Veterans of Foreign Wars * Post 2346 * 190 Main Street * Saugus MA 01906 * (781) 233-2818

Commander's Report - Spring 2002

ELECTION NOTIFICATION Post Nominations - Wednesday, April 3 at 8:00 PM - Elections - Wednesday, April 17 at 8:00 PM Corporation Nominations and Elections - Thursday May 23 at 8:00 PM Take an interest in your Post - Attend the elections at the post meeting April 17th If you can't drive at night and need a ride, call a post officer at (781) 233-2818

Coming Events

March 16 – St. Patricks Day Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner & Dance

Fully catered meal and live irish music for only $17.50 per person. 7:30 PM - Contact Chuck Fopiano, Ernie Messina or Bob Titilah for Tickets

April 20 – Auxiliary Vetro Raffle

225 Prizes awarded. Raffle tickets are only $1.00 each. Don't miss this big event. Starts at 7:00 PM.

April 20 – Auxiliary Supper - $15.00

Dinner and dancing. 7:30 - 11:30 PM. Contact Louise Rosano for tickets at (978)535-9899

May 18 – Post and Auxiliary Installation

Ceremonies begin at 6:30 PM. A meal and dancing will follow. No charge.

May 25 – Memorial Day Observences (The parade will be held on aturday)

Ceremonies begin at the Post at 7:45 AM. Parade forms at the American Legion on Taylor St. at 8:45 AM March to Riverside Cemetary then to Saugus Center for ceremonies.

June 13-16 – VFW State Convention in Peabody

Events are planned at the Post on Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday afternoon.

Bingo Games – Bingo is held at the post every Tuesday from 6:45 – 9:45. Thanks to a new town ordinance, Bingo is now a SMOKE FREE event. Breaks are taken and smokers are invited to light up in our downstairs lounge. Why not try your luck. You'll have a great time and maybe you'll be a big winner. We now have 2 jackpots with a maximum $3000 payout.

New Eyes for the Needy – You may donate used eyeglasses to this program. Frank Famiglietti is still running the program which has, to date, collected well over 25,000 pairs of glasses. Keep up the good work Frank!

In Memorium – Please take a moment to say a prayer for the following members who have passed away since our last bulletin in October: Russell Amsden, RoccoDragani, Thomas Griffin, Norman Blanchard, Walter Murphy, Charles Connors, Edward Fisher (PC), William Noonan, Frank Salamone, Chester Spencer, and Raymond Autilio. We will miss them all.

 

 

Commander's Special Message

*** OVER 70 Dues Increase ***

Dues for members over 70 have increased to $14.00 When you receive your dues reminders from national, they will say dues are $26.00. We have no control over this. Just send in your dues of $14.00 to national. We will take it from there.

* Our Membership drive is going slowly. We have lost so many members to death this year. If you have a friend or relative that is eligible, please let us know. We MUST recruit new members to replace our departed. * We need people to help run our BINGO on Tuesday nights. If you can spare a few hours anytime between 4:30 and 9:30 PM, come on up. No experience necessary. * I would like to thank all of you for making my year as your Commander a pleasant and productive one. It has been an honor to serve you. GOD BLESS AMERICA