Jim Monroe AVHOFS President Class of 2014

Patriotic Awards Luncheon:
Planning for the Patriotic Awards Luncheon is well underway with Ron Perkins and Pat Little-Upah at the helm.  See more details on the PAL in Ron’s Notes.

2020 Class Induction:
Planning continues for the induction of the 2020 class.  Tentative plans are to conduct individual inductions for each class member in mid to late May.  The individual inductions are being held in Flagstaff, Tucson and Phoenix.  Specifics are still being worked out.  I will provide details as they become available.

March Board of Directors meeting / Society introduction to the 2020 Class:
We all know the 2020 class is not receiving the ceremony all the rest of us had experienced.  This is very unfortunate, but like so many other things these days, the induction was radically impacted by Covid limitations.  As I stated in last month’s post, the 2020 class members are now full members of the Society and we must make an effort to introduce the Society and its workings to these new members.  To that end, I am personally inviting the 2020 class to take part in the March Board of Directors meeting. 

This meeting will have special presentations:

The invitation to this virtual meeting follows:

James Monroe is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
AVHOFS Board of Directors Meeting & 2020 class Introduction
Time: Mar 10, 2021 09:45 AM Arizona

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I will be sending an email to each Society member on March 5 as a reminder of this meeting, it will include a detailed agenda and a repeat invitation to join the virtual ZOOM meeting on 3/10.  I hope to see many of you on screen then.

Ron Perkins AVHOFS President Emeritus Class of 2012

We are pleased to be able to again present our traditional Patriotic Awards Luncheon after a year off.  Below are links to download sponsorship information and the Awards Luncheon advertisement flyer. The first explains the opportunities to be a sponsor of this outstanding event. 

The luncheon advertisement flyer is intended for the general public.  Please feel free to disseminate either or both as you see fit.

Anyone interested in sponsoring the AVHOFS Patriotic Awards Luncheon should contact Gordon James at 602-274-1988 / 602-690-7551 or gjames@gcjpr.com.

Sponsorship Information

Patriotic Awards Luncheon

Jerry Wojtas AVHOFS Treasurer Class of 2011

While we always push to have members contribute to our Century Club, I want to point out that there are other Society programs which would welcome your support.  Our Veterans’ Court program continues to grow.  In fact, a Veterans’ Court just opened in Peoria to serve the west valley.  And our second year of our MOMS program is growing and gaining in popularity.

And please remember that if you hear of a program that you think is deserving of our support, bring it to the attention of one of our board members.  We’ll ‘run it up the flagpole’ as we say and see if it meets the requirements for the Society to give it our support.

As we go to press, the month of February has produced $1,500 in membership support for our Century Club.  Amazon Smile continues to be an important contributor to our Scholarship Fund.  If you haven’t done so, please consider using Amazon Smile whenever you purchase products from Amazon.

Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame
4980 S. Alma School Road, Ste, A2-619
Chandler, AZ 85248-5545

CENTURY CLUB DONATIONS (FY Goal is $10,000. Total to date is $5,832)

Black - up to $100  GREEN - $101-$199   BLUE - $200-$299   RED - $300 and above GOLD - $400 and above

Listed below are those that have contributed so far in CY 2021.

Roy McClymonds AVHOFS Quartermaster Class of 2017

The Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame opened the Country Store during the month of February 2021 due to the Coved 19 pandemic and the significant changes in the induction ceremonies. The Country store will again close at the end of February Look for it to be reopen April 1, 2021. Please check the Country Store catalog for a new item starting this Spring.  The Country store catalog can be found on the AVHOF Web site.  If you have a problem finding what you want please feel free to contact me at (480) 694-2425 or my email at ramnpt@cox.net.

Fred Ferguson, Medal of Honor recipient and member of the AVHOF class 2001, and Ann Ferguson, AVHOF class 2013, are the only husband and wife couple to both be inducted into the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame.  They just had granddaughter Lotus added to their family.  Pretty cute baby, don’t you agree?  And a great story.

NOTE:  While we are do not normally post events like this, we felt the situation was quite unusual and our members might appreciate the uniqueness of these circumstances.

IT’S TIME TO SUBMIT NOMINATION PACKETSFOR THE 2021
ARIZONA VETERANS HALL OF FAME

DEADLINE IS MARCH 31, 2021

Nomination Form & Criteria are available on the UAV website: www.azuav.org
UAV Form 1, dtd 5 Dec 2020 (all others are obsolete)

Request you let us know as soon as you know of an inductee’s passing.  If available, we would like to know the inductee’s name, date of passing, funeral and memorial service details, and a copy of the obituary.  Send notices to Jim Monroe at j.c.monroe@cox.net.

GARY BRUCE DRUMHELLER (CLASS OF 2013) OBITUARY