Welcome to VFW Post 2680!

Greeting Comrades,

This will be our first meeting of the combined posts; our meeting is now going to be on the first Tuesday of the month; with a social hour starting at 5:00 and the business meeting will start at 6:00. So come out on July 7th to support the post. With the combining of the post we have gained and lost some positions within the post. Mainly the Adjutant and Service Officers are positions still open, both are appointed positions and since it is an appointed position you can hold two offices. Please let me know if you are interested in either one. We have a website that we use to post information on; vfwpost2680.org you can go there to see the newsletter, pictures from past events and other information. Of course with the consolidation some things will change, we will have a new email address; vfw2680cc@gmail.com, a different FB page Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary 2680, I know it is long name but there was issues with the original one several years ago and this was the one that worked.

One thing we did gain in the consolidation is the Auxiliary, this is great organization for people who did not serve in combat areas but were veterans or dependents of veterans. So your significant other can join, your children or siblings who are veterans but did not get into combat AORs. So spread the word about the Auxiliary. 

We are not planning on really changing anything either post did; we are still going to have regular bingo games on the 3rdFriday and our breakfast on the second Sunday. These events are more than just fund raisers; they are social events because we get to hangout will fellow post members and the community as well. If you want to help out any of these event please reach to me or Veronica (CIC of Breakfast).

On the issues of supporting the post, both posts 2680 and 10165 made All American posts!!! It could not have done it without the help of everyone, from working on fund raisers, supporting Buddy Poppy events, working at the breakfasts and just spreading the word about the post. We should shoot for it again for the upcoming year.

So if getting out of the house and making fun of the Marines is enough of an incentive to come to the meetings, I will give you a $25 gift card from Raleys (as long as they last) if you show up at the July meeting. (Raleys sent us thank you gift cards for being veterans)

On the issue of giving money out, we were awarded a $15,000 grant from the El Dorado Community Foundation. So, if you know a worthy veteran in need please reach out to me or Sean and we will get them the help they need. Someone asked what a “worthy” veteran is well if they want their other vehicle fixed up because they don’t like driving the one that works, or they want to upgrade their cellphone because they want the new iPhone 17, those are not “worthy” veterans.

VFW National Convention is coming to Reno July 25thto July 29th, and we just had the State Convention last month in Sacramento. If you have never been to a convention like these it is interesting to see how the VFW works at a much larger scale. You can go to the VFW State website at vfwca.org to see more information.

I hope to see you all at the meeting on Tuesday, July 7th.

All my best, 

Seth Culver