Good evening Comrades,

    Just a reminder that Wednesday  night is VFW Monthly meeting night..

Where              U.S.A.R.C.

 ADDRESS         14631 SE 192ND. ST.

                               RENTON WASHINGTON 98058

 Across the street form the Soos Creek Water District.

  TIME START 6:30 P.M. FOR MEET AND GREET NEW MEMBERS

  MEETING START 7:00 PM.

Don’t be late – the gate closes at 7PM PER ARMY ORDERS.

Just a fyi we still have tickets to the ball game on 7 August 2017 and the 12th of August at Cheney stadium.

It is a first come first served tickets and Commander Dougherty has the tickets at the meeting.

Here is a PDF of the post activity calendar. Please download and print it if you want a copy – a very limited number of copies will be available at the meeting.

Click to access vfw-calendar-july-18-2017.pdf

Award Ceremony, 2017 Scout of the Year, N. P. Hanis, Troop 410. Presented by Post 6785 Scout Chair, Scott Eliason

 

Wed, June 14th is Flag Day.

I created a new permanent page on our web site about flag etiquette – you can view it here: https://vfwpost6785.org/us-flag-etiquette/

Here is a current link to a news story about Flag Day you might find interesting. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/12/flag-day-what-is-it-and-why-do-celebrate-it.html

 

Here are some pics of the Post Flag Dedication ceremony last night at the May members meeting.

Hello fellow Veterans,

 In case you are going to assist in with the Honor flight event. Remember I will give you a parking pass b4 you leave on event day.

Instruction are as follows.

• When arriving at SEATAC parking garage go thru the PARKING DIRECT lane, it will take you to the 4th floor level, drive down to  either H, I, J, OR K LINES.
• That should put you close to the Skybridge 3 area.
• Walk across the Skybridge to the back wall, pass the escalators there is a elevator that will take you to the mezzanine level.
• Press ‘M’ when you get off the elevator turn left and then turn right the USO will be in front of you..
• We will be heading down to ticketing level at about 0510 to assist the Honor flight group.
• If you want to go directly to the Alaska Air line area. Select ‘T” for ticketing walkout and turn right and go to the door 25 Alaska Air ticketing area.
• You will see where it all happens.
• At that point I will be handing our Honor flight signs to hold up at the curb so the Veterans Don’t get lost..

Any questions either call me or e mail me back.

Kenneth  Przepiora

Senior Vice Commander

Community Service Chairperson

Communications Officer

Poppy Chairman 2017

Events Coordinator

USO Advocate Post 6785 and District 11

VFW  POST 6785 KENT MERIDIAN

kenn.przepiora.vfw6785@msn.com

 

Reposted from the VA Blog, Click HERE for the original link.

Veterans of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm will soon have their own memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., thanks to legislation signed today by the president.

President Trump signed Senate Joint Resolution 1, “A joint resolution approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield.” The resolution was sponsored by Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly and Arkansas Sen. John Boozman and designates the location of the memorial on the National Mall.

The legislation was introduced and passed by Congress this month and signed in the White House by the president. “I appreciate the commitment of my colleagues in the House of Representatives to swiftly approve this resolution so our Gulf War Veterans are appropriately honored for their service and sacrifice in our nation’s capital,” Sen. Boozman said.

“This resolution is the final step in Congress to create a memorial in our nation’s capital that loved ones and future generations can visit to honor the men and women who fought and died for our country in the First Gulf War,” Sen. Donnelly added.

The National Desert Storm War Memorial will honor those Veterans who served in the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991. Now that legislation to create the memorial has been approved, the memorial’s sponsors will begin the process of fundraising and working with the National Capital Planning Commission to select a location on the National Mall and a final design.

Funds for the construction of the memorial will be raised privately by the National Desert Storm War Memorial Association.

Established in 1947, our Voice of Democracy audio-essay program provides high school students with the unique opportunity to express themselves in regards to a democratic and patriotic-themed recorded essay. Each year, nearly 40,000 9-12 grade students from across the country enter to win their share of $2.1 million in educational scholarships and incentives awarded through the program.

DISTRICT 11 AWARD WINNERS, REPRESENTING POST 6785

2016

Voice of Democracy

 9^TH Thru 12^TH Grade

      1st       Leah H. Blanchard

      2nd      Everett E. Wall

      3rd       Jessie D. Reed

 

2016

Patriots Pen

 8th Grade

      1st       Cara M. Conforti – RCS – Post 6785

      2nd      Eva J. Willis

      3rd      Grace A. Zhang – Northwood –   Post 6785

 

7th Grade

      1st       Elijah J. Reed

      2nd      Maxwell Peters- Northwood – Post 6785

      3rd      Kelly Anderson – Northwood – Post 6785

 

6th Grade

      1st       Naima Jilo

      2^nd       Hunter D Tobin –RCS – Post 6785

      3rd      Caleb C. Taylor –RCS – Post 6785

 

2016

Washington State Youth Essay Contest

 5th  Grade

1^st         Tarleen Randhawa – RCS – Post 6785

2^nd       Chase Franzen – RCS – Post 6785

3^rd        Aden Tessema

 

4th  Grade

1^st         Dylan Deo

2^nd       Isaac Waller – RCS – Post 6785

3^rd       TIE:  Sahib Badyal – RCS – Post 6785

                        Tyler Holt – RCS – Post 6785

 3rd  Grade

1^st         Collin Scott – RCS – Post 6785

2^nd       Ryder Agan – RCS – Post 6785

3^rd        Lucy Cave

CONGRATULATIONS CARA CONFORTI !!!

It is with great Pride that we announce Ms. Cara Conforti placed 2nd in the State of Washington for her Patriot’s Pen Essay, 2016-2017.

You can read her essay here.

CRAIG DOUGHERTY, Commander
SCOTT ELIASON, Scouting Chair
VFW POST 6785

   

WHAT IS PATRIOT’S PEN?

Conducted nationwide, this VFW-sponsored youth essay competition gives students an opportunity to write essays expressing their views on an annual patriotic theme. We invite you to join the more than 120,000 students who participated last year in this contest. The national winners will receive at least $500. The first-place national award is currently $5,000 plus an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the winner and a parent or guardian. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has again approved this contest for its National Advisory List of Contests and Activities.

HOW DOES THE CONTEST WORK?

All entries begin at the Post level. The only exception is where schools/classes/ youth groups have large numbers of students and wish to conduct their own competition, submitting one winner for each 15 students to the local VFW Post competition. Individual students may submit their entry directly to the Post. This participating Post should be within your local area and within your U.S. state of residence. The contest consists of four levels. The first level (entry) is sponsored by local VFW Posts. Post winners advance, one for every 15 entries, to the VFW District (regional) level where the one first-place winner is advanced to the VFW Department (state) level. The one first-place winner at the Department level is then advanced into the VFW national competition. The winner from each Department (state) then competes for the national prizes.

WHO CAN ENTER?

Patriot’s Pen is open to 6th-, 7th- and 8th-grade students enrolled by the Nov. 1 deadline in public, private or parochial schools in the U.S., its territories or its possessions. Home-schooled students also are eligible. Although U. S. citizenship is not required, students must be lawful U. S. permanent residents or have applied for permanent residence (the application which has not been denied) and intends to become a U.S. citizen at the earliest opportunity allowed by law. (Foreign exchange students and former winners that placed in the National contest are excluded from the contest.)

WHAT ARE THE RULES?

• Essay length: 300-400 typewritten words.
• You must write your own essay.

All essays should be typed in English with no color or graphics and cannot be less than 300 words or greater than 400 words in length. (Essays under or over these word amounts will be eliminated.) Every word is counted regardless of length. The essay title (theme) or added footnotes do not contribute to the word count. At any time during the contest additional participant personal information (i.e. SSN, photo, etc.) could be requested by the VFW. In no way may contestants identify themselves within their essay (including, but not limited to, your name, school, city, state, race or national origin.) Do not put your name on your essay. The entry form is your essay’s cover sheet. Secure the Official Student Entry Form with a staple or other fastener on top of your essay. Contestants are allowed to enter only once each year if otherwise eligible (one Post competition). Contestants found in violation of this rule will face elimination from the competition and will be required to return any and all prize money awarded or received. The essay must be a contestant’s original work and a product of the contestant’s own thinking. The approach to the Patriot’s Pen theme should be positive and clearly focused. Poetry is not acceptable. Quotations may be used sparingly if plainly identified wherever used. A contestant’s teacher, counselor or parent may check the essay for punctuation, grammar and/or spelling, but the content must remain the contestant’s. Contestants will be judged on the basis of their essay alone and are not required to present the essay orally. All essays become the property of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The VFW retains non-exclusive rights to use your essay and likeness in the promotion and execution of the organization’s programs and activities.