Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 809

VFW POST 809 HAD A SUCCESSFUL PANCAKE BREAKFAST ON FEBRUARY 7, 2010.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO CAME AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO GAVE UP YOUR TIME TO HELP OUT

A BIG HOOOORRAAAAAAAAA!!!!

2010 will be a new beginning for Post 809. There has been a rejuvenation of energy and excitement within the executive board. There are many ideas and plans to help Post 809 grow.

· Our website is going to be a guiding light of information and events that the post will be hosting. Be sure to check back regularly. (www.vfwpost809.org)

· Our hall will be available for rent every day. We will have volunteers and in some cases bartenders to help out at different functions when the hall is being rented.

· We would also like to plan some family nights, dinners and possibly some form of entertainment for our membership. Our goal is to gain more membership with the younger Veterans and to introduce them and their family to some of the events in the VFW.

Any members who would like to tend bar daily or help with renting our hall are welcome to do so. Also needed are volunteers for setting up and clean up before and after a rental. Contact Cosmo or Joe Wisneski for further information.

· As for the members who are there now, we would like to institute a better communication between the executive board and the membership to share the upcoming ideas we plan for the Post.

It is time to put all hard feelings aside and try to pull together as a unit like we did in combat. In the beginning we will crawl before we walk, but with the help of everybody, we will build Post 809 back to its Veteran Status. The VFW will always be a VFW for current and future Veterans.

Membership Drive

We are looking to keep the mission of the VFW moving forward. We can only do this by increasing our membership and encouraging our newest veterans to join. Please reach out to fellow veterans, encourage them to view our site and to become members. Click on the link below for more information on becoming a member, there is also a link for our membership application. Remember that the success of our chapter depends on our members.

Thank you!

Membership Information and Application

Sponsor VFW Post 809

Encourage businesses to support our VFW by becoming sponsors. For a $50.00 yearly donation business cards will be posted on the sponsor's page of this site. Individuals or families may also make a personal donation of $10.00 per year and will also be recognized on our website. For more information please attend our next post meeting.

New Jersey VFW License Plate

Any member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of New Jersey may purchase the VFW license plate at a one-time cost of $30.00.

Just contact Department Headquarters at 609-393-1929 and give us your name and address and they will send you the information you need to fill out and send back.

You will receive the plates in the mail in about three to four weeks after they receive your information.

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Public urged to support Purple Heart Forever Stamp

Earlier this year, Rep. Peter King, R-NY, and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, introduced a bill in Congress to create the Purple Heart Forever stamp, eliminating the need to keep reissuing such stamps with specific postage rates. As long as the U.S. Postal Service must decide whether to reissue the stamp, it may eventually be retired from circulation.

King and Clinton are asking Legionnaires to help make the Purple Heart Forever stamp a reality by sending letters of support to the CSAC. Letters of support should be mailed to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, c/o Stamp Development, U.S. Postal Service, Suite 5013, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, VA 22209

This is an excerpt from the December 2008 issue of The American Legion Magazine. Please look to page 47 for full article.

The following is important to the 'Vet To Vet' program.

Everyone should take the time to send a letter of thanks and appreciation to our recovering Vets.

They would like to know we care and want to thank them.

We all remember while serving how important it was to receive mail and how disappointing it was when we didn't.

SEND LETTERS TO:

A Recovering American Soldier

C/O Walter Reed Army Hospital

6900 Georgia Ave NW

Washington, DC 20307-5001