Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Interveterans June

 

 

Next Interveterans Council meeting June 30, 2021 at 7PM at the Navy club. 

 

Illinois AMVETS Convention
June 4-6, 2021
IL American Legion July 14, 2021 – July 17, 2021

IL VFW Convention June 9-12 2021


  

I am Beth Allen with Girl Scouts of Central Illinois and we are having an event this Thursday, June 24th, Operation Cookie Share, that raises money to send cookies to our military. Are you able to help us spread the word to our local veterans?

Attached is our flyer in two formats so that you can have what you need depending on how you disseminate information.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks so much!

 

Beth Allen

Manager of Community Development

Girl Scouts of Central Illinois

Springfield Service Center
3020 Baker Drive

Springfield, IL 62703

217-372-5221


 

See attached from our good friend and outstanding Veteran supporter, Katie Spindell.

 

 

VA launches Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program

VRRAP assists certain Veterans affected by COVID-19

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/88361/va-launches-veteran-rapid-retraining-assistance-program/?fbclid=IwAR3ohFEpD7kkjukzTnH72R3cc_S5b6gZijUXmoCIYqMjweKe7AC3hlrdLe8 


 

 
Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, June 12, at Roselawn Cemetery in conjunction with Butler Funeral Home and Roselawn Cemetery.  We have a drop box at Post 32 or you can drop them off at our friends Noonan’s Hardware or Ace Hardware.
 

From: Patrick Russell <patrick@making-history-project.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021 4:55 PM
To: spfldpost32@outlook.com; american.809@sbcglobal.com
Subject: American Heartland Tour

 

Hello, 

 

I am the President of the Making History Project (www.making-history-project.com), a non-profit organization that is dedicated to preserving the memories and stories of Veterans through oral history interviews. 

 

I am taking the project on the road in July/August on an American Heartland Tour (https://making-history-project.com/american-heartland-tour/) that will cover 15 States and 5,124 miles. The goal is to obtain additional oral history interviews as I travel through the small towns that make America great. The included States are Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. 

 

I am writing to find out if there is a way to get this message out to your local Chapters to see if there are Veterans interested in providing an oral history interview. Specifically, I will be in the area of Springfield around August 6th, give or take a few days.

 

Just so you know, the oral history interviews are recorded by video and will be archived with the Veterans History Project for the US Library of Congress; the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Project, and on our own project website. When the interview is concluded, the Veteran and his/her family are provided with an unedited copy of the interview that is recorded on a DVD so they have something immediately while the final video is being edited. 

 

I look forward to hearing from you. Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Be well,

 

Patrick Russell

 

Making History Project

"Preserving Veterans' Stories"

(305) 608-2977