Greetings Fellow Veterans
Well summer is officially here, and I hope all of you
are enjoying it! It brings me great pleasure to inform
you that John Rice VFW has been identified as an All-American Post in District 7, that means our Post has
met all requirements set by National and State VFW
Departments.
On May 3rd, we participated in the VFW National Day
of Service. Officers and Members volunteered at the
Veterans Memorial Park in Blaine. Our day was spent
removing old mulch from the surrounding flower beds
and getting them ready for new mulch. Thank you to our
volunteers!!
On May 16th & 17th we had our annual Poppy Day. A
few of our Members and Auxiliary posted at stores within
our community, handing out Poppies and collecting
donations for our Veterans relief fund. I would like to
thank all our volunteers for their time and effort, it's
greatly appreciated. Over Memorial Day weekend we
held our Remembrance Ceremonies at Morningside
Cemetery and Bunker Hills Regional Park, ending on
Memorial Day at Veterans Memorial Park.
At our last District 7 meeting I was informed that our
Post had the honor of having Scout of the Year. His name
is Vincent Grammer, and he completed a wonderful
project consisting of a dock over the pond, a greenhouse,
a sand pit to track animal prints, and walking path around
the pond located at DaVinci Academy to help students
study science and biology. He will receive his award later
this summer.
Reminder we have some upcoming events like the Blazing
4th Festival later this month. The golf cart volunteer
list is posted. Our Annual 4th of July Festival is fast
approaching and that volunteer list is posted. We also
have a Car Show put on by the Corvette Club and that
will be in August.
The State Convention was held June 5th-8th in St. Cloud,
MN, which I attended. The Post and Auxiliary had the
distinction of taking home a couple of awards. It's great
to see us shine at State and shows everybody that we
are active within our community. Thank you to all of you,
without you we would not be successful.
Continue to watch Facebook and our website for
updates.
Thank you for your continued support!!
Corky A Olson
Commander
