We have come out of the Holiday Season and into the New Year watching Pro Bowl games and cheering for our favorite teams. Some of the best teams to watch this year will be our very own Ladies and Men's Auxiliaries. Thanks to all of you for your passion and devotion this past year. Your fast moves and exciting overtime game play have given our Post a winning team. I encourage all of you to get out and support these energetic volunteers. When is the last time you have hugged a volunteer and said “thank you brother”?

All of us have made New Year resolutions, and mine has been to make this year better than last year. Our Post has been a beacon of light for our Veterans and we will continue to serve the needs of our active and retired military by providing services, support, and refuge for our active military, their families, and our honored veterans. This Post has a proven track record for supporting the interests of our Countries finest and will continue to offer programs and assistance to aid our Veterans, Community, and active military personnel.

If you have not already made a New Years resolution, how about serving in some capacity as a volunteer this year? There are many programs and opportunities available through this Post. We will achieve even greater things this year if even more of our membership would volunteer a few hours each month to one of the many important projects needing help.

I want to welcome Bill Kennedy and David Alexander as new officers for the Post. Bill Kennedy will assume the duties of Quartermaster and David Alexander will join us as the new Adjutant. Both of these men have already distinguished themselves in our community and I know all of you will support these fine men as they assume their new positions. Take a minute to welcome them aboard, and offer them a kind word for accepting these additional responsibilities.

As rumor has it, someone within our membership has been appointed the New Commander of District 19. On November 6th, I accepted the position as the new District Commander, but will remain at this post, performing my present duties, as well as assuming the responsibilities of the new District Commander until further notice. I thank all of you for offering support and assistance as I assume this new workload, and call on all of you to help sustain our present levels of performance while I assume the responsibilities of this latest appointment. My absence from time to time, is an opportunity for our officers, membership, and auxiliaries to band together under one flag to complete our mission of providing the finest level of services for our Post. We repeatedly have distinguished our Post as one of the Best the VFW has ever seen, and I call on all of you to maintain this honor. To support this goal we will need all of you to continue with your commitments to serve as you have in the past, and I call on all of you to find some way to do just a little something more. Together we can strengthen our Post and shake hands with success.

For the Good of the Order,
your Commander,
David Brown