VFW 2323

Granada Hills, CA

Fourth of July

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Come join us here at the post this coming Tuesday to celebrate the Fourth of July.
We are having a pot luck, BBQ and home made ice cream.
Please feel free to bring something to add to the pot luck.

Third Sunday Breakfast

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Just a reminder that this coming Sunday will be our THIRD SUNDAY BREAKFAST for May, 2017.
Come and enjoy a great breakfast for only $7.00.  You can’t beat the price or the food at any breakfast place.

Saturday Lunch

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The American Legion Post 581 who meets at our post the first Monday of each month for their post meeting have graciously offered to provide lunch for our veterans of this VFW Post 2323 and the member’s guest(s).
Please make some time to come by and enjoy a great lunch and some great fellowship with of of our sister organizations.
This coming Saturday from 12:00 noon until 3:00 pm.

St. Patrick’s Day

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The VFW will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with some fun drinks, Karaoke, music, etc.
There will even be some good Irish Food.
Come and join the fun.

Veteran’s Day

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Veteran’s Day is slowly approaching.  This is a very important day for our society.
We will be holding a Veteran’s Day Event on the corner of Chatsworth and Zelzah (Veteran’s Park) on Friday, November 11, at 5:30 PM.
Come and show your support for our veterans.  Maybe even thank them for what they have done for our country.

 

Post Meeting Wednesday

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Just a reminder of our post meeting this Wednesday at 7:00 PM.

This is the most important meeting of the year, as this is when you vote for who will be leading the post for the oncoming year.

Final nominations and elections will take place at this meeting.  Nominations for an individual are not complete until the person being nominated has accepted the nomination.

USS IOWA TRIP

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We have planned a USS IOWA TRIP.  There is a sign up sheet at the canteen and the bartenders will accept your payment and sing ups.  The first sign ups are for VFW Members and Canteen Bartenders.  Once we get a feel for the sign ups, we will open it to more.
Please note the flyers in the Canteen.
We have two donated 14 passenger buses.

VFW MEMBER NEEDS HELP

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JOSHUA ELIZA GALLARDO NEEDS BLOOD

Joshua is the son of Tazan Gallardo, Veteran and Post 2323 VSG Member.

Joshua is in extremely critical condition at Children’s Hospital, and has been for several weeks.  He is receiving fresh oxygenated blood every day.

Any one that can donate blood in the name of Joshua Gallardo is asked to go to Children’s Hospital 4650 Sunset LA, 90027.

If you unable to drive yourself contact Commander Lofdahl or Chaplain Rick Jauregui to try arrange a carpool.

Commander Cell 818 601 8400

Chaplain Cell 818 314 2505

Joshua’s DOB 10/11/00

Admitted to Children’s Hosp 1/9/15

(Information for Blood Bank)

Our big badly needed fundraiser is here!

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PLEASE HELP YOUR POST WHILE HAVING GREAT FUN!  THIS IS THE EVENT TO REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

We have been talking about this great fundraiser for several months at the meetings and now Saturday June 7th is getting close.  All you have to do is get people to go to the ticket site below and buy tickets.  Tell them to click on VFW Post 2323 at the bottom of the purchase tickets page for their probable tax free purchase, to award our Post $20 for every VIP ticket and $10 for every regular ticket they buy at no additional cost to them.  If we get people to click for 150 regular tickets and 150 VIP tickets the Post gets $4,500 plus another $500-$1,000 depending on how many of you help at the event, and also get to see at least some of the Beatles show for free if you can help from 11 AM till 7PM on June 7th.  If you can help less hours you still have about a 75% chance of seeing part of the show for free.

THERE IS NO FINANCIAL RISK TO THE POST!  The knowledge we will gain from working at this event for future VFW fundraisers is Priceless!

This would be enough to pay off our final bill on last year’s new air conditioners plus make other Post improvements!

Please let me know ASAP if you can volunteer for the event.  Jobs range from sitting down checking people in and issuing armbands to roving troubleshooters and security.  We will also have some uniformed security as backups.

It will be a fantastic event with Beatles N’ Beer, Food and Wine.  On top of a big parking structure just like the Beatles last show together.

Only a little over 300 tickets for each of the two shows will be sold.  This is a very exclusive event.  We expect this to be a sell-out soon.  Work fast to be sure our Post gets a big cut. We will be signing up other VFW Posts and other charities if we do not move the very limited ticket supply very quickly.

For more information go to beatlesandbeer.org, see the attached flyer, or email me.

Tickets sales click here:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/beatles-n-beer-microbrew-fest-tickets-10877158875

 

Ray Pollok

Senior Vice Commander

Official Visit January 12, 2012

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The last details for our Official Visit are coming together.  I thank all of you that are helping see this to fruition.  Our dinner on the 12th will be held at Post #2323, located at 17522 Chatsworth St. Granada Hills, CA 91344. Their post phone number is (818) 366-7799.  The cost of dinner will be $10.00 and will include the following: Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic toast, salad and desert.  At 5 PM there will be greeting and a no-host bar until 6PM.  At 6PM we’ll be seated for dinner and the dress code for this one is casual.  Our honored guests will be leaving the following morning, so this will be the last chance to meet and greet Department Commander Earl Fulk and Department President Rene Fulk.

If you plan to attend, please notify Ray Pollok at [email protected] (818) 366-9393.  Also remember if you plan to attend the tour on January 11th, I’ll need your name and social before the cut-off on the 28th of December.   Thank you.

John Campeau,
Commander
District 7

Military Discounts

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Many businesses, including hundreds of locations in the San Fernando Valley, offer special discounts for Veterans and military personnel. The discounts range from entrance to theme parks such as Disneyland, Knott’s, Magic Mountain, to movie theaters and hotels. Stores offering discounts include Lowe’s and Home Depot, clothing, electronic, and sporting good stores, and restaurants. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint Mobile all offer service discounts. There are even discounts on the purchase of a car.

Military Discounters
A website to search by ZIP code for all kinds of stores, businesses and services that offer discounts to Vets or military personnel, including hundreds of locations in the Northwest San Fernando Valley.
www.militarydiscounters.com/

Theme park tickets
The Los Angeles Air Force Base, just south of Los Angeles International Airport,sells discount tickets to members of all branches of the military to theme parks. http://www.losangeles.af.mil/

Military discounts for vehicle purchases
Ford, Chrysler, GM and Toyota offer various types of discounts to military personnel or Veterans on the purchase of a vehicle.

Website to find military discounts for purchase of vehicles
www.militaryrates.com/military-discounts-automobile.cfm

Various military discounts
www.military.com/discounts