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VIETNAM TRAVELING WALL
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Thursday September 3, 2015 to Tuesday September 8, 2015
at
ROUND LAKE BEACH HOME DEPOT
Northeast Parking Lot
We need Volunteers for the following:
● To build the foundation to support the wall, Sunday August
30th at 8am (Home Depot), exit near the Hot Dog Vendor.
Just bring a hammer!
● Erect the Wall Thursday September 3rd at 9am.
● For the Opening Ceremony, a Color Guard and Rifle Squad.
● To stand watch and answer visitors questions 24 hours a
day (2 hours per person, if we have enough volunteers)
while the Wall is here.
● On Tuesday September 8th, we will have a closing ceremony
at 12pm (noon) and take the Wall down.
● Please contact American Legion Post 1170 at (847) 546-3512
or email Commander Steve Hall at resparks@ameritech.net
if you are interested in helping!
“Thank You”
Please note the next CVO Meeting is Saturday, September 19, 2015 – 10am at Jesse Brown VA Hospital – located at 820 S. Damen Avenue (2nd Floor Conference Room). Doughnuts and coffee will be served!
Warmest regards,
Dr. Stacy L. Henderson
CVO Chair
On behalf of our president Kenneth “Dreamaker” Thomas and the Buffalo Troopers MC of Chicago, we would like to extend an invitation to you and your organization to attend our Black Tie Affair on October 24th 2015. We will be awarding $3,000 to high school seniors and the proceeds from this affair will go towards awarding other college bound students in our community who are in need of financial assistance.
Please consider attending or a donation would be greatly appreciated.
The next Town Hall meeting for veterans will be held at Jesse Brown VAMC on this Thursday, December 17th at 10 AM in the 2nd floor Conference Room. Veterans with questions about the policies, service or facilities at Jesse Brown or any of its satellite clinics should attend and ask questions of the staff and administration.
The next meeting of CVO will be held this Saturday, December 19th, from 10 AM to 12:30 PM in the 2nd floor Conference Room at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.
The results of the Town Hall meeting will be discussed.
As usual, we’ll have Coffee and donuts.