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VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: December 3, 2024
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7:00 P.M.
2)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
3)
Adjutant called the roll:
Commander, Sr. Vice. Commander, Quartermaster, 1
Trustees (one zoomed) One member: Qualm Total
of 5
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
November 7, 2024.
5)
Quartermaster report (Read and approved):
$16,036.33 in checking, $8,669.61 in Relief
Fund. *$2,133.00 checks outstanding to purchase
equipment for trailer (generator, CB Radios, 2
computers, etc.) leaving a $13,913.63 balance in
our checking account, as of December 3, 2024. We
discussed authorizing a $5,000 total budget to
cover the total of everything invested in our
trailer, up until April 1, 2025, but nothing was
approved. The logic, is we will be buying
supplies that may at best ad up to less than a
total $5,000. Quartermaster will keep a running
record of all expenses associated with the
trailer. Most equipment/supplies, etc. will be
purchase between March 15, 2025 and April 15,
2025. At this time we’re waiting for the Liberty
Grove Town Board to commit to assuming ownership
in the trailer.
6)
Reading of the bills:
We had no bills.
7)
Reading of communications.
Wounded Warriors request $350, American Heart
Association request $55, Stop Soldier Suicide
looking for money, Angles Scholarship fund
looking for donations, OCMC Foundation
requesting any amount. Badger Boys State looking
for sponsorship, Patriot Paw Service Dogs want
us involved: * Motion made, 2nd and
passed to have Quartermaster come up with a list
of where we will donate.
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Organization Requesting Something |
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The Memorial Day Foundation
33 Orient Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11211] |
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The Highground
W7031 Ridge Road,
PO Box 457 Neillsville, Wisconsin 54456 |
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Wounded Warrior Project
Donor Care Center
PO Box 758533
Topeka, Kansas 66675-8533 |
Requesting $142 plus |
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Wounded Warriors United of Wisconsin
W14743 1st Ave, Gleason, Wi 54435
920-470-1845
Vfrank1968@gmail.com
Chapter President: Otto Reetz 920-470-1845 |
Asking for $350 annual donation |
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American Heart Association
Gift Processing Center
P.O. Box 78851 |
Asking for donations $55 |
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Stop Soldier Suicide
Give Hope Campaign
PO Box 110605
Durham, NC 27709
http://sssroger.org |
Asking for donations |
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Door County Medical Center Foundation
228 A. 18rh CW P.O. Box 230
Sturgeon Bay, Wi 54235 |
Angel Scholarship Campaign |
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Patriot Paws Service Dogs
www.patriotpaws.org
254 Ranch Trail, Rockwall, TX 75032
972-772-3282 |
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8)
Report of all committees:
We read and discussed the letter written to the
Liberty Grove Town Board. We also discussed
plans, after the first of the year to get our
cemetery flag project up and running.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at 7:40 p.m.
10)
Unfinished “Old” business: Quartermaster
read and we discussed his letter to the Town
Board. The letter can be read on our website at
www.doorcountyveterans.com
scroll down to “Let’s Role.” We also discussed
plans to get the Gibraltar High School band
students involved in the “flags for veteran’
gravesite program.
11)
New Business:
We had no new business to discuss. We voted
Terry McArtle into our Post and welcomed him
onboard. Up until sometime in 2023, we had a
drawing after each meeting that rewarded Post
members for being present. When Duce and Leo won
the drawing they donated their winnings back to
the Post to purchase flags. In that we’ve not
purchased flags, they want their money back. We
will cut a $75 check for Duce and a $175 for Leo
at our January meeting. Duce was given $100 for
children at our National Home. He will give us
the $100 at our January meeting.
12)
Good of the Order:
We discussed a few improvements to the letter
written to the Town Board, to include
recommending in writing that Bud be the liaison
between our Post and the Town Board and we ask
for a written response from the Board, ref. them
owning the trailer. We are going to wait until
we hear from the Town Board, as to whether they
will accept our trailer. Based on their
decision, we will make a final decision at our
March meeting. Quartermaster learned that Twiggy
submitted a Patriot Pen entry in our Post name.
That person won 2nd in the district.
Motion was made by Duce, 2nd and
passed that we give the winner a $500
scholarship. Terry will call Twiggy 920-707-4169
and come up with a game plan to handout a $500
scholarship when their school has the award
program.
13)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM.
14)
Our next meeting will be January 7, 2025
7 P.M. at the Liberty Grove Town Hall. The
meeting will be zoomed. Go to
www.doorcountyveterans.com,
to read our newsletters and for more
information.
Respectively submitted by: Richard Woldt
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: November 7, 2024
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7:10 P.M.
2)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
3)
Adjutant called the roll:
Commander (Zoomed in), Sr. Vice. Commander,
Quartermaster, 2 Trustees (one zoomed/called in)
Total of 5 plus one. One guest Bud Kalms from
Liberty Grove Town Board. (Liberty
Grove Town Board - Search)
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
October 1, 2024.
5)
Quartermaster report (Read and approved):
6)
Reading of the bills:
We had no bills.
7)
Reading of communications.
There were no communications to read.
8)
Report of all committees:
It appears we can’t just transfer ownership of
our food trailer over to the Liberty
Grove/Sister Bay Fire Department. The transfer
has to go from our post to the Liberty Grove
Town Board. Our Quartermaster will draft a
letter to the Liberty Grove Town Board
explaining why the transfer must be made and
outlining a business plan to affectively
accomplish the transfer. We’ll approve the
letter and establish a date for the transfer at
our December 3erd meeting.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at 7:40 p.m.
10)
Unfinished “Old” business:
We discussed why and how we were drawing down
the assets in our post, which simply adds up to,
what inevitably appears to be at time, probably
our April 2025 meeting that we’ll either fold
the post or, by that time, have enough younger
members to carry on the post, or convince our
current post elected officials to carry on the
post for another year. A recommendation was made
that the quartermaster come up with a budget to
include what equipment will be added to the food
trailer when its transferred over to the Liberty
Grove/Sister Bay Fire Department. Once the
budget is approved, it’s recommended that a
motion be made that would accept the budget and
authorize purchase of equipment made prior to
the April 1, 2024 meeting to be made at the
quartermaster’s discretion.
11)
New Business:
We had no new business to discuss.
12)
Good of the Order
We again reviewed our three options. We can
either grow the post so we have a full slate of
officers able to fill our roster on or before
our April 2025 meeting, or we “fold-the-post”.
Our mission, whether we like it or not, is to
draw down all assets in our post, to a point at
which we’ll vote at our April 2025 meeting. The
problem with transferring assets over to Post
3088 is both posts have to agree. With the
exception of transferring the rifles over to
Post 3088 so the rifles would be available to
use north of the 45th parallel. At
this time, it appears to be better that we
liquidate our post and recommend our members
make their own decision as to which post they’ll
choose to belong
13)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM.
14)
Our next meeting will be December 3,
2024, 7 P.M. at the Liberty Grove Town Hall. The
meeting will be zoomed. Go to
www.doorcountyveterans.com,
to read our newsletters and for more
information.
Respectively submitted by: Richard Woldt
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: October 1, 2024
1)
Meeting called to order at: 6:30 P.M.
2)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
3)
Adjutant called the roll:
Commander, Quartermaster, Trustee, 3 members
present, two zoomed in and one called in after
the meeting due to technical problems with the
zoom and was given a briefing. Total of 5 plus
one.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
August 6, 2024 meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report (receipts and
disbursements):
6)
Reading of the bills:
Covered in the quartermaster report. We had no
bills.
7)
Reading of communications.
There were no communications to read.
8)
Report of all committees:
We again talked about our plans to recruit new
members, working with the Liberty Grove fire
department, Gibraltar schools, The DC Farm for
Vets, AL Post 527, The American Legion Riders,
Scouting groups in northern Door, etc. Quarter
master will continue efforts to enlist members
into our post. He laid out plans to contact
veterans who were being served via the
Adopt-A-Veterans program. At this point we’re
not being given any contact information and may
not. The money we’ll be getting from
Adopt-A-Veterans will come with restrictions as
to how it can be spent.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at 6:50 p.m.
10)
Unfinished “Old” business:
We discussed why we were drawing down the asset
in our post, which simply adds up to, what
inevitably appears to be at time, probably at
our April 2025 meeting that we’ll fold the
post.
11)
New Business:
A motion was made, seconded and past after a
brief discussion to transfer our food trailer,
grill and all associated equipment over to the
Liberty Grove Fire Department. A motion was
made, seconded and past to purchase a generator
that will also be turned over to the Liberty
Grove Fire Department at some future date. A
motion was made, seconded and passed to purchase
one “Tombstone Jack” that will also be given
over to either the Door County Historical
Society or the Egg Harbor Fire Department. Click
here for more information.
Click here for more information
Tombstonejack.com.
12)
Good of the Order
We have three options. We can either grow the
post so we have a full slate of officers able to
fill our roster on or before our April 2025
meeting, or we “fold-the-post”. Our mission,
whether we like it or not, is to draw down all
assets in our post, to a point at which we’ll
vote at our April 2025 meeting to transfer what
can and should be transferred to VFW Post 3088
in Sturgeon Bay and alert/assist our members to
transfer their membership to the post of their
choice. In the meantime, we will fulfill all our
duties as a post, to include standing ready to
post the colors, march in parades, take party in
the November 11, 2024 “Veteran’s Day” program,
etc. Reference the decision to fold or merge our
post into Post 3088:
a.
Both options will include the following:
i.
We surrender our charter,
turn over our flags to the State VFW and return
our guns to the Army.
b.
We liquidate
both our general fund (Checking account) and our
“Relief Account”.
c.
We sell-donate-transfer our physical assets,
to include selling or donating our food trailer
and grill along with all associated equipment.
13)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM.
14)
Note!
Because Tuesday, November 5th is
election day, as in the past, our next meeting
will be on Thursday
November 7th at the Liberty Grove Town hall.
NOTE: November 5th is Election Day!
Make sure you get out and vote!
Respectively submitted by: Richard Woldt
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: September 3, 2024
15)
Meeting called to order at: 7 P.M.
16)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
17)
Adjutant called the roll:
Commander, Quartermaster, Trustee, 2 members
present, one Zoomed in during the meeting. Total
of 6 plus on guest (Bruce Sorenson conducted our
annual audit). We passed with flying colors.
18)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
August 6, 2024 meeting.
19)
Quartermaster report (receipts and
disbursements):
We received $50 from Huehns Funeral Home, $42
from our member (Jeff Bastar) to pay a $42 bill
for our PO Box. $200 bill for two laptops
purchased by our quartermaster. One lap top goes
to our Chaplain and the other to our new Post
Commander. All read and approved!
20)
Reading of the bills:
Covered in the quartermaster report.
21)
Reading of communications.
There were no communications to read.
22)
Report of all committees:
We again talked about our plans to recruit new
members, working with the Liberty Grove fire
department, Gibraltar schools, The DC Farm for
Vets, AL Post 527, The American Legion Riders,
Scouting groups in northern Door, etc.
23)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at 7:45 p.m.
24)
Unfinished “Old” business:
We discussed our game plan for growing the post
to a point all post officers can be replaced by
younger veterans in our filed of membership. We
also talked about what has to be done, if and
when, we decide to “fold-the-post”. All member
need to be involved, to include receiving a
written notice allowing them time to respond.
25)
New Business:
After receiving a report from
________________________________________________________________________
26)
Good of the Order: Bruce Sorenson gave
his “Inspection Report” and offered suggestions
going forward.
He emphasized, whatever we do, we have to inform
our entire membership and give them enough time
to voice their opinion and cast their vote. We
have two options. We can either just
“fold-the-post” or merge our entire post, to
include our membership into VFW Post 3088 in
Sturgeon Bay.
a.
Both options include the following:
i.
We surrender our charter,
turn over our flags to the State VFW and return
our guns to the Army.
b.
We liquidate
both our general fund (Checking account) and our
“Relief Account”.
c.
We sell our physical assets,
to include selling or donating our food trailer
and grill along with all associated equipment.
27)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 8:10.
28)
Next meeting will be on October 1st
at the Liberty Grove Town hall.
Respectively submitted by: Richard Woldt
Drawing went to: We discontinued the drawing
until further notice.
VFW Post 8337 Minute History 2023 – 2024
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: August 6, 2024
29)
Meeting called to order at: 7 P.M.
30)
We Zoomed our meeting as both Commander
and Quartermaster were out of town.
31)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
32)
Adjutant called the roll:
Quorum 6, to
include Commander, Quartermaster, 2 Trustees and
2 members.
33)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
July 2, 2024 meeting.
34)
Quartermaster report (receipts and
disbursements): Read and approved:
35)
Reading of the bills: We had no bills.
36)
Reading of communications. We had no
communications.
37)
Report of all committees:
We discussed getting the trailer off our balance
sheet. The proposal to involve the Al Johnson
family has fallen through, as we’ve not heard
back. We discussed the downside of going that
route. At this time we’ll look for an
alternative such as donating the trailer to the
Liberty Grove fire department. Chaplain will
develop a plan and discuss it with Sister
Bay/Liberty Grove’ fire chief.
38)
We had the Prayer to the National Home at
___________________________________.
39)
Unfinished “Old” business: Quartermaster
continues to study and learn. Doing the best he
can at 79 years old.
40)
New Business:
We we’re told to expect an inspection conducted
by Bruce Sorensen at our September 3, 2024
meeting. Quartermaster with be prepared. Asks
all trustees to be present at that meeting as we
need signatures.
41)
Good of the Order:
We discussed holding our meeting at the Mink
River Basin. Quartermaster will talk to the
owners of the Mink River Basin to make sure
there is a separate room we could use and there
would be not additional charge.
42)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer. Meeting adjourned at _______________
_____________________________________________________________.
43)
Next meeting will be on September 3 at
the Liberty Grove Town Hall:
_____________________________________________
Respectively submitted by: Richard Woldt
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: July 2, 2024
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7 P.M.
2)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
3)
Adjutant called the roll: Chaplain –
Commander – Quartermaster – Trustee – one
member.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
March meeting: There wasn’t a quorum so did not
hold a meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report (receipts and
disbursements): Chaplain acting a temporary
Quartermaster reported he paid the $40
registration for delegates at the convention. He
will attend the convention and take the
quartermaster training. He also paid the VFW 8th
District dues $33 “read and approved:
6)
Reading of the bills: There were no
bills.
7)
Reading of communications. There were no
communications.
8)
Report of all committees: Discussed
alternative plans to removing our trailer from
our balance sheet.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home at
7:45.
10)
Unfinished “Old” business: We discussed
drawing down our assets, to include purchasing
flags that do not have to be turned in as that
would effectively end placing flags on
cemeteries on Memorial Day weekend in northern
Door County.
11)
New Business:
We have to come up with a plan to draw down the
assets of the post, before the end of the year.
12)
Good of the Order: We again discussed
purchasing “Grave Marker Flags” to replace
entire inventory of flags before the end of the
year. The ACE hardware program was not meant to
purchase flags in bulk. It’s more for providing
flags for special occasions. Chaplain will look
into purchasing flags through the VFW and come
up with a proposal.
13)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.
14)
Next meeting will be on and at: May 7,
2024
Respectively submitted by: Chaplain – Acting
Quartermaster Richard Woldt
Drawing went to: We discontinued the drawing
until further notice.
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: April 2, 2024
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7 P.M.
2)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
3)
Adjutant called the roll: Chaplain –
Commander – Quartermaster – Trustee – one
member.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
March meeting: There wasn’t a quorum so did not
hold a meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report (receipts and
disbursements): Chaplain acting a temporary
Quartermaster reported he paid the $40
registration for delegates at the convention. He
will attend the convention and take the
quartermaster training. He also paid the VFW 8th
District dues $33 “read and approved:
6)
Reading of the bills: There were no
bills.
7)
Reading of communications. There were no
communications.
8)
Report of all committees: Chaplain,
acting as quartermaster will submit post roster
to be sworn in at May meeting.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home at
7:45.
10)
Unfinished “Old” business: We discussed
drawing down our assets.
11)
New Business:
We have to come up with a plan to draw down the
assets of the post, before the end of the year.
12)
Good of the Order: We discussed
purchasing “Grave Marker Flags” to replace
entire inventory of flags before the end of the
year. ACE hardware has a program to provide
flags. Chaplain will look into that program.
13)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.
14)
Next meeting will be on and at: May 7,
2024
Respectively submitted by: Chaplain – Acting
Quartermaster Richard Woldt
Drawing went to: We discontinued the drawing
until further notice.
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: January 2, 2024
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7 P.M
2)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
3)
Adjutant called the roll: Quorum of # 5
To include: Commander – Chaplain – Quartermaster
– Adjutant one member.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
December There were no minutes from the December
28, 2024 meeting due to X-Mass holiday.
5)
Quartermaster report (receipts and
disbursements): Quartermaster report was made
and approved. Quartermaster announced he’d be
resigning. We’ll discuss his resignation at a
later date. “read and approved:
6)
Reading of the bills: There were no
bills.
7)
Reading of communications. There were no
communications.
8)
Report of all committees: There were no
committees to report.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home at
7:30.
10)
Unfinished “Old” business: Quartermaster
and Adjutant made recommendation to fold the
post, if we can’t find someone to act as
Quartermaster. Chaplain Woldt volunteered to do
his best. Quartermaster reported he had
disbursed the approved December meeting
donations as follows: $500 to Door of Life
Church - $500 to First Baptist Church - $500
Stella Marris Parish – $500 Shepard of the Bay -
$500 Emmanuel Lutheran – Quartermaster paid 2022
& 2023 department delegate’s fee $90 on January
4th 2024.
11)
New Business:
We discussed what to do with the tailor. If we
keep it and plan to use it, we’ll have to
purchase an estimated $250 liability policy.
Chaplain Will put together a plan to move the
trailer off our balance sheet. He’ll put
together a proposal for consideration by the Al
Johnson family.
12)
Good of the Order: We discussed the
benefits of keeping our post alive while we
systematically draw down our assets.
13)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer. Meeting adjourned at 8 P.M.
14)
Next meeting will be on and at: February
1, 2024
Respectively submitted by: Richard Woldt
Chaplain Post 8337.
Drawing went to: We discontinued the drawing
until further notice.
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: December 5, 2023
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7:00 pm
2)
Quorum of # 6 to include: Commander, Sr.
Vise Commander, Chaplain, Quartermaster, 2
Trustees.
3)
Opening prayer was said, followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
November meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report: Read and approved: General
Fund ----, Relief Fund ----, Total --- (Below
our bond limit).
We are roughly $2,000 below our $30,000 bond
limit and there is no good reason to draw down
hard earned funds and donations made to our
post, especially considering we have no current
plans to raise the funds needed to continue
operating as a post.
6)
Reading of the bills: No bills.
7)
Reading of Communications: No
communications.
8)
Report of all committees. No committee
reports.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at: 7:20 pm.
10)
Old business: Members present (6) voted
unanimously to extend the hold on issuing checks
to the
K9 for warriors (904-686-1956
www.K9@forwarriors.org and Children
of fallen patriot’s organization (866 917 2373
www.fallenpatriots.org ). The hold
placed on issuing the $1,000 check to Boy Scouts
for flags for the Egg Harbor Town and Catholic
cemetery’s was also extended. Our chaplain is
working with AMVET Post 51 with hopes they will
take over responsibility for both the Egg Harbor
Town and Egg Harbor Catholic cemeteries. FYI:
The AMVET’ State Commander is also a Supervisor
on the Egg Harbor Town Board as well as
responsible for the Egg Harbor Town cemetery.
11)
New Business:
Motion was made, 2nd and past to
donate $500 to five churches before Christmas:
(Stella Maras Catholic, Shepard of the Bay, Door
of Life, 1st Baptist, Emanuel
Lutheran Bailey’s Harbor) We discussed the list
being put together relative to who and how we’ll
handle post’ donations after the first of the
year. We’ll place a temporary hold on donation,
until we receive input from as many members as
possible. There is no need to rush drawing down
our cash reserves.
12)
Our Chaplain reported that the CVSO fund
for taking care of veterans in Door County is
less than $100. Chaplain read a letter from DC
Farm for Veterans. They’re running a campaign to
collect $5,000 to purchase equipment needed for
spring planting and fall harvesting.
Recommendation made to donate $3,000 to their
campaign. After lengthy discussion, we tabled
the recommendation until our February meeting.
13)
Recommended we prioritize the donations
made from our post placing the Door County CVSO
funds at the top of our list. Going forward, we
will budget the distribution of post donations
to ensure we do not hold funds in excess of our
$30,000 bond limit. We again discussed the
Bailey’s Harbor cemetery as well as who might be
handling the Egg Harbor cemeteries in the
future. The AMVET Post 51 may be taking over the
Egg Harbor cemeteries, as their Post Sr. Vice is
also a Town of Egg Harbor Supervisor and is
currently in charge of the Town Cemetery.
14)
We had our closing ceremony and prayer.
15)
Meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM. Next meeting
January 2, 2024
Respectively submitted by: Chaplain Richard
Woldt
Drawing went to: Patrick Hoey He was not
present.
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: November 7, 2023
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7:00 pm
2)
Quorum of # 6 to include: Commander, Sr.
Vise Commander, Chaplain, Quartermaster, 2
Trustees.
3)
Opening prayer was said, followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
November meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report: Read and approved:
General Fund ----, Relief Fund ----, Balance
(Below our bond limit).
6)
Reading of the bills: No bills.
7)
Reading of Communications: No
communications.
8)
Report of all committees. No committee
reports. W
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at: 7:20 pm.
10)
Old business: Members present (6) voted
unanimously to extend the hold on issuing checks
to the
K9 for warriors (904-686-1956
www.K9@forwarriors.org and Children
of fallen patriot’s organization (866 917 2373
www.fallenpatriots.org ). The hold
placed on issuing the $1,000 check to Boy Scouts
for flags for Egg Harbor Town and Catholic
cemetery’s was also extended. Our chaplain is
working with AMVET Post 51 with hopes they will
take over responsibility for both the Egg Harbor
Town and Egg Harbor Catholic cemeteries. The
AMVET’ State Commander is also on the Egg Harbor
Town Board as well as responsible for the Egg
Harbor Town cemetery. We are roughly $2,000
below our $30,000 bond limit and there is no
good reason to draw down hard earned funds and
donations made to our post.
11)
New Business:
We held a lengthy discussion on the list being
put together relative to who and how we’ll
handle post’ donations after the first of the
year (January of those we’ll regularly don
12)
Good of the Order: We postponed any discussion
relative to the future of our post. Chaplain
reported that the CVSO fund for taking
care of veterans in Door County is less than
$100.
Recommended we prioritize the donations made
from our post placing the Door County CVSO funds
at the top of our list. Going forward, we will
budget the distribution of post donations to
ensure we do not hold funds in excess of our
$30,000 bond limit. We had a lengthy discussion
about the purchase of Memorial Day flags too
include the size, amount and cost. We also
discussed the Bailey’s Harbor cemetery as well
as who might be handling the Egg Harbor
cemeteries in the future. The AMVET Post 51 may
be taking over the Egg Harbor cemeteries, as
their Post Sr. Vice is also a Town of Egg Harbor
Supervisor and is currently in charge of the
Town Cemetery. We also discussed both Duce and
Leo’s plan to purchase flags from their
“monthly-drawing” winnings. All this will be
discussed and resolved over the winter, with
final decisions hopefully being made at our
April meeting in spring.
13)
We had our closing ceremony and prayer.
14)
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Respectively submitted by: Chaplain Richard
Woldt
Drawing went to: Stephen Peterson
*Both Duce and Leo recommend future winnings, at
the discretion of the winners, go to purchase
flags for cemeteries on Memorial Day. We’ll
discuss this each month going forward.
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: October 4, 2023
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7:05 pm
2)
Quorum of # 5 to include: Commander, Sr.
Vise Commander, Chaplain, and 2 Trustee.
3)
Opening prayer was said, followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
September meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report: Not available.
6)
Reading of the bills: We have a bill for
our PO Box in Ellison Bay. Commander will pay it
and report at our meeting in November.
7)
Reading of Communications: No
communications.
8)
Report of all committees. No committee
reports. We will not be putting our stand up for
Fall Festival.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at: 7:32 pm.
10)
Old business: We will continue to track down
the list of where we annually donate money.
The list does not have to be approved by VFW
state or national. We will follow up with
Jeffery and Quartermaster reference -
Recommendation made and seconded to donate
$3,000 to K9 Warrior team that trains service
dogs for veterans suffering from PTSD and
Recommendation made and seconded to donate
$3,000 to the “Bob Woodriff Family Fund”, an
organization supporting children of veterans
lost in the line of duty. We will also follow
through with the donation to Boy Scouts.
11)
Chaplain get more information on the K9
for warriors (904-686-1956
www.K9@forwarriors.org and Children
of fallen patriots organization (866 917 2373
www.fallenpatriots.org )
12)
New Business:
Covered under “Good of the Order.”
13)
Good of the Order: We postponed any discussion
relative to the future of our post. Chaplain
reported that the CVSO fund for taking care of
veterans in Door County is less than $100.
Recommended we donate money to that fund. The
amount will be discussed at our November
meeting. We discussed how to purchase flags
going forward. It appears we can’t just purchase
them, because they will be confiscated if our
post folds. Chaplain will look into alternatives
to consider. Commander will discuss what to do
with Niles Weberg. Chaplain brought up
the Eagle Scout program in Baileys Harbor.
 
14)
Good of Order: Commander
will call post members to see who can and will
march in the Fall Festival parade. We need three
at least. They will assemble as usual at the
Bowel at 10:30 a.m. Parade is at 11 a.m.
15)
We had our closing prayer. Meeting
adjourned at 8:10 PM.
Respectively submitted by: Chaplain Richard
Woldt
Drawing went to: Duce Weberg
Both Duce and Leo recommend future winnings go
to purchase flags for cemeteries on Memorial
Day. We’ll discuss this at our November meeting.
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: September 5, 2023
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7:05 pm
2)
Quorum of # 6 to include: Commander,
Quartermaster, Sr. Vice Commander, Chaplain,
adjutant and 1 Trustee.
3)
Opening prayer was said, followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance.
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
August meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report: Read and approved.
6)
Reading of the bills: Quartermaster will
write out $500 check to renew our bond. Our
Post’ audit went well. All bill paid. No other
bills. Reading of communications. No
communications.
7)
Reading of Communications: No
communications.
8)
Report of all committees. No committee
reports. We will not be putting our stand up for
Fall Festival.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home
at: 7:32 pm.
10)
Old business: We will continue to track down
the list of where we annually donate money. The
list does not have to be approved by VFW state
or national. Jeffery brought up two
organizations that are rated high for a
donations. Recommendation made and seconded to
donate $3,000 to K9 Warrior team that trains
service dogs for veterans suffering from PTSD.
Recommendation made and seconded to donate
$3,000 to the “Bob Woodriff Family Fund”, an
organization supporting children of veterans
lost in the line of duty.
11)
New Business:
Covered under “Good of the Order.”
12)
Good of the Order: We discussed the future of
the post. Our Quartermaster turned in his
resignation but offered to delay his resignation
for one month. There is no one willing to step
up the plate. Our ladies auxiliary appears to be
ready to fold up their tent and liquidate their
assets. Jeffery recommended we draw down our
post assets to include talking with Larse
Johnson about taking over our food
stand/trailer. We had much discussion as to what
the future will be for our post. Much depends on
finding someone to step up to the plate and take
over as Quartermaster. Chaplain offered to come
up with a business plan going forward.
13)
The following recommendations were made:
We will proceed with donation of $1,000 to boy
scout troop as well as purchase flags for them
to carry the placing of flags forward in Egg
Harbor.
14)
We will purchase an “large” inventory of
flags and possibly flag holders so we can
continue placing flags on all the cemeteries for
which we are now responsible.
15)
Chaplain get more information on the K9
for warriors (904-686-1956
www.K9@forwarriors.org and Children
of fallen patriots organization (866 917 2373
www.fallenpatriots.org )
16)
We had our closing prayer. Meeting
adjourned at 8:10 PM.
Respectively submitted by: Chaplain Richard
Woldt
Drawing went to: Christopher Wagner - not
present.
VFW Post 8337
Meeting DATE: August 1, 2023
1)
Meeting called to order at: 7 P.M.
2)
Opening pray was said followed by The
Pledge of Allegiance!
3)
Adjutant called the roll: Quorum of # 8
To include: Commander, Sr. Vice Commander, Jr.
Vice Commander, Chaplain, Quartermaster, 3
Trustees and one guest (Bruce Sorenson)
4)
Reading and approval of the minutes from
July 6, 2023 meeting.
5)
Quartermaster report (receipts and
disbursements): Quartermaster gave Jeffery
stamps, we discussed $30,000 bond limits and
roughly $29,000 in General fund. Gave $900 to
Federal VA hospital serving Wisconsin and
Michigan vets. Went over list of to whom we give
annual donations. Jeffery will update the list
with input from Bruce and we’ll vote on an
approved list at an upcoming meeting. The list
should be approved by VFW district and national.
“read and approved:
6)
Reading of the bills: No bills other than
for Jeffery’s stamps.
7)
Reading of communications. We will give
$900 to Oscar J. Johnson VA Hospital per their
request for a donation.
8)
Report of all committees: We discussed
Fall Festival. Still no one has stepped up to
the plate. Jeffery still waiting to hear back
from the Auxiliary.
9)
We had the Prayer to the National Home at
8:45 P.M.
10)
Unfinished “Old” business:
We discussed plans to hold meetings and social
at Mink River Basin. Patrick will give us an
update at our September meeting.
11)
New Business:
We will work on updating the list of
organizations we donate to on an annual basis.
12)
Good of the Order: We had much discussion about
Byron’s flag as to where is should be displayed.
Motion made 2nd to place it at Mink
River Basin after Patrick talk to them. Both
Davis Site and Jumbo expressed concerns but post
voted to proceed with placing one at Mink River
and the other temporarily at the Town Hall.
They are looking for a new leader, so for
now we’ll hold off on disbursing the $1,000. .
Woldt gave update on the flags donation to Boy
Scout Troop. Jeffery recommended going through
“Eagle Scouts” in northern Door County.
Motion made and 2nd to order 1000
poppies via the state website and order form.
Chaplain brought up need for the “Flag
Etiquette” handout. Duce will check our
inventory in storage and report at next meeting.
Reference alternatives for the $1000 donation to
Boy Scout troop for cemetery flags; Patrick will
talk with Gibraltar school principle for a guide
in moving forward. The suggestion is to give the
donation to an existing club at Gibraltar. Our
Chaplain will monitor this program and project.
Davis will check into the cost of placing an ad
in the Pen Pulse. Some pushback as to the value
of such ad.
13)
We had closing ceremony and closing
prayer. Meeting adjourned at 8:15.
14)
Next meeting will be on and at: Liberty
Grove Town Hall 7 P.M.
Respectively submitted by: Chaplain Richard
Woldt
Drawing went to: Leo Ducharm He donated the $120
back to post to be used to offset new member’s
dues.
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Our
primary
mission was
to safely
deploy 5
Honor Riders
with Rolling
Thunder's
1244 riding
out of La
Crosse to LZ
Lambeau
while at the
same time
deploying 5
from KIA
gravesites
in Door
County to LZ
Lambeau on
Friday, May
21, 2010.
The 1244
represent
the number
of Wisconsin
solders
killed in
action,
missing in
action, or
who were
prisoners
during the
Vietnam War.
All Door
County
riders made
it safely to
LZ Lambeau.
Two of
Rolling
Thunder's
riders went
down in the
rain on the
way to La
Crosse
suffering
only minor
injuries.
Three went
down in the
rain during
the first
deployment
sending one
to the
hospital,
and one went
down later
in the day
suffering
minor
injuries but
totaling his
bike. The
FAA grounded
the chopper
planning to
fly over the
1244.
Our
primary
mission was
to guard the
Moving WALL
while
landing Door
County
Vietnam vets
with KIA
family
members
safely on
the ground
at LZ
Lambeau
Saturday May
22, 2010.
We all
landed
safely
in-country!
