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: November 12 at 7:00pm in person.
ZOOM meeting in October. To learn more SELECT HERE.
See photos from the April meeting. Click here
Café Vets Social Time: Thursday, November 17 from 10:00am to Noon.
See photos from the July Café Vets. Click here
Auxiliary: Thursday, November 14, 10:00am
Sew & Chat - Monday, November 18, 9:00am – 12:00pm noon
No Post or Auxiliary meetings during July and August.
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest celebration at Fred Hancock American Legion Post 19 in Renton on
Thursday, October 17, from 12 noon to 3 pm.
There will be door prizes, a silent auction fundraiser, music by the Bonnie Birch Trio and
food to enjoy. All of our American Legion Family in District 11 are invited. RSVP's would be helpful.
Send RSVP email to: randy-diana@comcast.net
Select the Oktoberfest clipart to view the full flyer.
Boys and Girls State Awards Potluck
On Thursday, September 26, our Post gave awards to two boys and two girls that our Post 19 sponsored for their participation. Our Post 19 sponors a Boys Scout Troup. That night we gave awards to Boy Scouts for their volunteer work at our Post 19 building.
See the photos HERE
AUXILIARY NEWS
2024 ALA Fred Hancock Unit Officers
President/Treasurer: Elva Schulz e.schulz@q.com
425-255-0440
Vice President: Evelyn Lundstrom-Weiss 425-255-1845
Secretary/Historian: Diana Hagen
randy-diana@comcast.net 425-271-3881
Chaplain: Evelyn Lundstrom-Weiss
425-255-1845
Sergeant-at-Arms: Sara Rowan
dogs_r_us@comcast.net 206-245-7460
Welcome to a new year with Unit 19. We look forward to seeing all of you. Watch your mailbox for renewal notices for membership and get
them in as soon as possible. Diana Hagen and Elva Schulz attended Department Convention in Kennewick in July. CONGRATULATIONS to Diana for being elected President of the Department, she attended
National Convention in New Orleans the end of August. Our Rummage Sale with Unit 161 was held in July, we want to thank all that donated and attended to help make it such an success. We held our
planning meetings to plan events for the coming year. We are planning a Potluck September 26 at 6:30 to honor our Boys and Girls Staters, and the Scouts that helped with our rummage. Be sure to mark
your calendar for October 17 for Oktoberfest 12:00 noon to 3:00. Traditional German Foods, a live Professional Accordion Player, German singing Guitarist Duet and Raffle
Prizes.
We invite the spouses of our Post members to 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
COMMANDER’S CORNER
No Commander’s Corner at this time.
ADJUTANT'S DESK by James Wilhoit
It's that time of year. 2024-25 DUES ARE DUE. We currently have 97 members renewed. Our goal is 168. We're at 58.93%, well over the 50%
we should be at mid-month, and second in the 11th District after Lower Snoqualmie Valley Post 199 in Carnation. To renew on-line, go to legion.org & click RENEW, or walegion.org & click
MEMBERSHIP, then "Pay Your Membership Dues".
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, call Jerry Livingston at 206-910-6449 for further information. Also, RETIRED HONOR GUARD
participants, if you are retired and have any articles of HG clothing, white SS Shirts, gloves, ties or raincoats that were provided by AL Post #19 please contact Jerry Livingston at the above number
and we will arrange to pick them up. Thanks, it will be good to get them back in use.
SCOUTING NEWS
Our Post sponsors four scouting units: Boy Scout Troop 498 (40 youths), Cub Scout Pack 468 (30 youths), a girls’ BSA Troop, and Venture Crew 498 (10 youths). The
Venture group is made up of both boys and girls, and they meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. If you’d like to get involved, contact Scouting Chair Gregory Craff, 425-268-8335,
gmcraff@yahoo.com
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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