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FUND RAISING

To raise funds for the many projects we support, we work most weekends selling raffle tickets and accepting donations.

Walmart on 369

Walmart 369

Ace Hardware Hammond Crossing

400 Antique Mall

ACE Hardware Macedonia

Midway Ace Hardware

Easter Meals

Delivering Easter Dinners

For Easter each year, we team up with ALTRUSA to create a food basket for those unable to get out for Easter.  Our Chapter donate the turkeys or hams and the local ALTRUSA chapters put together a food basket to complete an Easter meal.  The VVA volunteers then go with a member of The Place to make the personal delivers to the families.  It's another way for all of us to give back to the community where we live.

Nursing Home Visits

Visiting Vets at Local Nursing Homes

We started regular visits to our Vets at several of our local nursing home.  It another way of showing how we live up to our motto: "No Veteran left behind."  Each vet is presented a hat to represent their branch of service when they served.  On return trips, we play bingo with the vets and serve them ice cream.   With us there, they know they are not forgotten. 

Celebration Nursing Home

Oaks at Hamptons Nursing Home

Celebration Nursing Home

Lanier Nursing Home

Lanier Nursing Home

Town Country Windermere

Bingo at the Villa

Oaks at Post Road

Villa at Canterfield

Visiting VA facility in Carrollton

Bingo at the Oaks

Friday Morning Breakfast

Friday Morning Breakfast

Early morning breakfast

Morning breakfast

Morning Breakfast

Morning breafast

We collected a special tip for our waitresses at our Christmas breakdfast

We get together for breakfast on Friday morning at The Station House Restaurant To swap stories and share friendships.  We now have two different times to meet.  The first group meets between 7 and 8:30 am.  The second group meet between 10 and 11:30.

Holiday Breakfast

Holiday Breakfast with Spouses and Friends

Each year before Christmas we invite our spouses and other friends to attend our Friday breakfast and we take up a special collection for the servers that take care of us each week.

Here's a video taken of the breakfast:

Spouses Lunch

Lunch with Spouses and Friends

Last year we started getting together with our spouses and friends for lunch.  It has been so succesful we decided to start getting together every other month at the Golden Corral in Cumming.   

 

USO

Serving with the USO

Every 3 months, we volunteer to help serve with the USO to greet and meet our veterans traveling through Hartsfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta.  The USO offers a spot where our veterans can take and brake and grab a hot dog and something to drink.  We provide the food and drink as well as volunteering our time to support our troops.  

Award Banquet
Korean Vets

Annual Holiday Social and Award Banquet

Jim Jackson recognized

Joe Donner served on several committees

Dave Burns, Secretary and Web Master was chosen as the Chapter Member of the Year

Carl Reiber recognized for all his volenteer work on donations and other committees

Tom Kirby, Program Coordinator

Tom Senior, Chapter Chaplin recognized for all his work with various committees he served on.

Tom Senior, Chaplain

Larry Castleberry Assistant Chariman Raffle Sales

Jack Lynn Chairman Raffle Sales

Ed Shoemaker, Vice President

Kevin Curry, Treasurer

Dan Jordan, Special Projects

Marty Farrell, Public Relations

Steve Masak, Special Fund Raising

Mary Ellen recognized for her donations of quilts to our chapter

Don Brown State Secretary VVA

Our National VVA rebates funds back to each Chapter based on the number of members in the Chapter.  The Chapter is free to use the funds as need.  Our Chapter elects to use these funds for an Annual Holiday buffet dinner and recognize and honor those members who have made our chapter a success.  A few members were unable to attend but were given their award at annual Spouses breakfast.  Each year we recognize one member as "Member of the Year" and this year the honor went to David Burns, Chapter Secretary

Meeting with our Korean Vietnam Vet Associates

March 2023, President Goyette recognized for his support of the Korean Veteran Community

President Goyette meets with Korean AVVA members Dec 2022

President Gary Goyette meets with his Korean counterpart

VP Ed Shoemaker along with board members Steve Masak and Dan Jordan meeting with Korean Vietnam Veteran Officers

We meet with our Korean Vietnam Vets members for dinner at least once a year.

Delivering Checks 2023

Delivering Checks 2023

Treat a Veterans to Breakfast