Post 7327, Springfield, Virginia Volume 14-5 By Post Commander Bud Bishop SERVING VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES and the COMMUNITY May 2015 Honoring the Dead By Serving the Living The Camaraderie Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States From the Commander— May flowers! Spring is in full swing and summer ap- proaches…finally! As you know, in April we elected next year’s officers. I would like to congratulate the following: New Commander: Joseph “Hoss” Byrnes New Senior Vice Commander: Joe Baringer New Junior Vice Commander: Jackie Miller New Quartermaster: Terri Andreoni (well, not so new) New Chaplain: Wayne Yancey (again, not so new…he is returning in this job) Judge Advocate (appointed): Milan Sturgis Surgeon (appointed): Michael Kephart Service Officer (appointed): Frank Konieczny And the trustees: Larry Parham, Gary Kelch, and the newly elected Clarence “Mac” McNeill. Installment of officers will occur at the May meeting; please congratulate them on their exciting year ahead. I will end my year as Commander and accept a job that will take me south to Florida or west to California (yet to be determined). I will miss all of the members of the Post, the Auxiliary, and our neighborhood volunteers who just come in and help out. Their desire to ‘pay it forward’ continues to humble me. And it brings to mind ‘commitment,’ THANK YOU FOR YOURS! We visited the Veterans Hospital in downtown Wash- ington DC this month and enjoyed some short games of bingo with them. Their bingo machine is broken so we have allocat- ed over $8000 to get it replaced and are working with other Posts and Veteran’s groups to help offset this cost. Thank you (Continued on page 2) Comrade Mark Benedict presented a $500 donation check to Ms. Roxanna Maria Calderon, Manager of the Fort Belvoir Fisher House in April. The Fisher House is a 10,000 square-foot home with twelve private guest suites. The common areas and guest suites are professionally de- signed and beauti- fully furnished. The Fisher House in- cludes various com- mon areas including a kitchen and spacious dining room, a family and living room, and a large laun- dry facility with multiple washers and dryers. Most importantly, the Fisher House includes staff and volunteers to support our active service mem- bers, Veterans and their families.
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Post 7327, Spr ingf ie ld , Virginia
Volume 14-5
By Post Commander Bud Bishop
SERVING VETERANS, THEIR FAMILIES and the COMMUNITY
May 2015
Honoring the Dead By Serving the Living
The Camaraderie
Veterans of Fore ign Wars of the United States
From the Commander—
May flowers! Spring is in full swing and summer ap-
proaches…finally!
As you know, in April we elected next year’s officers.
I would like to congratulate the following:
New Commander: Joseph “Hoss” Byrnes
New Senior Vice Commander: Joe Baringer
New Junior Vice Commander: Jackie Miller
New Quartermaster: Terri Andreoni (well, not so new)
New Chaplain: Wayne Yancey
(again, not so new…he is returning in this job)
Judge Advocate (appointed): Milan Sturgis
Surgeon (appointed): Michael Kephart
Service Officer (appointed): Frank Konieczny
And the trustees: Larry Parham, Gary Kelch,
and the newly elected Clarence “Mac” McNeill.
Installment of officers will occur at the May meeting;
please congratulate them on their exciting year ahead. I will
end my year as Commander and accept a job that will take me
south to Florida or west to California (yet to be determined). I
will miss all of the members of the Post, the Auxiliary, and our
neighborhood volunteers who just come in and help out. Their
desire to ‘pay it forward’ continues to humble me. And it
brings to mind ‘commitment,’ THANK YOU FOR YOURS!
We visited the Veterans Hospital in downtown Wash-
ington DC this month and enjoyed some short games of bingo
with them. Their bingo machine is broken so we have allocat-
ed over $8000 to get it replaced and are working with other
Posts and Veteran’s groups to help offset this cost. Thank you
(Continued on page 2)
Comrade Mark Benedict presented a $500
donation check to Ms. Roxanna Maria Calderon,
Manager of the Fort Belvoir Fisher House in
April.
The Fisher House is
a 10,000 square-foot
home with twelve
private guest suites.
The common areas
and guest suites are
professionally de-
signed and beauti-
fully furnished. The
Fisher House in-
cludes various com-
mon areas including a kitchen and spacious dining
room, a family and living room, and a large laun-
dry facility with multiple washers and dryers.
Most importantly, the Fisher House includes staff
and volunteers to support our active service mem-
bers, Veterans and their families.
Page 2
The Camaraderie
again for your support of this activity (yes, you did); you may not have been able to attend but your dues and
your volunteer hours at bingo all contributed to our ability to provide them companionship and doses of dol-
lars!
My challenge to you is to continue ‘giving it back’ to our serving military members, our retired veter-
ans, and our wounded warriors. If you have two hours per month, or three, or more, to donate to this effort,
please do so NOW. The post needs you if they are going to continue the efforts at hand. They are worthy
efforts and they are worthy of support…your support.
I want to thank all of you who volunteer (at bingo, at the veterans’ support activities, and at the post
home) and to the new members who are starting in the post. It remains important to maintain and improve
our bingo program as it will pay for our incredible donation program. If you think you might have a couple
of extra hours per month, come by and check out the work assignments. If you see a job that you could stand
to do, let us know and we can work you into our effort. Any additional hour we can find will relieve another
volunteer of extra hours they may be contributing to sustain our programs. Even a little bit matters—the huge
donations we made to veteran’s organizations and the community should be a beacon for how we can directly
help our fellow veterans. These donations come from bingo!
You are awesome, you are giving it back and paying it forward, and our world is a better place because of
you! Thank you! I look forward to seeing great things in the newsletter done by the likes of you!
Yours, Bud Bishop, retiring Post Commander
Commander’s Commentary—continued from page 1
VFW Members, Family, and Friends Buy, Sell, or Lease a home with me, Alice Gehl and 10% of my proceeds from each completed transaction will be donated to the building fund
at VFW Post 7327. I am a Life Member of Post 7327 Ladies Auxiliary.
Alice E. Gehl, Realtor Weichert, Realtors, Burke Office
Email: [email protected] Cell: 571-426-4073 Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia
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