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| Issue 10 - October 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Fellow Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society members. I have been sharing information on the Induction Ceremony for the AVHOF Class of 2022 for some time now. This event will be held in just a few days on October 14th at The Talking Stick Resort. Final plans are now in place and the agenda for the event follows:
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Ceremony Agenda As you can see, it is an event full of excitement and an opportunity to participate in the induction of fourteen extraordinary veterans who will be joining you as members of the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame and your Society. While Registration for the Induction has officially closed, I have it on good authority that a few seats are still available. If you have not yet registered, please jump online right away and do so. Call me directly of you have any problems registering: 480-363-0044. And do not forget the Reception earlier that day. Registration for the Reception opens at 0700 and the continental breakfast begins at 0730. All Society members are invited. I am looking forward to a large turnout of Society members. We are working on two new programs: VA Medical Center Recognition... Veterans Home Outreach Program... Proposal: Develop a program to outreach to Veterans residing in the Arizona Veterans Home. At this moment, there are 73 men and 5 women. The average age is 65. Most of them have a memory loss issue. Purpose: Provide a sense of comradery to those Veterans residing in the Arizona Veterans Home. Plan: Host events that will bring a sense of belonging as well as inform/update residents on Military Services Our goal is to begin this program in early 2023 with the initial implementation at the Arizona State Veteran Home – Phoenix. If the program is well received and successful, we would expand it to other Veteran Homes in the state. Please contact Christeen with any suggestions you have. I am sure she would be glad to have your input and participation. As a last item, please mark your calendars for the Annual Business Meeting scheduled for January 11, 2023. More details on this will be forthcoming over the next few months.
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| 7th ANNUAL PATRIOTS BALL | ||||||||||||
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| TREASURER’S NOTES | ||||||||||||
I’m putting out a call for someone in the Society to replace me as treasurer. I’m doing this even though I’ve been elected to serve through all of 2023. I’ve held this position for 8+ years and have enjoyed the involvement it brings with other members of the Society board. Any change has to be approved by our Society president. It doesn’t matter where you live in Arizona. We bank with Chase and they are everywhere! I would remain as Asst. Treasurer for as long as the new treasurer wanted me. You should be familiar with Word and Excel or be willing to learn about both. I was not familiar with either when I became treasurer but learned quickly. And you don’t have to be involved on a daily basis. I just returned from an 11 day trip to Europe and did not touch the records until I returned. Everything was A-OK. If you have an interest, but have questions about the job, contact me by phone, 623-544-4477 or email at jp7wojtas@gmail.com. If I can do the job, then ANYONE can! And by the way, if after a period of time you feel that it isn’t your cup of tea, I’ll take the job back! One program that we haven’t promoted in a long while is one we have with Anytime Auto Glass. If you or your neighbor has a windshield that needs replacing, call Anytime (480-430-4597) and arrange for them to replace your windshield. Then give them our special code, AZVHOFS and they will send us a check for $100. That is the easiest $100 donation to our Society you ever made! And don’t forget our Century Club. ARIZONA VETERANS HALL OF FAME SOCIETY Listed below are those members who have contributed to our Century Club since July 1. CENTURY CLUB DONATIONS (FY Goal is $10,000. Total to date is $1,951) BLACK- up to $100 GREEN - $101-$199 BLUE - $200-$299 RED - $300 and above GOLD - $400 and above Listed below are those who have contributed so far in 2021.
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| VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATION | ||||||||||||
The US Department of Defense – USA Vietnam War Commemoration has contacted me and informed me that Phoenix and the surrounding area was selected to thank the Vietnam-era Veterans. It will be 50 years since USA pulled out of Vietnam and they requested to have a major event in the Phoenix valley. This will be held at the Mountain View Cemetery… March 25, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We will have speakers, Veterans Heritage Project Students, Navy JROTC Color Guard; 6th Grade Patterson Elementary Students; US Army Field Band (Six-String Soldiers), Pinning Ceremony with the Dept of Defense USA Vietnam War Commemoration; Informational booths for Veterans; Free haircuts for Veterans; Military equipment; Wreaths Across America Educational Trailer; bands; Dunk Tank, food trucks and much more. We are looking for sponsors to help with the expenses of this event. If you become a sponsor, you will have your company’s logo on the local papers, magazines, social media and on our posters. We will also mention all the sponsors at the event. If you would like to have a booth at this event, please contact me at veteranseventsaz@gmail.com for details. Thank you for your support in this great event. Sincerely, Nancy Fassbender, Board Member
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Phoenix VA Health Care System Hiring Fair |
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Phoenix, AZ — The Phoenix VA Health Care System will be holding a Hiring Fair on Saturday, October 22 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Phoenix 32nd Street VA Clinic located at 400 North 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008. To attend the Hiring Fair, applicants must first apply to at least one of the job announcements listed below on USAJOBS. Applicants meeting minimum qualifications for VA employment will receive an invitation to RSVP for the Hiring Fair. We ask that all applicants complete the RSVP form to confirm their appointment at the Hiring Fair. If potential job applicants attend the Hiring Fair without first applying for VA employment positions listed below on USAJOBS, we cannot guarantee an appointment at the Hiring Fair. All VA employment candidates must check-in room 1B101. All attendees of the Hiring Fair must enter off 32nd Street and follow the signs that state “Applicant Parking”. The Phoenix VA Health Care System is hiring for the following positions, directions to apply for the each of the positions below are in the links:
For questions specific to the Hiring Fair, please contact the Phoenix VA Health Care System Human Resources Department at V22StaffingSSUTeamE@va.gov . |
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| CLASS OF 2022 TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON | ||||||||||||
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| WEBSITES YOU MIGHT LIKE TO VISIT | ||||||||||||
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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. Known members that passed in 2022.
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| EDITOR'S NOTE | ||||||||||||
| Many of our Society members are very active in their communities. You are invited to send me copy-ready articles with good quality pictures of our “members in action”. Be sure to identify the people in the pictures.We will select articles as space allows. Please send to me (Tom Hessler) at tjhessler@cox.net. | ||||||||||||
