COMMANDER'S CORNER November 2025

Hello, Post 108 Family,

We survived the post monsoon rains and it is definitely cooling off with highs in the 70s and lows dipping into the low 40s and high 30s and the days are getting shorter.

Don’t forget we moved our November meeting this year to the 1st Tuesday due to all the activities on Veterans Day,11 NOV, which falls on the 2nd Tuesday this year, our normal meeting night.

Speaking of Veterans Day, I received our parade number for the Veterans Day Parade in Prescott on 11 NOV. We are entry #43 which puts us about the middle of the parade. We need to be there by 1000 and the parade starts at 1100. We need you to participate. Bring your trucks, cars, bikes and trikes. I will include the parade rules as an attachment. Let’s have a great turnout again this year.

Our final flag days this year will be Tuesday,11 NOV for Veterans Day, and Sunday, 7 DEC for Pearl Harbor Day (Remember the USS Arizona).

I hope the federal government shutdown is not affecting you in any way and it ends soon.

We had our fundraiser at the Texas Roadhouse on 28 OCT. The turnout of customers seemed a little light, but I was told that there was another event going on at the same time that may have kept some people glued to their television. That was the 4th game of the World Series. We don’t know the results of this fundraiser yet but I saw many of you there supporting your post and thank you for that.

We are doing very well just 4 months into the 2026 membership renewal period. Our 2026 goal for the post is 98 members. As I wrote a few days ago, an anonymous donor is giving $1000.00 to the first post in each of three categories (small, medium, and large) in Arizona to reach 100% of their 2026 membership goal, Thanks to all of you, we are the 1st post in Arizona to reach that goal!. I found out we are in the small post category which is less than 300 members. As of today, we have 102 members who have joined or already renewed for 2026 for 104.1%. That is a great start for the year! A big thank you to everyone who helped make that happen! If you have not yet renewed, there is also the 3-year option out there, if interested. To renew on-line, go to www.legion.org, then click on the red renew button on the top right of the screen. Select the option you want and follow the prompts to pay. Or, you can send a check to our Post Office Box (PV Post 108, POB 26239, Prescott Valley, AZ 86312) or save that expensive stamp and bring it to our next meeting. We would love to see you at a meeting!

The next District 8 meeting will be held at Post 25 in Cottonwood on Saturday, 1 November. The E-Committee meets before lunch, lunch will be at 1200 and the general membership meeting begins at 1300. Please come and support your post so we can once again bring home the traveling plaque.

As a reminder, the Post has taken over the adoption of the American Legion Park on Bob Drive. Members will be at the park on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month at around 1145 to tidy things up. Please head over and give a hand.

Don’t forget to record your Post and Community/Veterans hours for the month. (You can put them in the logbook at each meeting or email them to Ron at: ronarrigoni@gmail.com

And, we will have the member/guest sign in sheets, so we know who is at each meeting. Please take a moment to sign in when you arrive. This is only for the Post meetings, not the Riders or Auxiliary, unless they decide to do so, as well.

Don’t forget Wayne and Vicky’s Halloween and 38th Anniversary part on Friday 31 OCT at their home. Invites previously sent.

Attached to this newsletter is the latest finance report, the Veterans Day Parade Rules, the Veterans Day flag announcement and the minutes of the October meeting.

I hope to see you at our meetings on the 4th. Until then, stay healthy and safe!

Gary Taylor,

Your Humbled Post Commander