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Commander’s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Commander Joe\nHubbard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome \u2026 2020! No not the TV show: it\u2019s clear it\u2019s a New\nYear. Yet some things never change. The same core people are carrying the load\nthat keeps our VFW Post open. I struggle to get new members, yet I will always\ntry. I know everyone has their own story and their own lives, but remember we\nstand for those who cannot stand, we talk for those who cannot be heard, we\nshall never forget, because others always do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Oxford Veterans Home trip Dec. 7 was a very humbling experience\nfor me. Thank you goes out to Jerry Davis for your devotion to this event. As I\nsaid last month, Pete, Jerry and I all went to this event. We pushed wheelchair-bound\nveterans to a roomful of presents, where they chose up to five, and then we\npushed them to a few tables where they were wrapped. I must say I was confused\nat first, but the presents are mainly not for the veteran (although they did\nget a few for themselves); they are for their family members who come to visit\nthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the veterans I pushed is a 95 year old, a WW2 veteran\nnamed Charlie, who was full of life. He was so full of life that I had to tell\nhim I did not like pushing him because all the women talk to him and not to me.\nWe both got a good laugh and everyone was in good spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I said before, as long as I am the VFW Commander I will\nendorse this event but better yet, Jerry, you now have a partner to go down\nevery year forward to this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The open veteran dinner held Dec. 11 went okay. The first one\nin the door was an old National Guard friend of mine named Willie Miller, whom\nI sat and talked with for an hour. He did sign up, the paperwork is in the\nworks, and hopefully he can be vetted in our January meeting. It was not as big\na turnout as I was hoping for. We could have hosted many more people without a\nproblem, but I am only going to focus on the good of it and how to improve for\nthe next one. Efforts for all veterans are appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was notified by Madison County Historian Matthew Urtz that\nan interview of Doug Ginney about his Army experience was going to be conducted\nDec. 16, and I was asked to present a shadow box to Doug at the end. You can also\nwatch the entire video on line at youtube.com\/watch?v=hSZ24fegiJo&feature=youtu.be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Christmas party was held Dec. 19 at Theodore\u2019s. I\nbelieve all who came had a good time. We set up a POW\/MIA table, and I read\nabout the lone table. We got to listen to Harry play Taps (almost twice), and\nour chaplin gave us some nice words before we ate. The food was wonderful. Then\nI handed out some awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all that, we got to the gift\/regift\/oh-no-not-that-gift-again.\nJoyce and I had the best view and got a lot of laughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to say thank you to all the support that this\nnew commander has been given by everyone. Please remember that I am a new\ncommander, and some things may slip my mind at times. I rely on my elected\nofficers, as well as others, to help me become better and unforgetting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was approached by someone who was upset because we did not\ngo to the cemetery on Veterans Day. This did bother me, especially at first.\nThe few of us that actually do things for the post should stand proud for all\nthat we do. We cannot do everything but, as your commander, I should have found\na way to not forget such a meaningful event. Another way to look at this is\nthat people out there do notice what we do and do not do: WE MATTER!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the colder weather is here, things slow down. Please slow\ndown while you drive and get to where you are going alive. There is still a lot\nto be done for building upkeep and improve our facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bingo is still every Friday, and any day you can come on in and help us out would be appreciated. If we get people to learn how to do the tasks that we do during bingo, we might be able to give those that turn out every Friday a night off. I enjoy calling the numbers, but when others ask about calling them, I will let them or show them how. If someone else is calling, I will do other tasks that need to be done. We really need help in the kitchen, and if you do not mind cooking and cleaning up, we could really use you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming meetings and events January and February 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n