Our new publishing date for the Newsletter

Our new publishing date for the NewsletterIf you are accustomed to receiving and reading the newsletter via the internet, you probably noticed that we did not send it out before our August meeting. We are attempting to make the newsletter more informative and pertinent to the workings of our post and useful to you as our members. You can expect a brief reminder of the upcoming meeting with a brief agenda of the planned events to be “pushed” through our website to each subscriber. Then, after the meeting, we will summarize the meeting and post any additional information that pertains to the day-to-day business of our post shortly thereafter.

FROM THE COMMANDER:

Fellow Legionnaires, family, and friends We hope that this newsletter finds you and your families healthy and doing well. As mentioned, we hope the later publishing of our newsletter following each monthly meeting will keep you better informed. In 1919, The American Legion was founded on four pillars: Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, National Security, Americanism, and Children & Youth. Our goal as a post is to base all our activities and focus on promoting these pillars in our community. We were honored to have the following Guests: TN Department District Commander Bill Green. Also in attendance were Past Post 281 Commanders Lew Hightower and Brenda Thompson. There is no greater honor you may bestow upon a fellow veteran and their family than participating in ceremonies celebrating the life of a veteran and their service to our country. The total military honors rendered, from the 2010 inception of Post 281 Honor Guard Team, now stands at 400. A lot of effort and commitment went into this. This is quite a feat for a small post such as ours. (See the included article)…

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Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends As always, we hope that this newsletter finds you and your families healthy and all doing well. Both VA TVHS campuses in Murfreesboro and Nashville and local medical facilities within Middle Tennessee continue to administer the COVID 19 vaccinations and Flu shots.

We continue to celebrate our community’s involvement and success with Memorial Day weekend 9th Annual Honor America’s Flag Event. We thank Nancy Britt and her family and the West Wilson Exchange Club for our continued dual effort.

As our community opens back up, we look forward to more members attending our monthly meetings and becoming involved in our various activities. We currently have 237 members. Please check your membership card to make sure it is current. It’s that time of year, 1 July annually, to start renewing your membership for 2022. Some of you have invalid information on in the American Legion database, addresses, emails, changed phone numbers, etc. Each member needs validate this data yourself and renew your membership at https://mylegion.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Home

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Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends:    

We hope that this newsletter finds you and your families healthy and all doing well.  We hope most, if not all of you, will have received vaccinations for COVID and the Flu, as it is reported to be coming back strong.  

COVID‐19 Vaccinations continue at both VA TVHS campuses in Murfreesboro and Nashville and local medical facilities within Middle Tennessee.   

Over the Memorial Holiday weekend, we held our 9th Annual Honor America’s Flag Event, alongside the West Wilson Exchange Club at Jones Family Park in Mount Juliet.  We honored one of our members, John “Tennessee” Bev Spickard with a 50 Year Membership Certificate.  We also presented Certificates of Appreciation to Wilson County Mayor Randall Hutto, Mount Juliet Mayor James Maness, City Manager Kenny Martin, Police Chief James Hambrick, Fire Chief Jamie Luffman and Parks and Recreation Director Rocky Lee. All were recognized for continuously supporting our community veterans and youth, including Post 181 members, for years in multiple ways, events and endeavors, including tornadoes, flooding and pandemic…

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Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends:

We sincerely hope that this newsletter finds you and your families all doing well. We hope most, if not all of you, will have received the COVID-19 Vaccinations. We have sent numerous notifications on where you may get the vaccinations. This includes both VA TVHS campuses in Murfreesboro and Nashville and local medical facilities within Middle Tennessee.

We continue with our Post’s “Buddy Check” of all of our members. This program ensures all members are doing well and is not in need of our assistance. I am still seeking to develop a Phone Call Team to assist in this effort. This may include members who currently can’t leave their residences. These “Buddy Checks” are required to be done twice a year. So, expect phone calls, emails and letters asking to see how you are doing and requesting that you re-validate your contact information. You will need your membership number and password previously used to revalidate your address, phone and email information and renew at https://mylegion.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Home

We have 230 (96%) renewals of a 239 TN Dept Goal. Some members’ data remains invalid, including phone numbers disconnected or changed, leaving us to wonder as to the member’s status. Please check your membership card to make sure it is current…

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FROM THE COMMANDER:

Fellow Legionnaires, family, and friends We sincerely hope that this newsletter finds you and your families all doing well and most of you will have received your COVID-19 Vaccination or at least have it scheduled. We sent numerous emails and posted information on our website providing information on where and when you may get the vaccinations. This includes both local medical facilities and the VA TVHS campuses in Murfreesboro and Nashville.

We continue with our Post’s “Buddy Check” of all our members. This program ensures all members are doing well and are not in need of our assistance. I will be convening a Phone Call Team to assist me in this effort. This may include members who currently cannot leave their residences. The checks are required to be done twice a year. So, expect phone calls, emails and letters asking to see how you are doing and requesting that you re-validate your contact information. You will need your membership number and may revalidate your address, phone and email information and renew at https://www.legion.org/membership

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Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends:

Here we go. We will meet on 9 March at the Senior Center in Mount Juliet 6-8 pm. Our Executive Committee and I have put in place plans for hopefully a better outcome in 2021. We sincerely hope that this newsletter finds you and your families all doing well and most of you will have received your COVID-19 Vaccination or at least have it scheduled. I have sent numerous emails to those have provided information on where and when to get the vaccinations. This include both local medical facilities and the VA TVHS campuses in Murfreesboro and Nashville.

The Mt. Juliet Senior Center has reopened for business and has welcomed our Post to hold its meetings again. By the way, they are selling Reverse Raffle Tickets for $50. Come join us on 9 March and purchase one…

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Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends:

We send greetings and we have put in place plans for a better outcome in 2021. We continue to remain hopeful that this newsletter finds you and your families all doing well during the ongoing and current increase of the COVID-19 Pandemic across the state of Tennessee.

As you know, Governor Lee published Executive Order 73 limiting gatherings thru 27 February and has basically shut us down except via Conference Calls online. Our new home, The Mt. Juliet Senior Center remains closed until further notice.

On 2 February 2021, your Executive Committee held a Free Conference Call Meeting. We discussed holding a meeting 9 March at the Senior Center or at a Charlie Daniels Park pavilion. We will continue to follow the Governor’s Executive Order and locally published requirements by Wilson County government officials. We will keep everyone informed via our website, email and phone…

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Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends:

We send greetings and we have high hopes for a better New Year in 2021. We continue to remain hopeful that this newsletter finds you and your families all doing well in the midst of the ongoing and current increase of the COVID‐19 Pandemic across the state of Tennessee. As you know, Governor Lee published Executive Order 73 limiting gatherings thru 27 February and has basically shut us down except via Conference Calls and Zoom Meetings on line. The Senior Center remains closed until further notice.

We acknowledging the continuing efforts of the Post 281 members, Sons of the American Legion, American Legion Riders and Post 281 Auxiliary for all of your ongoing efforts and staying the course…

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FROM THE COMMANDER:

Fellow Legionnaires, family and friends We send you greetings once again at this holiday season. We continue to remain hopeful that this newsletter finds your families all doing well in the midst of the ongoing and current increase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We wish to acknowledge the continuing efforts of the Post 281 members, our Sons of the American Legion, our American Legion Riders and our Post 281 Auxiliary for all of your ongoing efforts and staying the course.

On 30 November 2020, your Executive Committee held a Zoom meeting seeking a path forward, yet keeping everyone accessible and remaining safe when we can get together. With COVID on the rise again, we WILL NOT have a meeting in December nor a Christmas Dinner this year. The Senior Center remains closed through the year’s end…

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