Next Interveterans Council meeting June 29, 2022 at 7PM
Women veterans stand down at the Elks Lodge June 11, 2022
On Saturday, June 11th, National Louis University and the University of Chicago will be partnering with organizations across the state of Illinois to host the 2nd annual Women Veterans Stand Down.
In honor of Women Veterans Appreciation Day (June 12th), the Women Veterans Stand Down will be an event exclusively for women veterans to network and connect with local veteran resources.
The
hybrid event will be hosted virtually and in-person at host sites and
will have two sessions to meet the availabilities of attendees. The
virtual morning session will
host workshops during the time of 9:00AM-12:00PM. Keynote speaker, Dr.
Martha Herb, Rear Admiral (Retired), will present from 12:00PM-1:00PM:
https://nl.edu/student-
The in-person host sites will be throughout the state of Illinois at the following locations: National Women Veterans United (Chicago); Hope Manor II (Chicago); University of Chicago (Chicago); Harold Washington College (Chicago); LaSalle County Veterans Assistance Commission (Peru); Elks Lodge (Springfield); and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville). The in-person host sites will stream the virtual workshops and keynote, have veteran organizations in attendance, and will provide gift bags and refreshments during the morning and afternoon sessions. *The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) host site will not be providing breakfast.
For the southern Illinois region, the in-person host site will be at Lovejoy Library on the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) campus, and will be participating in the afternoon activities. The SIUE library will host the event during the time of 11:30AM-4:00PM.
For information about the respective in-person host sites, please contact:
National Women Veterans United (NWVU, Chicago)
Mrs. Rochelle Crump, nwvu.org@gmail.com
Hope Manor II (Chicago)
Dr. Stacey Dixon, sdixon11@nl.edu
Mr. Gabriel Villagomez, gvillagomez13@ccc.edu
University of Chicago (Chicago)
Dr. Terrell Odom, todom@uchicago.edu
Dr. Steve Curda, scurda@nl.edu
Harold Washington College (Chicago)
Mr. Marcus Williams, mwilliamsel@ccc.edu
LaSalle County Veterans Assistance Commission (Peru)
Ms. Christi Washelesky, cwashelesky@lasallecounty.org
Elks Lodge (Springfield)
Ms. Kourtney Hopkins, kourtney.hopkins@illinois.gov
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville)
Ms. Telisha Reinhardt, treinha@siue.edu
Mr. Kevin Wathen, kwathen@siue.edu
For more general information about the Women Veterans Stand Down, please contact:
Dr. Stacey Dixon Dr. Steve Curda Dr. Terrell Odom
National Louis University National Louis University University of Chicago
Sdixon11@nl.edu scurda@nl.edu
Mark
your calendar for Saturday, August 27th. The Stonington American Legion
Post 257 Auxiliary and the Taylorville VFW 4495 Auxiliary will be
hosting a Wreaths Across America Benefit Run. Please see the attached
photo for details!
I am so excited for this, I have been wanting
to do this from the start but was lacking people to help. I'm so happy
the Legion and VFW Auxiliary working together to do this. I hope this is
the first of many years to come!!
Libby Conroy
Wreaths Across America Location Coordinator for Camp Butler National Cemetery
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2022 AT 11:30 PM
POST 10302 FUNDRAISER POKER RUN
Poker run starts at 11:30 at post 755 on old Jacksonville road. Stops will be announced on the day of event. Dinner band, silent auction, door prizes and so much more @ POST 10302 STOCKYARD ROAD BEHIND HALLS HARLEY SHOP.
We are the starting the countdown for the September 30, 2022 Legionnaires Foundation Golf Outing. Golf groups, Hole Sponsors and Door Prize items are needed. We have included a sponsor letter to help with your business contacts. . Bring the letter, brochure and the pix of one of our course signs to a business and just ask. We need to make this happen, it’s our only fundraiser this year. Family and individual hole sponsors are welcome. Business and restaurant Gift Certificates, small items and gifts are also needed for our door prizes.
Get a foursome together. We have great time and hopefully a bunch of door prizes.
If you need to drop of a registration, sponsor check or door prize email deacon1997@att.net or g.ori@comcast.net.
Registration for the State Fair parade and expo are out.
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight #60: See news article with video and slide show:
https://newherald.news/one-more-flight-with-honor-land-of-lincoln-honor-flight-touches-down-i-p20486-103.htm
