Post Dispatch: September 2020
From the Commander:
Volunteers Needed
Help the Post grow; there are many opportunities for you to volunteer to help the post out. If you can help 2, 3 or 4 hours a month – or as often as you want, your help would be appreciated. Some possibilities include:
Food Service
- Cooks
- Kitchen assistants
- Food prep
- Fish Fry servers
Meeting room set-up (Event team)
- Mornings or evenings
- Pick your day & time
Bartenders
- Weekdays
- 2, 3, or 4 hour shifts
- 9 AM to 3 PM
- Training provided
For more info call 630-834-8191 or e-mail vpvfwpost2801@gmail.com and tell us what hours, when and how you would like to volunteer.
For help on the Range
- RSOs in the Mornings, afternoons and evenings weekdays or weekends…YOU pick your day
- Range maintenance…help us keep the range in tip top shape for our shooters
- Call 630-834-8191 or email the range at vfwpost2801range@gmail.com
New Post members
At our last meeting we inducted three new members, Jennifer McDonald, James Jacks and Larry Dieden. Please welcome them.
On Passing
Jerry Fanelle (91) of Addison, passed away on August 24, and Albert Clifford (74) formerly of Elmhurst Post 2048 passed away on August 25. Our condolences to their families. Rest in peace old friends.
For your self-protection and others
We are compelled to follow the procedures of the state concerning mask wearing. When you enter the Post masks are required. Masks must be worn in the range. If you are sitting at the bar you may remove your mask, but if you go to the restroom you must put your mask on. Masks will also be required when playing the gaming machines. We are also asking all who enter the Post to sign in at the downstairs bar. If someone contracts the virus and has attended our Post we can notify the people that were recently there. Please help us enforce these rules. It is for all of our health
From the Quartermaster:
Veterans Service Records request
Need your service records or that of a loved one? Click on the link below:
https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records
Recent military service and medical records are not online. However, most veterans and their next of kin can obtain free copies of their DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) and the following military service records any of the ways listed below.
Looking for records?
Start Request Online (then Print and Mail)
- DD 214/ Separation Documents
- Official Military Personnel File (OMPF)
- Replacement Medals
- Medical and Health Records
Officer position open
With a vacancy occurring on the Post Board of Directors, Commander Jim Blankshain has asked Bill Barta to fill the vacancy. JB will entertain such a motion at our next Post meeting Sept. 21.
Craft Show Oct 10-11
Our Post is hosting a Craft Show Saturday and Sunday, Oct 10-11, 9-4 PM. Attendance is free and open to the public.
- Exhibitors fee $30 per day, tables are $5 ea, per day.
- Location: VFW Post parking lot, south end. Plenty of parking available at the North end
- For more information, call Ron or Lisa: 773-793-8672
Upcoming meetings
- Sept 14, 7:30 PM Post Auxiliary meeting
- Sept 17, 7 PM, Thursday, Board of Directors committee
- Sept 21, 7 PM, Monday, Post monthly
We are open
- Lower Bar and gaming area: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays
- Range – check our range calendar for time and date – http://villaparkvfw.org/gun-range/member-page/
- Office – 9 AM – 1 PM, Monday – Friday
Lower Lounge/ Gaming Open weekends
- Lower bar area is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 3-8 PM and Sundays 2-7 PM (new Sunday hrs.)
- All beverages are available, as is Pizza.
- The gaming devices are also open those days and times
Tasty Thursday Nites
Come check out our burgers starting $5.00, as well as our different weekly specials
Friday Night
Fish Sandwich & Chips – $5.00, Shrimp $6.00, or Burgers-$6.00
Cash transactions only
A word of caution: we’re not able to take credit cards at the present time, so all transactions are cash only (or check).
Range News:
The Range is open!
- Range – check our range calendar for time and date – http://villaparkvfw.org/gun-range/member-page/
- Our range is open and we’re adding RSOs for more shooting opportunities. Follow the correct social distancing guidelines and wear a mask when entering & leaving the range. Masks are not needed in the shooter’s box. Just go to our range calendar- http://villaparkvfw.org/gun-range/member-page/ and select a time you want to come out. And bring a friend. If the time slot you want to shoot is not available, let us know and we’ll do our level best to get an RSO added for that time/day.
RSO class to be held
We still have some openings remaining in our range safety officer class. We are now signing up candidates for the 8 hour NRA certified class instruction. Date to be determined. For more info call 630-834-8191 or e-mail vfwpost2801range@gmail.com
Youth Scholarships
The VFW is dedicated to promoting patriotism and investing in our future generation. If you are a democracy-loving high school student interested in a $30,000 college scholarship or a patriotic middle school student interested in winning $5,000, these scholarships may be for you.
The Voice of Democracy Program is open to students in grades 9-12 (Oct. 31 deadline), who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States and its territories.
We want to reach as many patriotic students as possible to compete for the grand prize: $30,000 paid directly to the American college, university or vocational/technical school of their choice!