Yorktown e-Legion Yorktown American Legion Post #1009 Volume No. 1 Issue No. 4 April / May 2008
Sadly we report that our Past Post #1009 Commander Tom Reilly was called up to his final post on March 27, 2008. A detachment of Post #1009 members gathered to bid farewell and render a final salute to Tom at the Clarke Funeral home in Yorktown. Commander Reilly served the Yorktown American Legion in many areas, most notably as Post #1009’s Commander from 1996 through 2004. Tom was a veteran of the US Air Force and is survived by his wife, Caren, his daughter, Debra, and his son, Michael. While Tom’s illness kept him from attending our recent functions, he was always up on what was going on. Tom’s good friends in the Post regularly visited him and relayed our best wishes to him, and his to us. Yorktown Post #1009 was a big part of Tom’s life, as he was a big part of ours. We will miss his friendly spirit at every event we have. * * * * * * * Mother’s Day Brunch On Sunday, April 27, 2008 the Post will be having our Mother’s Day Brunch. In order to properly plan this event we need everyone’s RSVP in advance. This year the cost of the Brunch is only $5.00 per person if your reservation and payment is made by our April 10th General Meeting. After that date the price will increase to $10.00 per person. We have instituted this new payment policy because many people wait until the last moment to decide to attend and we are unable to get an accurate head-count to purchase food. This leaves us with either too much food, which goes to waste, or an amount of food barely sufficient for the event. This has resulted in our new policy. Treat the lady in your life to a relaxing meal before Mother’s Day – you both deserve it! We hope to see you there. * * * * * * Post #1009 Baseball Caps Our newest order of Post #1009 baseball caps has arrived and is available for purchase for the low price of $13.75 each. The caps are blue with the Post’s information stitched on the front panel in gold. The caps are fully adjustable in size and are the only ones that we found that are MADE IN THE USA! That means something to us, as we hope it does to you. Pick up a cap for summer, or get one to wear in the Memorial Day or Veterans Day Parades. We are also checking out the pricing and feasibility in having Post #1009 golf shirts made up for when we have events in weather too warm for wearing our Post jackets. Let us know if you would be interested in ordering one. * * * * * * Do You Remember Memorial Day Poppies? Most everyone remembers those years gone by when Veterans and Legionnaires handed out red poppies to remember those veterans who never came home from America’s conflicts. On Saturday, May 24, 2008 from 9 AM to 3 PM Post #1009 will ‘dust-off’ this tradition and hand out red poppies at 2 locations in Yorktown. We will be at the A&P Supermarket at the Triangle Mall in Yorktown, and at the A&P Supermarket in Shrub Oak. It is hoped that we will be able to educate those members of our younger generation as well as remind members of our older generation of the significance of these red poppies and why they should be worn with pride. We will also be collecting donations to support our local American Legion programs. We ask that all Post members step forward for a couple of hours to raise funds for our programs and help to remind the public that Memorial Day wasn’t established to hold barbecues, but to honor our fallen veterans. Contact Patrick McDonough 914- 953-6807 if you can help us for a few hours that day. * * * * * * Belated Welcome Aboard to Our New Post #1009 Members We wish to extend a belated Welcome Aboard to the following members who have joined our Post #1009 recently. It is our wish to recognize everyone member’s contribution to making our Post a place to be proud of. These members have taken the first step by joining us and we hope that they will have a long, active relationship with their Post and their fellow Legionnaires. We Welcome: Leo P. DeBrosky, Winfred H. Lollar, Robert Handelman, William J. Bertram, Eugene Genovese, Anthony R. Russo, Michael Zawinski, Frank Gallela, James Cronin, and Daniel Denisco. * * * * * * March With Us on Memorial Day in Yorktown We want to remind everyone that the Yorktown Memorial Day Parade is scheduled for Monday, May 26, 2008 at 11:00 AM. We extend our invitation to ALL VETERANS to join us in marching from Yorktown Town Hall to the Devito Memorial Gazebo to honor all members of the US Military who have suffered the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Yorktown’s Fire Department, Ambulance Corps, Girls Scouts, and Boy Scouts all have large groups marching in the Parade. We need every Veteran to give up 90 minutes to participate in this parade. That is all it takes to take part in the ceremony at Town Hall and march in the parade. We must let our community see that their neighbors and acquaintances are Veterans. Everyone is keenly aware that our US military is stationed in harms way all over the world, but most don’t realize how many Veterans there are walking among them. March with us and let everyone see our numbers. * * * * * * |
