This Week at Walter Rhoades Post 111
Announcements, news, events, and other information about your American Legion Post.
Announcements
Thank you: I want to thank all of my American Legion Family for showing up and working incredibly hard to make our American Legion Auxiliary Family Community Service Day 2024 very successful! Thank you Ady and Mary W for co-chairing this event with me and working with the city to get the approvals needed.
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE: Barb, Ady, Mary W and Tracy for making sure all volunteers checked in before we started, Donna for doing an outstanding job feeding all of us throughout the day, Annette for making sure the donuts were delivered for all to enjoy, Tracy for bringing your scooter and becoming the water lady and anything else we needed lady, Michael for organizing the boy-scouts to join us and our photographers Casey Serrano, Tina Lyda and Hailey Reinacher for volunteering time to document this event!
Finally, to each and every person that showed up ready to go and give it your all…your blood (yes we had a couple cuts), sweat and probably tears after getting home and realizing how sore you were, did not go unnoticed by me. I couldn’t have been prouder to work side by side with all of you.
I am hoping to continue doing this event in the future if possible.
Much love and respect,
PJ
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News
Veterans Benefiting from VA's Banking Program: Waiting for a benefit check to be delivered in the mail is a slow and tiresome process. Checks can also be lost or stolen. Thankfully, VA’s Veterans Benefits Banking Program (VBBP) has helped thousands of Veterans and their families make the conversion to direct deposit, which is quick, easy and secure.
In fact, VBBP has surpassed 100 participating financial institutions and converted more than 340,000 benefit recipients to direct deposit since its launch in 2019. The 100th financial institution to participate in VBBP was PlainsCapital Bank, and the 101st was Frontwave Credit Union.
With the assistance of the Association of Military Banks of America (AMBA), VA launched VBBP to help Veterans, beneficiaries, caregivers and survivors open accounts and enroll in direct deposit for their VA benefits. Read more about the program here.
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Upcoming Events
Memorial Day (May 27, 2024): The post will be conducting a service in honor of Memorial Day at 11 AM at the Louisville Memorial Cemetery. Following the service, there will be a cook-out and pot-luck at the post. A sign-up sheet is located on the bar.
July 4th Fireworks Meeting (May 29, 2024): There will be a meeting to discuss support for the Louisville July 4th fireworks display at 6:00 PM at the post.
Sons of the American Legion Meeting (June 5, 2024): There will be a Sons of the American Legion Meeting at 6:00 PM at the post.
Auxiliary Unit 111 Meeting (June 8, 2024): There will be an Auxiliary Unit 111 Meeting at 9:30 AM at the post.
General Membership Meeting (June 11, 2024): There will be a General Membership Meeting at 6:00 PM at the post. The lounge will be closed during this meeting. If you'd like to join the meeting via Zoom, please notify the Executive Board by noon, June 10th.
Save the Date: The date for Adam Popp’s Community Kickoff has just been determined, Saturday, June 8th at 10 AM. Details are forthcoming.
Bingo (Every Monday Night): Join us for bingo, every Monday night starting at 6:30 PM. All proceeds support Veterans and Veterans' Programs.
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Hours
Monday 4-8 PM
Tuesday 4-8 PM
Wednesday 4-8 PM
Thursday 4-8 PM
Friday 1-9 PM
Saturday 1-9 PM
Sunday 12-8 PM
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Walter Rhoades American Legion Post 111
1150 Pine Street
Louisville, CO 80027
(303) 666-6314
