Kickback and Chill – Live Music at VFW Post 2323 – Friday, April 13
Concert Tonight!
Fourth of July
Third Sunday Breakfast
Saturday Lunch
St. Patrick’s Day
Veteran’s Day
Post Meeting Wednesday
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
Free Admission for Military to the Northern Trust Open
VFW MEMBER NEEDS HELP
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!
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/
Ray Pollok
Senior Vice Commander
VFW 2323 New Year’s Eve Party
VFW 2323 Christmas Party and Pot Luck – Friday, Dec 20
Oktoberfest Celebration/Dinner/Music
Veteran’s Park Bricks
Fill out this form and mail it in the next few days to be included in the big order getting ready to go out Sunday. Mail it by Friday or you can drop it at John Weitkamp’s office by Friday. Hurry, be a part of Veteran’s Park Forever!
Official Visit January 12, 2012
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
New Year’s Eve Party
Please get your reservations in at the Post and join us December 31st for a fantastic New Years Eve.
Military Discounts
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.
- Chrysler military discounts
http://www.chrysler.com/en/incentives/bonus_incentives - Ford military discounts
http://www.encs.com/ford - GM military discounts
https://www.gmmilitarydiscount.com/ip-vpp/ - Toyota military discounts
http://tiny.cc/ToyotaVets
Website to find military discounts for purchase of vehicles
www.militaryrates.com/
Various military discounts
www.military.com/discounts