November & December 2013 Newsletter

FROM YOUR COMMANDER

We sure have been busy and will continue to be busy until year’s end. First of all, thank you to everyone for

supporting our fund raiser for Cancer Aid & Research “Night with the Legends” show. Our sisters Nancy Bolduc and

Theresa McNeely did a wonderful job of putting the show together. The Legends also did a spectacular job of singing

their favorite legend songs. It was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who donated their time, decorations and food.

Our next fund raiser will be November 16th. The theme of the fund raiser will be “Casino Night”. Proceeds will

be going towards Veterans in nursing homes and the VA Hospital for Christmas. The entertainment for the night will be

Traces of Gold. So watch for further details as they come about in emails and the flyer. We will be having a bake sale

on the same day as Meat Bingo, but will be after at 3:00 until 6:00 that afternoon. So come on out and buy your holiday

cakes. The proceeds from the bake sale will be donated to the National Home for Children of the VFW. It’s time to

send out our Troop Boxes for Christmas to the troops in Afghanistan. We need the donations to be at the Post before

November 16th. There is a flyer on the tables of items they need. So please bring in your donations to help our troops.

Sisters, if you have not paid your dues yet, please get them in before year’s end or you will not be a member in good

standing with the Auxiliary. You can leave them in the canteen or mail them to Theresa McNeely. So until next time,

we are “Keeping America’s Veterans and Families Strong”.

God bless our Veterans and Troops!!!!

Ladies Auxiliary President

Shirley Bonds

Once again I have the opportunity to address the members of our Post as your Commander and to let you know

how honored I am for being given this opportunity.

I want to welcome back all of our Northern visitors and look forward to seeing all of you once again. The

Ladies Auxiliary pulled off a very impressive and successful “Night with the Legends”; thank you ladies!!!

We are introducing some new things in our canteen - keep your eye out for more chances to enhance your

experience there.

Thank you to all our hard working canteen employees and manager. Their work is endless and at times

exhausting. Take a moment to thank them for all they do.

By the time you read this, the vote on allowing smoking or not will be completed. The results will be posted

Friday morning.

Thank you for your support,

Semper Fi

Mike Dyer

PLEASE HELP MAKE OUR NEW

MEMBERS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE AN INTE-

GRAL PART OF OUR CLOSE KNIT FAMILY!

New membership has not

been passed to the editor

for this edition.

Richard E. Bollinger Allen Huhn

Ronald E. Roberson Ronald A. Rousey

Edwin Eck Michael Russotti

Larry Yoder

John Ward

In Memoriam: We salute our recently

departed comrades and

pray for their families and loved ones.

Our post

( $100.00 and Above) Donation

( $50.00 - $99.00) Donation

( $25.00 - $49.00 Donation)

( Up to $25.00 Donation) In Memory of Raymond Stockmar

Gladys Stockmar 12/12

Willie Kelsey 5/13

Thank you for your support

Ferdinand Cardano 1/13

In Memory of Fred Perrick Jr.

USMC

Garrett Smith

Mike Smith

QUARTERMASTER

REPORT

We are once again going to be visited by some retired NFL players. The last time we invited them to visit, the

members and the players had a wonderful time. The players have accepted our invitation again. They will be here

for meat bingo on November 10, 2013. Come out and enjoy meat bingo and talk with your players from your

favorite teams.

Your Post is in good shape despite what our government is doing to us. Please renew your membership before January 1,

2014 as your dues will increase by $10.00 on that date. If anyone has any questions concerning the Post finances, which are

in good condition, please don’t hesitate to come to me as I will be more than glad to speak with you.

Quartermaster

Harry E. Zaniewski

CANTEEN CORNER Happy holidays to everyone, What a busy past two months at Post 8093. We kick off November with Member’s Appreciation Day. What a turn out for a job well done by Dave Kunzer and Mike Singleton. Those two started barbecuing at 4:30 AM and never stopped. The food was outstanding and we thank the Ladies’ Auxiliary for helping us out. Music

was great by Solid Gold and everyone had a great time. Wore me out!!!! November 14th, the Men’s Auxiliary had a Fall Festival and it was certainly festive. Everyone was dancing to the end of the night. It makes you feel good when you see smiling faces at the Post. Good job by the Men’s Auxiliary. In October, we had another special night. The Ladies Auxiliary put on “A Night with the Legends” as a fund raiser for Cancer Research. The legends did a super job imitating our legends. The Soggy Bottom Boys, Sinatra, Loretta, Dean Martin, Barbara Streisand and the list goes on. Even by Bobby portrayed Freddie Fender and he gave me his autograph. WOW!!! I can say there was standing room only. A fabulous turn-out for a good cause. Thanks to Chairwoman Nancy Bolduc and Asst. Teresa McNeeley, and Chuck Dean for donating his time to play all the music for putting the show together. I must say, they gave the Legends a run for their money. Very enjoyable!!!! Once again the Post will be bustling with parties to keep all of you busy. On November 10th we are having Meat Bingo plus we are having, as our guest, NFL Football players. These players have Super Bowl rings, along with many other awards and we are sure you will know them if you stop at the canteen. Here is your chance to meet some of the most famous football player of your time. On November 16th the Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting a Fabulous Casino Night. We are going to have a Vegas Finger Food Buffet, Vegas Casino Best Dressed contest male & Female (I’m In), Raffle for a Casino Basket, Music by Traces of Gold and much more. This is a fundraiser to benefit our VETERANS. We are finding out that our veterans in homes need help and that is what we are here to do!!!! Vegas time starts at 5:00 and the cost is $10.00 (includes buffet and play money). If you are lucky, you can get prizes with your play money. Then dance the rest of the night with some great music by Traces of Gold. Don’t forget and bring a friend for a great cause helping our Veterans. Happy Thanksgiving and safe holiday. The Post will be closed! Merry Christmas everyone, here we go with a bust month. December 14th the Post will have their Christmas Party. A Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings 6:00 - 8:00. Music at 8:00 by Traces of Gold. Santa and his elves will be there handing out presents to all the good boys & girls (I get one). Always a fun night, so don’t get left out. Tickets will be $12.00. Get ready my little elves who cook the turkeys. December 12th, a Santa and Elves Bartender Revenge!!!!!!! This is the day and night the “want to be” Bartenders take the lime light!!! Just think, you might get to see “ELVES” or “SANTA” himself. Oh Boy!!! I love this night just to hassle all of them. OK!! Who will it be, stop by and see if they can be a bartender???December 24th, we will have a Christmas Eve Party starting at 1:00. Bring in a snack to pass and share. Music at 1:00 to get you in the mood for XMAS DAY. The Post Closes at 6:00. Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY. On December 31st, we are having a New Years' Eve Party. Party favors, balloon drop and a champagne toast at midnight to bring in 2014!! WOW. Another year gone by!! Covered dishes will be greatly appreciated and the meat will be provided. We bring 2014 starting at 8:00 and with your help, there will be a grand buffet. Music at 9:00 by Tommy D. What a great and fun night it will be at Post 8093 bring in 2014.HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! I take this opportunity to thank all my volunteers, you made my year 2013 easier and we had fun. Thank-you Dora Autorino and Fred Taylor for doing Meat Bingo every month raising money for the Post. We all greatly appreciate everything you two do along with Mom also (Mamie). Ron and Betty Bishop do an outstanding job every Sunday volunteering their doing Bingo for the Post. What would we do without these great volunteers for our Post? We love you!!! I also would like to say thank-you to our entertainers for the year. There were times you went overboard for us. Thanks!!! We are doing some new things at the Post. We have a couple of games we are introducing in the Canteen. Throw 7 dice and see if you can get 4 of a kind. You win a drink if you do and it only cost a quarter to play. The next game is you throw the dice and you must get 5 aces and this game cost $1.00, but the pot grows and grows until someone gets five aces. WOW!!! The pot can get very big. There you Go!!!! Get ready for the next two months at our post. Thank - you for your support and God Bless our Troops!!!

jeannette Stiles

Canteen Manager

Live Oak Center

(Enterprise Road)

1017 Diplomat Dr. # 105-H

DeBary, Florida 32763

Alterations - Dressmaking - Tailoring - Patches

Open 8 to 5 Monday thru Friday

From the Officers of the Men’s Auxiliary

Good Day Gentlemen,

Dues notice should already be out. Please send in your dues as soon as possible to avoid misplacing them.

Remember to send your dues directly to National for this saves a lot of time and avoids a lot of confusion.

Our last fund raiser was not a great success. I understand that not everyone has the time to work a Fundraiser

but at the very least the membership should make an effort to attend these events. For the past two and half

years this letter has expressed faith in the Auxiliary membership. The truth be known, the same 10 to 14

members attend the meetings and do all the volunteer work and they are getting tired. If you want the Men’s

Auxiliary at this Post to continue to thrive, we need members to step up to the plate by attending meetings,

volunteering their time for fundraisers and holding office. There really is more to being a member of the

Men’s Auxiliary than paying your dues to have an inexpensive place to drink.

Thank you very much, The President of the Men’s Auxiliary

Chef Rob

If your mailing address has changed, please send your

new address to:

QUARTERMASTER VFW POST 8093

351 S. HWY. 17/92 DEBARY, FLORIDA 32713 386-668-8121 (Office)

386-668-8640 (Canteen)

NEW WEB SITE:

WWW.VFWPOST8093.COM

VETERANS OF FOREIGN

WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

DEBARY POST 8093

351 S. HWY 17/92

DEBARY, FL. 32713

We will be open again every Monday serving Wings and Sliders with the full menu. Please let us know if

we can be of service to you with any upcoming event. There is a Suggestion Box by the Kitchen window. We

encourage all to let us know how we are doing so we may be able to serve you better.

Thank You,

Chef Rob