MAR-APR 2016 Newsletter - The American Legion

MARCH/APRIL, 2016
Commander’s Call -
American Legion
Hilliard Memorial
Post #614
PO Box 1120
Hilliard, OH 43026
alpost614@gmail.com
Commander
Tim Shigley
(614) 202-9283 (cell)
commander614@yahoo.com
Adjutant
Jerry Vance
(614) 316-0852
jerry.vance@yahoo.com
Finance Officer
Dave Fillhart
dfillhart@gmail.com
1st Vice Commander
Bill Ihrig
bihrig1056@hotmail.com
2nd Vice Commander
Bill Schnug
schnug@sbcglobal.net
3rd Vice Commander
Tom Rowe
(614) 284-8714 (cell)
legionchef@gmail.com
Chaplain
Tom Householder
trhouseholder@att.net
Sergeant-At-Arms
John Sires
jsires@aol.com
Greetings:
If you’re reading this, then you can
see that your American Legion Memorial Post #614 in Hilliard, Ohio is alive
and well.
The past couple of years have presented
us with many challenges and yet we are
still active and still a vital part of the
Hilliard community.
As a Post, we are still having our
monthly dinners at the Senior Center
the 3rd Friday of each month from 5pm7pm, we are still meeting at the Public
Safety building on Northwest Parkway
the 1st Thursday of each month starting
at 7pm, and we are still very active in
community events.
Our Post membership has actually
grown over previous year as new mem-
bers begin to see the American Legion
change direction and begin to focus on
all veterans, including the OIF/OEF veterans, and also focusing on our female
veterans.
What we need now, more than ever,
is your participation. There is a relatively small percentage of Post members who attend meetings, attend events,
and participate with Post functions. We
want your input and we need your help.
This is your American Legion Post.
We are here to continue serving the veterans of our community and to continue
serve our great local community.
There are many events coming up and
we look forward to seeing you at some
of those evens.
May the good Lord bless you all.
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Tim Shigley, Commander
Four Chaplains Service on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at the City of Columbus,
Council Chambers. L to R—Past District
President, Mary Lee Mercier, Pictures of
all four of the Four Chaplains, District
President, Paula Christman and District
Commander, Tim Shigley, all participant's in the program.
SUMMIT FOR
SOLDIERS
Saturday April 2, 2016 from 4pm - 2am
at Park Street Complex
525 Park Street, Columbus, Ohio
Presented by
The American Legion of Ohio,
99.7 The Blitz
& Woodlands Productions
From Auxiliary President -
American Legion
Auxiliary
Hilliard Memorial
Unit #614
PO Box 1344
Hilliard, OH 43026
PRESIDENT
Jane Domer
(614) 653-2710
jvdomer@yahoo.com
1st Vice President
Vicky Buck
(614)596-8540
Lt248@aol.com
2nd Vice President
Marge Dougherty
(614) 876-7772
jimardoug@wowway.com
Secretary
MaryLee Mercier
(614)777-1596
mlmoh6140@aol.com
Treasurer
Vickie Gloeckner
(614) 801-1448
us with this program and other programs
and have truly been a blessing to our
organization.
We have been going to Chillicothe
VA Hospital the 1st Sunday of every
month and take snacks down to them.
We also take snacks to Chalmers P.
Wiley VA clinic for the spinal injury
ward. At Christmas, we went to Harmon Avenue homeless shelter for their
party. We took 58 bags full of soap,
toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo,
shirts, underwear, undershirts, and socks
for the homeless veterans there. We also
provided scarves (which one of our
members made) at Christmas for the
ward we help. We have participated in a
lot of the city functions like; Old Hilliard Days, 911 Ceremony, 4th of July
Parade, and much more. As you can see
we are striving to keep our Unit moving
forward and thriving for our future, but
we still need your help so if you
would like to help and volunteer please
let us know as we would love to have
you.
We meet at the Safety Building at the
fairgrounds the 2nd Thursday of every
month at 6:30pm and would love to see
more of our members attend, so we can
all keep each other informed on the progress of our Unit and Post.
In closing please keep the faith that
we are still active and trying hard to
keep our Post, Auxiliary, and SAL a vital part of our community, and for our
Veterans to get the assistance they so
desperately need. Thank you again for
all of your hard work and help to keep
us moving forward. God Bless.
Dear Auxiliary Members,
Can you believe we are already half
way through our Auxiliary year. It has
been a very busy one with our ladies
taking good care of our Veterans and
working hard for our programs. I would
like to extend my sincere thanks to all of
you for all your support and contributions to make this happen. We have
proven that we don't need a home post
building to keep working our programs
and showing our community we are still
active.
We are still having our community
dinners at the Senior Center, so if you
are able to attend, help serve, or even
help to supply desserts for the dinners,
please let us know. We appreciate any
and all help as it has been a small group
helping out. It would be great to have
new members in the mix and to get back
to the family comradeship we had in
past years.
Poppy mailings will be coming out
soon, so keep an eye out for those envelopes for donations. One hundred percent of the donations is used for our
Veterans in the VA hospitals, homeless
Veterans, and active military that
need assistance. Any and all contributions are truly appreciated. The poppies
we purchase are made by Veterans at
Ohio Veterans Home (OVH) in
Sandusky, OH. We want to keep supporting this program with the purchase
of as may poppies as we are able to purchase. We will be handing poppies out
again at Texas Roadhouse on Hilliard
Rome Road in May for Memorial Day.
They have been wonderful in assisting Jane V. Domer, President
vickie.gloeckner@osumc.edu
Chaplain
Patricia Gloeckner
(614) 876-6657
Chaplin Patty requests your prayers
for the following members & friends:
Mary Brush
Pat Poole
Alice Johnson
Lavonne Headley
Thelma Kesler
Joan Stout
Juanita Upchurch
Please call Patty if you
know of anyone who needs a card a
phone call or prayers.
From Squadron Commander Hello all, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New
Years. 2015 was an interesting year for the SAL at Post #614. We
met our quota for memberships, which is great! However, we need
more active participation from our whole post. We need this participation to make the SAL strong for the post. We did have a successful car show back in July. We made improvements and had an
active participation from the American Legion Auxiliary and it was
extremely appreciated. The changes made to this car show helped
make the show smooth and successful. Lets make 2016 an even
stronger year, and we can only make it successful with support
from more members! Thanks all, for all you do.
Sons of the
American Legion
Hilliard Memorial
Squadron #614
Commander
Jake Campbell
Jakecamp55@
gmail.com
(614) 216-2543
1st Vice Commander
Tom Maxwell
Jake Campbell, Squadron Commander
From Riders President -
Legion Riders #614 is only $12 per
year. There are no other requirements,
Yes, your American Legion Post now no prospecting, no mandatory meetings,
and no mandatory rides. You ride with
has an American Legion Riders Chapter. The American Legion Riders Me- us and participate when you can. No
morial Post #614 Chapter was approved hassles!
by the Post membership in May of
If you are interested in becoming an
2015; and we now have 10 members.
American Legion Rider, please e-mail
We are always looking to increase our
us at legionriderspost614@yahoo.com
rider membership.
We will not have a March meeting due
to Easter, but will be meeting on April
To be a member of ALR-614, you
must be a current (paid) member of the 24, 2016 to discuss Officer Elections.
Location to be determined. Sunday
American Legion, American Legion
Auxiliary, or Sons of the American Le- May 29, 2016 will be our big ALR-614
gion. You do NOT have to be a mem- Memorial Day Weekend Poker Run.
ber of Post, Unit, or Squadron 614 to be Details coming soon! We will keep you
posted on all the upcoming events as we
an ALR-614 member, or to ride with
get more details.
us. You must own a motorcycle of at
least 350cc, have the proper endorsement on your license, and carry state
minimum motorcycle insurance.
Membership dues for the American
For now, let’s all pray for a very
quick end to this winter!
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Tim Shigley, President
American Legion
Riders
Hilliard Memorial
Post #614
President
Tim Shigley
commander614@
yahoo.com
Vice President
John Sires
jsires@aol.com
Secretary
Colleen McGinnis
mcginnis710@
yahoo.com
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Greetings! We welcome you to the first edition of many newsletters. This is get this newsletter by email, please send an email to this address with the email
address you would like to receive it at. All articles must be received by April 10th
your newsletter and with that, we hope that you submit articles and pictures for
publication. If you are a participant, exhibitor, or onlooker, may sure you report on to be included in the next issue (May/June). This will be a bi-monthly publication.
it. All material may be sent to editor.alpost614@gmail.com If you would like to
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United States of America on March 3rd, 1931. NATIONAL ANTHEM DAY
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