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AMERICAN THE
LEGION
Peter J Courcy Post 178
15520 Calico Ct.
Frisco, TX 75035
903-216-1514
http://friscolegion.org
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Commander, Fred Rogers [email protected] 1st Vice Commander Larry Marshall [email protected] 2nd Vice Commander, Dave Grandfield [email protected] Adjutant, Delbert Parsons [email protected] Finance Officer, Terry Meyering [email protected] Sergeant-At-Arms, Ronald Bircher [email protected] Historian, Larry Cohen [email protected] Chaplain, Ed Mendlik [email protected] Service Officer, Kevin Robinson [email protected] Judge Advocate, Paul Jones [email protected] Member-at-large Boots Bagby [email protected] Member-at-large Mike Strand [email protected] Member-at-large Skip Middleton [email protected]
April 2018
POST COMMITTEES: Audit Committee, Paul Jones [email protected] Boys State, Mike Strand [email protected] Boy Scouts, David Grandfield [email protected] Budget Committee, Terry Meyering [email protected] Color Guard/Honor Guard Ken Looney [email protected] Fund Raising Skip Middleton [email protected] Law and Order Stuart Sax Stuart [email protected] Legislative Committee Chuck Wright [email protected] Newsletter Co-Editors Terry Meyering [email protected] AND Rob Spallone [email protected] Newsletter Publisher Terry Meyering [email protected] Public Relations David Grandfield [email protected] Oratorical Lynn Vowell [email protected] School Awards Fred Rogers [email protected] Training Ted Ruybal [email protected]
Vol 16
EAGLE SCOUT OF THE YEAR
Jeffrey Nebeker of Liberty High School in Frisco has been select-ed as Eagle Scout of the Year by the American Legion Department of Texas. Jeffrey is a member of Boy Scout troop 178 which is sponsored by American Legion Post 178.
Jeffrey became a Cub Scout at ten (10) years of age with the goal of achieving all the Cub Scout pins. This goal continued as a Boy Scout and he earned all 138 Boy Scout merit badges, which only a very few Scouts nationwide have ever achieved. Jeffrey earned his Eagle Scout at the young age of 13. Having
earned Eagle Scout did not slow him down from continuing to earn his merit badges.
As a senior at Liberty High School, Jeffrey was elected Stu-dent Body President after serv-ing on the Student Council as a junior in high school. Other ac-complishments are: Key Club member, National Honors Socie-ty, Orchestra member, Cross-Country Runner, and Post 178 Boys State delegate in 2017. Jef-frey started his own lawn service business at the age of 12.
Jeffery has held many leadership positions in Scouting including Venture Crew President, Squad Leader, Team Captain, High-Adventure/Sports Program Man-ager. Jeffrey is an active member and 1st Assistant to the Bishop at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
For his Eagle Scout project, Jef-frey found a small historical family cemetery that was in dire need of restoration. He re-searched the family name and the cemetery was created in 1857. He also saw that a veteran from War of 1812 was buried in the cemetery. He recruited 34 volunteers to assist him in restor-ing the cemetery including the gravestones. Each gravestone was sprayed with biocide and left to eat away the moss, lichen, and mold. After six months and
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Jeffrey Nebeker
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many, many hours of community ser-vice, the project was completed.
Jeffrey stated, "I have a sense of sat-isfaction knowing what we did would bring honor to the Boy Scouts of America and especially the legacy of our ancestors and veterans not forgot-ten for those who had such a great impact in creating the community that I respect and the freedom that I enjoy".
Submitted by: Larry Marshall, 1st Vice Com-mander
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COMMANDERS MESSAGE
and programs that are just waiting for you. Just let us know your in-terest.
Occasionally the question is asked “how do you measure the true strength of an organization?” And that is a good question. Certainly, membership numbers and continual growth are a factor of strength. But, is it our primary strength? Is-n’t our true strength in our activity? It is our service to our community, state and nation and in our service to our fellow veterans. If our activ-ity is the true measure or our strength, then doesn’t it make sense that our membership will grow if we increase our activity?
I am continually reminded of how grateful we must be for the oppor-tunities afforded us and all we have accomplished in the four years of our existence. Please accept my personal thanks for your member-ship, your support of post 178 and your honorable service to America.
Fred
This past month I visit-ed one of our post members who is in an assisted living facility. I was encouraged that he was able to speak to me more clearly than the last time I visited. He had a stroke some time ago and is strug-gling to recover.
One of the things I notice when I visit people like Jim is how they al-ways smile when someone comes to visit. I know for a fact his wife is there every day but he loves to have one of the guys from the post come to see him. Several other members have visited him from time to time as well.
I personally, and sometimes with my wife, Virginia, have been visiting people in nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living and sometimes in their own home for 15+ years. I know how much it means to some-one who is in one of these places whether it is temporary or for the rest of their lives, to have someone visit them. I also know how hard it is to lose these folks when you have been seeing them regularly for a long time as well
So why am I telling you all of this: well to cheer you up of course!!
All kidding aside how about we all take time and think about all those men and women veterans in all those homes and hospitals and then do something about it!!!
Pray and ask God to give you the courage to go and visit just one veteran once a month. It won't mat-ter who it is or if you know them or not. That won't make any difference to them but what will make a dif-ference is that you came to visit them. I dare you to do it!! In fact, I triple dog dare you!!!
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Possibly the most important internal post event each year is our annual officer elections. The executive com-mittee has appoint-
ed Larry Marshall as Nominating Chair and he has formed the Com-mittee. During our May meeting the Nominating Committee will report their list to the membership and in June we will hold our elections. All post officer and executive committee positions are open for election each year. Nominations will also be taken from the floor during the elections. Serving as a post officer is a reward-ing and gratifying experience and everyone is encouraged to consider serving in one of these positions.
Post 178 members have all levels of involvement. Some attend all our functions while others pick and choose their involvement because of commitments to other activities or personal family responsibilities. Some of our members can only com-mit to paying their annual dues. Re-gardless of your level of activity, to-gether, our members create the strength necessary to further our commitment in supporting our com-munity and our fellow service mem-bers. If you would like to be more involved we have several committees
Fred Rogers
American Legion Post 178
Fundraiser Cruise Please plan to join us on October 7, 2018 as we depart Galveston for a 7-night cruise to Roatan, Costa Maya & Cozumel on the beautiful Liberty of the Seas.
Royal Caribbean is offering a spe-cial pricing promotion. This is a great fundraiser for the post and if you act quickly you can enjoy the special pricing and a great cruise.
100% of all monies raised on this amazing cruise go to support our Post 178 Children & Youth pro-grams. Full details are available at 469-294-8900 or www.cruiseshipcenters.com/frisco.
CHAPLAINS CORNER
Ed Mendlik
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By Kevin Robinson , Post 178 Service Officer
So, what is a DD-214? It is an official form given to a veter-an by the United States Department of Defense upon retire-ment, separation, or discharge from the military. In short, a
DD-214 is proof and verification of your military service. The DD-214 is required for veterans seeking mil-itary related benefits such as VA home loans, GI Bill, VA medical services and veteran employment preference. Since this document is so important, special steps should be taken to safeguard it. The following tips will help in safe-guarding your DD 214 for whenev-er you may need it. Scan your DD 214 Veterans seeking to receive veteran preference consideration when ap-plying for employment are usually required to submit a copy of their DD 214. To aid the submission of your DD 214, scan it and save it to your computer. As an extra meas-ure of security, email the scanned document to yourself so you can retrieve it from anywhere anytime you need it. Record your DD 214 Take your DD Form 214 to your local county recorder’s office to be recorded as a certified document. It is important to note than once the document has been recorded, it be-comes an official public record which means anyone can review the document and purchase copies of it. In most states, the veteran’s social security number is redacted from the DD 214 prior to releasing the document for public viewing, to protect the veteran’s privacy. Store your DD 214
Oh, yes and look for that smile I was telling you about it is really quite something to see!!!
Don't forget, if you or a veteran friend need a visit, prayers or a phone call let me know and I will get it done!
God's Peace,
Ed Mendlik, Chaplain
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We are very proud of the three contestants we entered into The American Legion Constitution-al Speech Competition. They won 1st, 2nd and 4th place at the District contest. This is the 4th year in a row that Post 178 has entered a win-ner in the District contest...that's every year that we have been a Post!
One of the contestants we sponsored at the 4th District Oratorical Con-test, Mathew Welch, won 1st Place and advanced to the Division level contest in Wichita Falls on February 10. Unfortunately, Mathew placed 2nd and did not advance to the State contest.
Alaia Snell, Mathew Welch and Llisa Norman all finished in the top 4 at the 4th District Oratorical
Competition., with Mathew winning 1st place, advancing to the Division level and earning a
$500 scholarship
From our Service Officer Once you have scanned and rec-orded your DD 214, you should store the original document in a safe location so it won’t get lost or damaged. Although safety deposit boxes at local banks offer great security for you document, it is not recommended that you store your DD 214 in one. Place it instead in a portable home safe or security box for easy access. Many inex-pensive, fireproof models can be purchased at your local retailers. To obtain a copy of your DD-214, the link below to the VA website will guide you through the process. https://iris.custhelp.va.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/3057
Yes, we did it again!!
By Ken Looney, Color Guard Commander
Our Post 178 Color Guard continues to be the “face” of our Post throughout the com-munity as we appear at ceremonial and memorial events in the area. Some of
the events we appeared at in the past several months are:
January 5, 2018 — Grand Open-ing for Morgan Chase new facili-ties in Plano
January 6, 2018 – NCAA Divi-sion I Championship Game at Toyota Stadium.
January 12, 2018 – Ribbon Cut-ting with the Frisco Chamber of Commerce for “Jamba” Grand Opening
January 24, 2018 – Ribbon Cut-ting for Grand Opening of Wal Mart Store on Custer Rd.
February 12, 2018 - Candidate Forum at Grace Church
February 16, 2018 - Ribbon Cut-ting for Opening of FM 423
Ken Looney
Kevin Robinson
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Delbert Parsons awarded “Adjutant of the Year”
Below the bigger-than-life photo of Post 178 Adju-tant Delbert Parsons, American Legion Department of Texas Commander John Hince presents a plaque to Delbert in recognition of his being selected as the
Texas “2018 Adjutant of the year”
MEMBER PROFILE By Rob Spallone
Delbert Knows…
You might remember a clever advertising campaign Nike came up with in the 1980’s called “Bo Knows…”, featuring multi-sport superstar Bo Jackson doing all sorts of un-characteristic activities to highlight Nike’s line of cross-training footwear. “Bo Knows” took Nike to the top of its industry, passing the leader at the time, Reebok. We have our own version of Bo here at Post 178, helping make us great too.
Delbert Parsons was born and raised in Greeley, Colorado to a farming family. He joined the Marines as soon as he was eligible with a buddy and entered service on June 30, 1959. He completed boot camp in San Diego and was assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion/5th Marines Division as a Wire Chief, setting up communications for his battalion. His time in service also in-cluded 13 months in Okinawa, three of which were with the “Ready Battalion” of Marines on a Navy ship in the South China Sea. While in port at Subic Bay, Philippines, his unit was nearly deployed to Vietnam—but this was back in 1960! After that tour and returning to the States, Delbert finished out his active duty teaching wire and radio communication clas-ses at Camp Pendleton. Honorably discharged on June 29, 1963, Delbert attained the rank of Corporal E4 and wears the rifle expert badge, pistol sharp shooter badge, National Defense Ribbon and Good Conduct Medal. Here are some examples of how Delbert Knows…
Delbert Knows Family. Delbert married his sweetheart, Linda on December 24, 1961. They will be celebrating their 57th Anniver-sary this year! They have two daughters, Korrie and DaNee’ (Da-Nay) who each have sons that are 32 years old. Korrie’s son is cur-rently a Captain in the Air Force, while two
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years before returning to Frisco in 2010 to be close to family. Delbert is a charter member of Post 178. If you haven’t attended a meeting lately, come by and find out for yourself what Delbert knows.
Corporal Delbert Parsons , 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division during military training exercise in Okinawa in 1960
years ago, DaNee’s son medically retired from the Navy. All are Post 178 members and Korrie is cur-rently serving as Post 178 Auxilia-ry’s President.
Delbert Knows Trap Shooting. As a Marine Delbert demonstrated his expert marksmanship with both a rifle and a pistol, but after the service he demonstrated his shot-gun skills as well. In 1974, his team won the Greeley, Colorado Club Championship as a member of the Marine Corp League. He is a Life Member of the Marine Corp League.
Delbert Knows Golf. Delbert and Linda fell in love with the game of golf in the early 1970’s and it has been a passion for them ever since. Delbert plays as often as he can, and actually works now as a groundskeeper at Twin Creeks in Allen. Some might say he does it for the free golf, but Delbert will tell you he enjoys taking care of the golf course too. It may be his love of the land coming from his farming background, or his com-mitment to excellence forged dur-ing his service in the Marine Corps, but it’s a great example of what makes Delbert such an asset to our Post. If Delbert does it, it is done right.
(Continued from page 4) Delbert Knows Service. Serving as Adjutant from 2015-Present, Delbert is involved with almost everything at Post 178 in some way. As a member of the Color/Honor Guard and Membership committee he is big part of our Post’s public image, and as Adju-tant he records and maintains our meeting minutes for both the lead-ership team and the full member-ship meetings. Delbert is an indis-pensable resource for Commander, Fred Rogers, and the entire leader-ship team. A proud moment for Delbert and Post 178 was when he was presented the Jimmy D. Lem-ley Award for Texas State Adju-tant of the year for 2018 by State Commander John Hince.
Delbert has always admired the men and women who served our country. In fact, a couple of friends who had served in WW II were his inspiration for joining the Marines. His Great Grandfather, who served in the Civil War and uncles who served in WW II, creat-ed a legacy of family military ser-vice he wanted to follow. Delbert says, “Service to me means serving your country to the best of your ability and protecting the founda-tion that our country was founded on. I consider it the duty of every able-bodied young American to serve his country in whatever as-pect he is able.”
Delbert parlayed his military skills into a long career with the local telephone company in Greeley, CO. He moved the family to North Texas to work for Ericsson in Pla-no in 1990, retiring in 1998. After five more years working as an in-dependent contractor, Delbert and Linda moved to Tyler, TX in 2003, where they “retired” for seven
Delbert enjoys a game of golf with Commander Fred Rogers at TPC Craig’s Ranch in 2013. He will play golf with anyone, any where and any
time.
Delbert, wife Linda, son Ryan Tighe, Daughter Korrie and son-in-law Brett Ragsdale attending ceremony when Ryan Graduated from OCS in
2011
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It’s an honor and privilege to contin-ue to serve in the American Legion as Director of the Post Riders Chap-ter. As you know, the Riders are members of Le-
gion family that help raise money for veterans, hospitals, and schools through our affinity of motorcycles and riding. The idea for the Riders Association came from American Legion Post 396 in Michigan in 1993. Today, there are over 100,000 Riders in over 2,000 Posts across the United States. Although it is a National Program, each chapter is managed at the post level.
The marquee event for the Riders is the American Legion Legacy Run, offering support to the Lega-cy Scholarship Fund (Applications due in April!). The American Legion expanded the scholarship to include children of VA-rated, post-9/11 veterans with a combined disability rating of 50 percent or higher in 2017. Even if you don’t ride, you can sign up for the Legacy Run as a Support-er, and receive a specially minted 2018-19 Centennial Legacy Run Pin and patch set. Go to www.legion.org/riders/legacyrun
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"GET OUT the VOTE"
Elections are very important to our City, County, District, State, and Nation. As citizens, it is our duty, responsibility, and privilege to exer-cise our right as a franchise citizen by casting our vote on Election Day and to encourage others to do the same. It was on this premise that The American Legion's "Get Out the Vote" program was initiated shortly after the organization's in-ception. Today it is as important as it was in past elections.
Post 178 held three (3) "Get Out the Vote" events in January 2018 one (1) at Frisco High School for stu-dents that would be 18 years of age and two (2) events at Frisco Lakes before the primary election on March 6, 2018. Post 178 County Deputy Registrars registered 39 in-dividuals to vote in the primaries. We conducted four (4) more events this month before the May 8th elec-tion at Frisco Lakes community. We were able to register an addi-tional 20 individuals to vote. This allows 30 days for the voter's regis-tration application to be processed and the voter's I.D. card returned to the individual by mail from their respective County.
We currently have two (2) Collin County Deputy Registrars (Delbert Parsons and Terry Meyering) with two (2) more volunteers for 2019 (Ed and Virginia Mendlik). The Denton County Deputy Registrars are Fred Rogers, Ted Ruybal, Marty Martel, David Break, and Larry Marshall.
All Post 178 members and all veter-ans are encouraged to learn about the principles of the candidates run-ning for office and vote for their desired candidate.
Please remember The American Legion is a nonpartisan organiza-tion.
We cannot forget in this Country, our government is "of the people, by the people and for the people".
Please Vote !
Submitted by: Larry Marshall – Government Affairs/Voters Registration
By Mathew Ostergaard, Director ALR
Matt Ostergaard
Post 178 members David Break and Fred Rogers assist a resident of Frisco Lakes in
registering to vote.
In January, Scouts from Troop 178 assisted our American Legion Post members, and hundreds of other vol-unteers, to recover and dispose of thousands of Holiday wreaths that are placed on the graves annually at DFW National Cemetery, and other ones like it around the country. Here our scouts flank Mary and Chris Bush par-ents of our Post namesake Peter J Courcy in front of Peter’s grave mark-er. If you’d like to know more about the Wreathes Across America pro-gram please click on the following link: http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/#join-us.
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for more information.
As of this writing, the American Legion Riders, Peter J Courcy Chapter, Post 178 is back on the road. Most of our efforts will sup-port post and department initiatives and charities. Jerry McNamara is the interim Road Captain, Michael Warden is the interim Sergeant-At-Arms, and James “JD” Lawless is the interim Assistant Director. Events, ceremony, and run planning began this month and we are look-ing to add five to six more members in the next two months. Official elections are in May, and we need to fill two more officer positions. Contact JD or me for more infor-mation. We’ll be back on social me-dia soon, and provide updates to this newsletter as well.
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2018 Frisco Boys State Program Fully Funded
By Mike Strand, Chairman Boy’s State
Our Post 178 Boys State program has reached an important milestone of our full funding goal of $9,200 for 2018! A
substantial donation from Frisco Station Partners was recently add-ed to the donations from other members and friends of Post 178. This is the third year in a row in which Frisco Station Partners have made significant donations to our Frisco Boys State program.
Frisco Station is a 252-acre project that wraps around the Cowboys Star project and is 2.5 times larger than The Star at Frisco. The part-
nership recently completed a seven-story office building on Warren and is currently building several hundred apartments and three hotels just north of the Cowboys practice field.
Just before the Christmas holi-days, our interview committee completed interviews at all nine Frisco high schools and chose 23 finalists to attend the 2018 Texas Boys State program in June (see photos at right). Each high school was encouraged to nominate up to three 11th grade boys; each boy provided the committee their resume that contained their academic, com-munity service, leadership, sports & music involvement, and special skills such as lan-guages. Additionally, our committee conducted 30 minute interviews at each high school where the nominees were re-quired to appear in coat and tie (a rarity at most schools today).
Without question our committee felt this year’s finalists are truly Outstanding young men and we are pleased to be sending them to the University of Texas, Aus-tin next June 10 to 15 to repre-sent our Post 178 and the City of Frisco. Our Post will be holding a program orientation for the 23 boys and their par-ents on May 21, 2018 at which time past Boys Statesmen will attend and share their experi-ence and best practices.
Additionally, it is with a heavy heart that I announce my step-ping down as the Boys State Committee Chair as my wife and I will be moving to Colorado to join our daughter and son’s fami-lies living in Colorado. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with our Post 178 program and having the opportunity to meet so many fine young men.
Ryan Chen Andrew Choi Jacob Frater
Jacob Fujihara Wade Glover Grant Hardy
Alex Hung Alex Jamie Stafford Johnson
Ethan Lopez Mason Martinez Harrison McFarland
David Moon Cody Nelson Cody Perry
Oliver Shi Eric Wu
Chase Attanasio Aryan Argawal Steven Austin
OUR 2018 BOY’S STATE DELEGATES
photos of Josh Esparza, Carter Yates and Param Veeramachaneni were not available
Mike Strand
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The Child Welfare Foundation consists of non-profit organiza-tions that reach out to help youth in need. The foundation provides grants to enhance communica-tions for groups that tackle prob-lems ranging from childhood ne-glect to substance abuse. The foundation awards money to non-profit organizations that help our children and youth. Examples: Children’s Miracle network, Ronald McDonald House chari-ties, Special Olympics, Operation Military Kids, and others. Social Issues affect all children and the American Legion is very much involved in these issues. The American Legion opposes attempts to weaken U.S. laws governing the production and dis-tribution of pornographic materi-als and takes a zero-tolerance stance on sexual exploitation of children. The Legion also works with local programs, law-enforcement officials and schools to prevent substance abuse among young people in their communi-ties. Other issues of Legion con-cern include; Halloween safety, suicide prevention, support for children of deployed troops, and control over excessive use of vio-lence in the entertainment media. The American Legion also pro-vides communities with well-rounded programs that meet the physical, educational, emotional and spiritual needs of young peo-ple. Examples are; Youth Base-ball, Oratorical program, Boys and Girls State, Scouting, School visits, School Awards, veteran’s programs, tutoring etc. There are many opportunities to get involved in our Post with Children & Youth. Your help en-sures these programs are success-ful. Just contact Commander Rog-ers at [email protected], or 972-977-9342
On January 4, 2018, our Membership Committee met to update our Action plan for the remain-
ing six months of 2017-2018. One of the prime objectives was Reten-tion. Retention is a major key to our future as a Post. It was decided that all new members would receive a personal phone call from Delbert Parsons or myself and all trans-ferred members into Post 178 would receive a personal phone call from Ken Looney or Ed Mendlik. We wish to welcome these mem-bers into our Post, open communi-cations by answering any questions they may have, and keep them in-formed of the activities and projects we are doing. We value our Post Membership and without their sup-port and involvement; we would not be able to complete any of our pro-grams or activities.
Your Membership Committee will continue their efforts on Recruiting and Renewals as well. We had a recruiting event at Frisco Gun Club on March 24th from 9:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. We recruited three (3) new members.
Our current membership has reached an all time high of 434 members (or 147% of goal).
73 new members have joined Post 178, 289 members (or 98%) have renewed their existing membership and, 71 members have transferred into the post this year.
We are asking each member to re-cruit one new member this year. It is as easy as "JUST ASK" - - your relatives, neighbors, and friends. We have approximately 3,000 vet-erans residing in Frisco.
We would like to thank each of our
Members for their support and as-sistance in achieving our goals for the 2017-2018 year.
OUR MOTTO - - - RETENTION, RENEWAL, & RECRUITMENT
"VETERANS STILL SERVING AMERICA"
MEMBERSHIP
GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
By Larry Marshall—Membership Chairman
Larry Marshall
By Ted Ruybal—Post 178 Trainer
One of the Pillars of the American Legion is the Children & Youth pillar. The purpose and principles of this pillar are to strengthen the
family unit, support organizations that help children in need and to provide communities with well-rounded programs to provide hope and opportunity for young people facing difficult challenges. Strengthen the family unit has 4 programs. These are the Family Support Network, Temporary Fi-nancial Assistance, Child Welfare Foundation and Social Issues. The Family Support Network was established during Operation De-sert Storm. This program connects American Legion members with families struggling at home when loved ones are called to military duty. Members provide child-care services, yard work, car repairs or other forms of personal help. A dedicated hotline 1-800-504-4098 is available for families looking for assistance. The Temporary Financial Assis-tance program provides funds to veteran and military members’ families who are struggling and have minor children at home.
Children & Youth - Pillar IV
Ted Rhybal
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Boy Scout Troop 178 Frisco, Texas
Spring 2018 Mulch Sale
And Mr. Grandfield was able to attend classes thanks to Assistant Scoutmaster and Post 178 mem-ber Len Havron, that allowed him to instruct Crew members and Scouts over 14 on how to shoot black powder muzzle loading Ri-fles, Pistols and Shotguns. Addi-tionally, Mr. Grandfield’s father donated his .44 caliber Thompson Center Black Powder Rifle, equipment and supplies.
Finally, in March the Troop worked on their golfing skills by visiting Top Golf in Allen, TX followed by Free Play, a video game and pinball center. They worked on Form at Top Golf and Hand Eye coordination at Free Play. At least that’s was the ex-cuse I got. Ultimately, they had fun at both and we are all about that…
By David Grandfield
In January Henry Bal-boa completed his Eagle Board of Re-view. Henry has also earned 2 Silver Palms, as he complet-ed 30 extra Merit
Badges over the 21 required for Ea-gle. Henry is the first scout to earn the rank of Eagle since changing the Troop unit number to 178 to honor the post and Henry is proud of that fact.
In February Crew 178 camped at Boy Scout Camp Constantin/Jack D Furst Aquatic Base. While there the crew hiked to the top of John-son’s Peak and captured this scenic image.
Unfortunately, while everyone made it back safe and sound, the troop trailer did not fare as well.
Fortunately, Mr. Grandfield has USAA insurance and the truck has been repaired and the trailer is go-ing to be replaced. In fact, the troop elected to buy the trailer back and will try to utilize the opportunity to teach the Welding Merit Badge. In the scouting spirit we are thrifty and know how to make lemonade from life’s lemons. We’ll keep you post-ed on the outcome.
Also, in February the troop con-ducted a quarterly Court of Honor where scouts received Merit Badg-es, Rank Achievements and patch-es.
In the month of March the troop conducted its First Annual Mulch Sale.
David Grandfield
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Find A Way To Serve—Research shows that people who volunteer live longer, re-cover from illness faster and report being happier. "When you serve others, it gives you a depth of happiness that cannot be
experienced from any other activity."
SUPPORTING OUR VETS
The most current calendar of upcoming events is maintained
on our website at:
https://friscolegion.org/
ATTENTION! Have you considered helping with one of our Commit-tees? The post has many op-portunities for you to share your skills. Contact Fred Rogers at 972-977-9342 for more information.
DID YOU KNOW This newsletter is produced by
the members, about the members and for the members. If you have
any newsworthy item that you would like to share with our
membership please contact Terry Meyering at 972-998-9993
April is Children & Youth Month for The American
Legion. Sadly, 20 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant. While 95% of U.S. adults support organ donation, only 54% register as donors.
Frisco Peter J Courcy Post 178 supports organ donations.
You can go to donatelife.net and register
to be an organ donor .
Auxiliary Unit 178 and their Juniors assembled personal comfort items with an Easter theme to present to the ladies at Clyde Cosper Texas State Veterans home in Bonham. Pictured l to r is Linda Parsons, Tif-fany Trosclair, Crystal DiPiazza, Glena Rogers, Janice Kenyon, Jo-Ann Jochem, Yvonne Stewart, De-lores Faulkner, Abby Holmes, Kris-tin Holmes, Virginia Mendlik and Vickie Allen.
On Saturday, March 24, four Auxiliary 178 mem-bers traveled to Bonham to present the fifteen Easter baskets to the lady residents. Pictured l. to r. is Janice Kenyon, Linda Parsons, Glena Rogers and Virginia Mendlik.
