COMMANDER'S CORNER JUNE 2024

Hello Everyone,

I hope this finds everyone well and enjoying our cooling temperatures. Aren’t you glad you don’t live in the Valley with all their 100+ temperatures going through September and into October!

Our next flag day will not be until Veteran’s Day on Monday, 11 NOV as well as the Veterans Day Parade in Prescott. We won’t know our entry number until the week before the parade. We had a good turnout for flags on Patriot Day but we a little short-handed on POW/MIA day. Thanks to everyone who came out to help on both days and especially Tonto and his wife, Linda, for use of their truck while mine was in the shop. We couldn’t do it without all your support.

Our 2025 membership goal is 90 members. We are off to a great start with 63 members who are now renewed for 2025. We are still at 70% of our goal with no new renewals for the past 60 days. Don’t forget, you can also do the new 3-year renewal online. Please keep those renewals coming in and let’s get to 100% by year end.

We have our major fundraiser, the horseshoe tournament, coming up on 12 OCT at the Central AZ Horseshoe Club pits at the American Legion Park on Bob Dr. in PV. I am still looking for members to assist with rounding up items for door prizes and raffle prizes. I am attaching the flyer for this event. And, speaking of fundraisers, last month event at Culver’s brought in just over $500.00 Thanks to all who came out to support your post.

The Riders will have a fundraiser at the Reb Robin restaurant in Prescott on 15 October. This is an all-day event, and you will need to bring the flyer, which I am also attaching. The 15th is also our last bingo night for the year at the VA Domiciliary. So, you can have an early dinner at Red Robin and then join us at the Dom to help with the bingo. We start about 1830 and end around 2000 hours.

Since the next District 8 meeting is on 9 November at Post 40 in Chino Valley, the Saturday before our next post meeting, I’m bringing it up now so you can put it on your calendars. Let’s bring the traveling trophy back home, again.

Please send your monthly American Legion Post and Rider activity hours to Adjutant Ron at: ronarrigoni@gmail.com or put them in the logbook at each post meeting.

Since our Finance office is on a well-deserved vacation, I will not be attaching the Post Finance Report to this email. Bob will be back this weekend and have the report at the meeting.

I hope to see you at the October meeting, at the horseshoe tournament, bingo at the Dom, and/or at the Red Robin. Until then, stay healthy and be safe.

Gary Taylor,

Your Humbled Post Commander