VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
OLSEN-
VFW POST 6401 BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS
An All-
CALENDAR OF EVENTS VFW 6401
- 8/2-
- 7:00 PM Post Meeting - 8/4-
- 7:00 PM Ladies Auxiliary Meeting - 8/19-
- 7:00 PM Bingo/food at domiciliary at VA Hospital - 8/21-
- 8:00 AM Annual Horseshoe Tournament at South Park - VFW/Aux Concession Stand - 8/21-
8/26- - National VFW Convention in Indianapolis - 8/27-
8/28- - Tiblow Days - VFW/Aux info booth- - volunteers to help pass out literature/ info - 8/28-
- Tiblos Days Parade - Color Guard and Pete’s Army Truck for Veterans to ride in. - 9/1-
- 7:00 PM Ladies Auxiliary Meeting - 9/6-
- 7:00 PM Post Meeting - 9/16-
- 7:00 PM Bingo/Food at domiciliary at VA Hospital - 9/18-
- AM Autumn Fest Parade/Edwardsville - 9/18-
- 1:00 PM Wyandotte County Lake Veterans Memorial- - POW/MIA ceremony- - picnic to follow at shelter house 11 - 9/25-
- 8:45 AM Griter House - opening ceremony for Apple Fest
2009-
PATRIOT’S PEN: Peter Jenkins Clark Middle School
VOICE OF DEMOCRACY: Bonner Springs High School
1st Place: Xavier Capalla,
2nd Place: Joseph Dooley & 3rd Place: Johnathan Jackson.
EAGLE SCOUT OF THE YEAR Scott Gdanski
2010-
Patriot’s Pen: 1st: $100.00 2nd: $75.00 3rd: $50.00
Theme: “Does Patriotism Still Matter?”
Voice of Democracy: 1st: $250.00, 2nd: $100.00 3rd: $75.00. Theme: “Does My generation Have a Role in America’s Future?”
Submit entries to local VFW Post by November 1st, 2010
Students (public school, private school or Home School)
Students in Bonner Springs/Edwardsville School District and Piper School District may submit entries to VFW 6401.
Eagle Scout Scholarship: $100.00
Submit entry to local VFW Post by March 1st, 2010
For info: http://www.ksvfw.org (go to programs page.)
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Pictured left to right: President Ann Williams, Xavier Capalla, Joseph Dooley, Johnathan Jackson., Peter Jenkins, Cmdr Jim Jenkins
Pictured : Commander Jim Jenkins presenting Certificate and check to Eagle Scout Scott Gdanski
