CITIZENSHIP:
Members contributed 70 volunteer hours as poll workers in August primary
and November general election.
MILITARY
PERSONNEL:
1. Our Club made a $700 donation to the Joshua Chamberlain
Society (JCS), a grass roots non-profit whose mission is to provide long term
support to veterans that sustained permanent combat injuries fighting the long
war on terror for our nation and long term support to the children of local
veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice in our service. JCS Nashville was formed in 2013 and has
adopted 2 veterans injured in Afghanistan.
This non-profit raises funds for the benefit of these veterans and there
are NO administrative costs. We made
our donation and publicized this non-profit at our May “Step Up – It’s a
Charity Affair” luncheon and hosted a speaker from JCS for our monthly program
in November.
2.
We collected
magazines, paperback books, and past National Geographic magazines at various meetings and
delivered to the Nashville VA Hospital in December to re-supply waiting areas
with more recent reading materials for Veterans and their family’s enjoyment.
3.
We made a
$700 donation to Operation StandDown Tennessee, the only Veteran Service Center
in our state recognized by the US Department of Veteran Affairs. Serving honorably discharged veterans is
their sole focus. There are four major
components of OSDN – 1) Veteran Service Center, 2) Transitional Housing
Program, 3) Stand Down Events, and 4) a thrift store.
4. In support of our GFWC Partner, the USO, members made direct monetary donations in support of our military personnel.
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Our First Vice-President, a retired Army
colonel, presented a program on travelling safely in this age of terrorism
after the bombing of the Brussels’ airport and provided members with a safety
checklist at our April general meeting.
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