On Tuesday of this past week, we had all the entrants of our Patriot Pen (6th to 8th graders) and Voice Democracy (High School) students at our post for our awards ceremony where we present all the students with certificates and their monetary awards.
This year we had a total of 23 students enter essays in the contests. We sent the entries to District 3 NY VFW for judging.
Our students did not, unfortunately, wind up winning. As the NY Giants say, wait till next year. Along with the student awards, Emily Lacombe received the Teacher of the Year award for her work with students at WAJCS.
We served refreshments to the students and their families at the completion of the awards ceremony and the members got to mingle with everyone.
I personally thought that we would have had a winner at the district level where if you win that your essay moves on the State of NY VFW for judging. Each State winner and his or her parents get an all-expense trip to Washington, DC.
The national essay winner of the Patriot Pen contest receives a $ 7,500 scholarship award, and the Voice of Democracy winner receives a $ 35,000 scholarship award. I congratulate our students on their hard work and am so proud of them.
It’s been a busy time at the post this past couple of weeks. So, I would like to thank all who support our post. With that said, if you would like to donate to our post, I am enclosing a QR code that you can use to donate.
We are planning our annual trip to Stratton VA Hospital to donate gift cards from Hannaford to give to the Volunteer group who give veterans in need food, clothing and much more.
The one thing they do not have to hand out are refrigerated items such as milk and eggs. These cards they can use to purchase those items.
May we all be thankful for our troops still serving and the many veterans in need that we are able to help. Keep them in your thoughts and prayer/.
God bless America.
Marc Farmilette, PDC – Past Post Commander
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