Regular Newsletter – Select the picture to see our bimonthly newsletter.
Monthly Calendar – Select the picture to see the monthly calendar and learn of events happening at Post 19.
Post and Auxiliary Monthly Meetings
Post 19: Next meeting: June 9 at 7:00pm in person. Election of Officeers
Meeting via ZOOM – learn more SELECT HERE.
See photos from our last meeting. Click here
Café Vets Social: Next Café Vets June 18
See photos from Café Vets. Click here
Auxiliary: Thursday, June 11 at 10:00am
Sew & Chat - Monday, June 15 from 9:00am – 12:00pm noon
No Post 19 or Auxilliary meetings during July and August.
Memorial Day 2026 participation by Post 19
Post 19 will be participating in four Memorial Day programs in Renton. The first at 9:00am at memorial for those who died at sea located behind the Renton Senior Center. The second and third beginning at 10:00am at the graves Fred Hancock and Frank R. Vaise at Mt. Olivette Cemetery. And the last at 11:00am at Greenwood Memorial Park. This last program is a large public program. However, you are welcome to attend any of these.
COMMANDER’S CORNER – Kevin Rose
American Legion Post19's involvement in Scouting is not small.Former Post commander Tom Mechler (re-)founded Troop 498 in 1980. As
co-founder of the Issaquah Trails Association, Tom lent his motto to the Troop: "Take a Hike!" Tom's own son was Eagle Scout #1 for the re-founded Troop, which has since been in continuous operation
for 46 years. The Troop moved from sponsoring organization to sponsoring organization until the mid '90s, when American Legion Post 19 adopted the Troop and has been with them ever
since.
The Post also has Cub Scout Pack 468 for boys and girls from 5 to 11 years old, and Venturing Crew 498 for young adults from 15 to 20
years old.
In 2019, Troop 498 went to Camp Meriwether in Oregon for summer camp with five fresh new female Scouts. In order of decreasing age,
they were Elysia, Shelby, twinsCallie and Jackie, and Tia. In 2022, Elysia became Eagle Scout #99 for the Troop and the first female Eagle Scout in the greater Chief Seattle Council. Since then, the
other four original girls have all achieved their Eagle rank, as well as two more girls that joined later. Historically, 2% of Scouts earn their Eagle, and in recent years that figure is about 6%, so
the girls' patrol is punching well above their weight.
The Troop meets almost every week of the year, including summertime. The agenda is set by the Scouts in their Patrol Leader's Council
(PLC), advised by the Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters, but ultimately the course is set by the youth. In additional to the routine rank requirements and mandatory merit badges for Eagle Scout,
the PLC picks merits badges that they find interesting, challenging, or just fun.
The Venturing Crew is even more independent. Advised by some old salts of Scouting, these young adults are heavily into the Order of
the Arrow (Scouting's honor society) and annually run the winter Klondike camporee for Scout Troops at the east end of the Snoqualmie Pass near Cle Elum. by Gregory Craff, Sr. Vice Commander,
Chartered Organization Representative/Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 498, Chief Seattle Council, Scouting Chair.
For God and Country.
Kevin Rose
Commander / Veterans Resource Advocate
ADJUTANT’S DESK by James Wilhoit —
ADJUTANT’S DESK by James Wilhoit—Please renew your membership if you haven’t yet. We’re at about
80%, meeting goal. But we’re in 8th place in the District.To renew on-line, go to legion.org & click
RENEW, or walegion.org & click MEMBERSHIP, then click RENEW.
AUXILIARY NEWS
2024 ALA Fred Hancock Unit Officers
Fred Hancock # 19 American Legion Auxiliary Unit
Auxiliary News January/February 2026
2025-2026 ALA Fred Hancock Unit 19 Officers
President/Treasurer Elva Schulz e.schulz@myctl.net 425-255-0440
Vice Pres./Chaplain Evelyn Lundstrom-Weiss 425-255-1845
Secretary/Historian Diana Hagen randy-daina @comcast 425-271-3881
Sergeant-of-Arms Sara Rowan dogs_r_us@comcast 206-245-7460
We are looking to continuing an exciting year for our Auxiliary Unit. We had a very nice Past
Commanders/President Luncheon, March 21, Law/Order Night March 26. 2026-2027 District 11 Officers elected at Spring Conference were
Mary Olsen, President, Janet Gunter, Vice President, and Ann Unger, Chaplain. Appointment of Treasurer, Secretary and Sergeant-of- Arms are pending. We are saddened to hear of the passing of Post
Member and Scout rep. Tom Mechler. He will be missed by all. We are excited to be sponsoring 2 citizens to Evergreen Girls State: Shiwen Huang, Lakeside High, and Suha Nath, Interlake High School;
June 21-June 26. We donated a gift basket, lap/baby blanket and SAL Comfort Puppy to the Renton Chamber of Commerce Gala "A Night Around the Would.” We will be distributing Poppies to the public at
the QFC store at 4800 NE 4" ST., Renton. May 15, 16, 22 & 23 come get your poppy to honor the veteran that has served. We will have elected officers for 2026-2027 at our meeting May14. Our Member
Recognition Lunch to honor the years of membership is June 20 at the Post Hall.
We will be holding our ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE July 30-August 1. Bring your donations to the hall (call an officer to accept donations as
the hall is not always open). Come find many bargains and help the auxiliary serve the veteran that have served Our Country. We want to wish all the Mothers a Happy Mothers Day. We invite the spouses
of our Post members t o join and become involved in the Fred Hancock ALA. Your service and thoughtful care of Our Veterans is sincerely appreciated.
Service Not Self - Fred Hancock American Legion Auxiliary Unit 19- Elva
Schulz
Post 19 Honor Guard
The Post Honor Guard is always looking for members to join our ranks and participate at least two Tuesdays each month at Tahoma
National Cemetery. It is a rewarding experience and an excellent way to pay our Veterans back. If interested, contact Jerry Livingston at 206-910-6449, jackieandjerry@comcast.net, for further
information.
SCOUTING NEWS
Our Post sponsors three co-ed Scouting units: Scout Troop 498 (41 youths, meets Tuesday nights), Cub Scout Pack 468 (18 youths, meets second and fourth Monday nights), and Venturing Crew 498 (19 youths, meets second and fourth Wednesday nights). If you’d like to get involved, contact Scouting Chair Gregory Craff,
425-268-8335, gmcraff@yahoo.com or have an interested family contact the Scout unit leader through BeAScout.org.
FOR DISABLED OR INVALID VETERANS
The Post has Medical Support Equipment including Wheel Chairs, Walkers, Crutches and Shower Chairs. Any member can borrow any of these. items at no cost just by
contacting the Chaplain or the Adjutant and showing their Membership card at the time of pick up.
We want to dispose of old flags in a proper and respectful. You can bring the flags any time to our Post Hall, 3224 NE 12th Street in the Renton Highlands, just below the water tower. If no one is there you can just leave them in a bag by the door.
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