Ribs by Glenn & Live Music this Friday!

Posted by Chrystina Tovani on July 30, 2009

July 31, 2009 Friday night dinner is Ribs by Glenn and the MOCA.  Starts at 6 PM.

Live Music by Parel Bros starts at 7 PM.

Kelly’s Karaoke Song book online.

Posted by Chrystina Tovani on July 27, 2009

For those of you who enjoy coming out to the Canteen every Saturday night for Karaoke, I have added all of Kelly’s songs here in pdf.  You can open this by clicking on the link.

Now you can look through the song book online and pick out the songs you would like to sing.

Songs by Artists

Songs by Title

I have also added the links in the side bar under:

Activities at VFW Post 4647

Christmas in July Dinner this Friday!

Posted by Chrystina Tovani on July 21, 2009

This Friday, July 24th, is the annual Christmas in July dinner which is put together by the MOCA.  There will be a feast of turkey and all the fixins.

Dinner is served at 6 PM with a live band starting at 7 PM.

The band this week is Almost Famous.

Supporting our troops by sending care packages. Article by Cristy Peterson

Posted by Chrystina Tovani on July 20, 2009

My parents are life members of the post and the LAVFW. They live in Clyde, TX but are maintaining membership at our post. They started a campaign 2 years ago to send packages to Camp Bucca, the largest internment camp in Iraq.

My sister, Major Julie Pitvorec, had toured the Camp and was informed that the troops there were not receiving any packages from home. If a package is not sent to a specific individual it gets returned.

So that started the packages. At first my parents, Bobbie and Vern Glenn, absorbed the cost themselves. Their Church, Clyde Baptist, jumped in to help with the cost of shipping. The ladies Auxiliary sent $200 and the Post donated $300. They have sent 500 packages over the past 2 years. 75% or better have been sent to Camp Bucca; the other packages have been sent by special request to other people that are stationed over there. Mom and Daddy get requests all the time to send packages. They honor all they can.

They get donations from local businesses and from individuals, what is not donated is purchased by them. They use Tootsie Rolls, Lollipops and Bubble Gum as packing. Thousands of boxes of drink mixes have made it there and dozens of cookies have been baked. They will come home from Church or an outing and something will be sitting on the front stoop to send.

I am very proud of my parents. I am sure they feel great satisfaction for the work they are doing but I cannot even imagine how many lives they have touched with box after box being sent every week.

Cristy Peterson

VFW Post 4647 is actively sending care packages to our troops over seas. If you would like to help or make a donation contact Cristy Peterson.

4th of July BBQ & Potluck

Posted by Chrystina Tovani on July 3, 2009

VFW Post 4647 Members and guests are welcome! Come out to the VFW Post 4647 for a celebration of July 4th! Bring a dish to share. There will be hot dogs and hamburgers BBQ starting at 4:00 PM.

DJ Pineapple will be providing the music in the Canteen beginning at 5:00 PM and Fireworks will start at 9:00 PM.