent all veterans and members of post 2680! By the way Mike, they had delicious cookies this year. It’s too bad the marine that complained about it wasn’t there! Thank you to everyone who prayed for healing for Liz. She had a successful Robotic surgery after six hours for bowel obstruction. She spent nine days in the hospital at home now healing and happy to be home. Thank you again for all your prayers and well wishes!  Please inform me if someone has a need or a prayer request. Let me know so I can respond appropriately. Until next time with Jesus, love and ours for you, Doug and Liz.