Welcome to our Chapter, repeat recipient of MOAA's "5 Star Level of Excellence" Award (2003-2010)!
Future Events:
First Tuesday of the Month (except July)-Board of Directors meeting in Room 219 of the South County Government Center at 7:30 p.m.
February 15, 2012: At The Fairfax. Michael Bohn, author and naval officer, will show us a photo-driven tour of Mt. Vernon area historic roads, churches, schools, and houses from Alexandria south to the Occuquan River. Click here for reservation details.
March 21, 2012: At The Fairfax. Details to be announced.
Click herefor the latest edition of the chapter newsletter The Despatch.
Please note: In a cost-saving gesture some chapter members are now receiving their copy of The Despatch online by visiting the Newsletter and Articles page on our Website, www.mvmoaa.com. If you would like to join them by discontinuing your paper copy of The Despatch, please contact one of our Board members or Officers or email your request to membership@mvmoaa.com.
Click on www.letssaythanks.com where you can pick out a thank you card, Xerox will print it, and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can personalize your message or choose one of several thank-you messages already composed.
You can't pick out who gets your card, but it will go to some member of the armed services.
Please send a card. It is FREE and it only takes a minute.
Please take the opportunity to donate
to The Mount Vernon Chapter Scholarship Fund
This fund is registered as a charitable
organization.
A donation of $10, $20, or more now would
help as we prepare for another year of donating scholarships to deserving high
school JROTC graduates in 2012.
The ultimate goal is to increase the
principal of the Fund so that annual interest will pay the cash scholarship
that will be awarded to one or more deserving JROTC students each year.
We have 10 High Schools with JROTC cadets in
our area. Each school's Senior Military Instructor is invited to nominate one
cadet. This gives us the possibility of 10 cadets who could potentially receive
scholarship grants.
Over the last several years, not all cadets
nominated have received grants and the amount for those selected by selection
committee has varied from $1,000 to $2,000.
Russ Henderson, Chair,
Scholarship Fund
To join other Members in rewarding outstanding JROTC students, please
send your tax-deductible contributions to:
MVC/MOAA, P. O. Box 97, Mount Vernon, VA 22121-0097.
Checks should be made payable to: Mount
Vernon Chapter Scholarship Fund
Free Admission to Virginia State Parks for All Active-Duty
Military and Virginia Veterans Through December 31st
Two days before the start of Memorial Day
Weekend, Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that as part of the year-long
celebration of the 75th anniversary of Virginia State Parks, all active-duty
military, as well as veterans residing in Virginia, will receive free admission
to all Virginia State Parks beginning this Friday and continuing through the end
of the year.
"Our brave women and men of the military are called upon to
sacrifice in countless ways. Now, a grateful Commonwealth thanks them for their
service with free admission to all Virginia State Parks from this weekend
through the end of the year. This is a small gesture of appreciation for the
women and men who have given so much to defend our liberty and freedom. There
are 327,000 active-duty military personnel, and families, as well as 823,000
armed forces veterans, who make their homes here in Virginia. We hope many will
take advantage of this opportunity. We are also pleased to offer free admission
to Virginia's State Parks for all visitors from June 13th-19th, in recognition
of the 75th Anniversary of the Parks. I encourage all Virginians to get out to a
State Park this summer and discover first-hand our Commonwealth's beauty and
wonders."
Click here for details on the Free Admission for Military
We Support the Veterans History Project
The Mount Vernon Chapter actively supports the Veterans History Project and encourages you to get involved! If you have a friend, relative or neighbor who is a veteran, the Library of Congress is interested in their story. You can help by conducting an interview and collecting historical documents. Collections may take the form of first-hand oral histories, memoirs, collections of photographs and letters, diaries, etc.
Chapter members have interviewed a number of veterans and submitted their stories. Please click on the link www.loc.gov/vets or contact Bob Patrick to learn more.
Did You Know?
Did you know your chapter had a birthday on 20 July 2011, 34 years after 193 members and guests gathered to celebrate its establishment as a chapter - what was then The Retired Officers Association (TROA)?
Did you know many of the original founders are still active contributors to the continued success of your chapter, which is now associated with the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)?
Did you know many, many hours of dedicated and selfless work have gone into keeping your chapter in the news with such grand achievements as winning MOAA’s 5-star Chapter of Excellence for the 9th straight year?
Did you know how many fellow members have contributed to the outstanding reputation your chapter has with MOAA headquarters and the Virginia Council of Chapters staff, and the members of the 18 other Virginia chapters?
Did you know the chapter members who have formed the Executive Committee/Board of Directors are the people who have made it what it is today?
Did you know many members of the Executive Committee have served continually and unselfishly for a considerable number of years – some with as many as 25 years of voluntary service to your chapter?
Did you know there will always be a need for similarly dedicated members to continue the proud traditions and achievements of past and present members of the many chapter committees?
Did you know it is now time to pass the baton, and we would love to have YOU step up and become one of those special members who will keep the chapter as vibrant and viable as it has been for the past 33 years?
Did you know it is your turn to come forward and inquire just how you can help your chapter?
Now you know, and you can find out more by contacting your Chapter President, Gary Hall.
