The year 2010 holds an opportunity for
us as an organization to try to do more in the community and
try to get our name out. However, to do that each of us
needs to make a commitment to become a little more involved.
At this time we have a commitment to
support the JROTC program at Flowing Wells High School. We
do this through our scholarship program, supporting the
Apache Drill Competition, and Distinguished Service Awards
at the school’s annual Award’s Ceremony. Fortunately, our
Annual Golf Tournaments have provided us with the funds to
do this.
We have just begun to become involved
with the Missing In America Program headed by John Curtis
and assisted by Art Schmid, Ed Blankschen, Al Price, and
Harold Lindamood. This program is complex and is something
that will be on-going for quite a while. If it is to be
successful, it will take the efforts of many members of the
group to help get it done.
I am asking each of you to try to
become more involved in chapter activities. I know we each
of you have a life beyond the Association, but hopefully you
can put a small portion of your time into helping. In one
way we are fortunate – most of our members are retired and
have more time to donate than those members who are still on
active duty or working a “real” job.
Our Charter was issued on November 20,
2001 and next year will be our tenth anniversary.
In those few years we have done more
than many chapters have done with a much longer history-
1. We are now running our 9th annual golf tournament.
2. We instituted a Scholarship for the
graduating JROTC students.
3. Hosted the Annual Warrant Officer
Association meeting in 2005
4. Commissioned the sculpting of the
statue for the Apache Drill Competition. The statue is
awarding to the winning team, but is returned the next year
to be presented to the that year’s winning team.
5. Established the Distinguished
Service Award that is given to the best JROTC cadet in each
grade level –Gold for Seniors, Silver-for Juniors, Bronze-
for Sophomores, and Copper-for Freshmen.
6. Donated money for the re-internment
on May 20, 2009 at the Sierra Vista VA Cemetery of the
military and civilian bodies unearth in Tucson.
7. Helped out at Winter Haven to
collect food for the Tucson Food Bank.
8. Donate time to
Veterans’ Administration Hospital.
9. Donated money to help
defray the cost of transporting the cremains of three
servicemen to Arlington Cemetery. |
