Resources, News, and Events for Veterans in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties
Saturday, June 20th, members of the American Legion, Post 108 held a food drive in Chelan and Manson to support the Lake Chelan Food Bank. The Manson American Legion has been active in our community since receiving their charter in 1923. Last year the Manson American Legion was honored with the “Community Recognition” award given …
Pangborn Composite Squadron weekly meeting were ordered stopped by the National Commander in March and will continue to be in effect until June 30th. This was in response to state’s “Stay Home Order” and our Wing Commander, Col Norman. However, the members of the squadron marched on and continue squadron meeting using the available internet …
Our state has done well as far as battling COVID-19 is concerned – a majority of residents continue to stay home and practice physical distancing in order to slow the spread of the virus. Thank you. During this time, a lot of our usual gatherings, especially for holidays, have to be modified. Some events were …
Grant County VFW George Washington Post 24 presented essay awards to students at Quincy Valley School on Feb 20th. Pictured is Bridget L. Jones (middle school) accepting 2nd place for the Patriot Pen essay – theme “What Makes America Great,” 400 word limit. First place for Patriot Pen went to Clairese Snyder (home schooled). Elementary …
The WVC Vet Navigator put on a resource fair on 18 Feb 2020 for the Veteran Students of WVC and for the community. It was a great turnout with about 10 veteran-specific resources, including SSVF, VFW Post 3617 (who brought coffee and cookies to the event), American Legion Post 10, Worksource, GCU, mental health …
Pangborn Composite Squadron was honored to provide the Color Guard for the Wreaths Across America event hosted by VFW 3617 at Evergreen Memorial Park in East Wenatchee on Sat, Dec 14, 2019. We would like to thank all of you who generously sponsored wreaths, “to Remember, Honor and Teach” the meaning of this day. It …
January means Mid-Winter Conference for Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Washington. After the business is taken care of, there’s a nice dinner where the Voice of Democracy winners from each District are recognized and a State winner is announced. The Teachers of the Year are also presented with awards. Representatives from VFW Post …
The American Legion was founded in 1919 on four pillars: Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation, National Security, Americanism, and Children and Youth. Each of these pillars encompasses a variety of programs that benefit our nation’s veterans, its service members, their families, the youth of America and ordinary citizens. On January 13 the Manson American Legion, Post …
“Attending Student Veterans of America, NATCON 2020, allowed myself and my colleagues the opportunity to learn, enhance, and develop skills necessary to reach our full potential as student veterans. Speakers from vastly different backgrounds and professional fields passed down their knowledge and experiences in re-integration and success after leaving the military, speaking in detail on …
The officers of the American Legion Post 143 helped Santa on Christmas Eve to deliver holiday cheer to a family in Twisp, Wash. The post chaplain Caroline Groninger, Santa/post sergeant-at-arms William (Skinny) Robinson, and first vice commander Keith Morden, with wife Donna Morden, delivered gifts and holiday cheer to a single mom with two jobs …
In North Central Washington, we love our Veterans so much that Veterans Day events span nearly a week, from assemblies at the area schools, to parades, to luncheons, and more. Here’s just some of the events that happened around the area for 2019 Veterans Day. Wenatchee Valley College, 08 Nov: WVC Veteran Knights hosted …
The Pangborn Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol had an Awards Banquet on Aug 6th at the Masonic Center in Wenatchee. Special guests included Commissioner Kevin Overbay and his wife Crystal, 12th District Representative Keith Goehner, and Washington Wing Vice Commander, Lt. Col Kenneth Butler. After dinner, there was a cake ceremony featuring Capt. …