Melissa Frey’s mother emailed recently to let us know her daughter’s 40th birthday is coming up. If you can, send her a card or an email to congratulate her and wish her a speedy & safe return!
July 31 is Missy’s 40th birthday, a miles stone, and another birthday away from home. I am trying to get a card shower going, would you please send her a card if you have the time. Here is her address:
1SG Melissa Frey
1185th/595th TTG
APO-AE 09366You can also email her or send an ecard at
We have the chance to purchase t-shirts from our adopted unit, the 1185th DDSB.
We’ve been given a tentative price of $15 per shirt. But if you want to help and don’t need a shirt of your own, you can also donate to the t-shirt fund to buy t-shirts for the needier family members. This is another great way to support the soldiers and families if you haven’t been able to get to any of our other events!
If you’re interested, please contact Shawn Williams via email or by phone (717-799-0991).
Are you looking for some adorable company for a brief period of time? One of our adopted soldiers is returning home in June and needs a pet sitter for two weeks as he and his wife go on a cruise! While they’re gone, they’re looking for a responsible, loving person to take care of Chloe for a little over a week.
Chloe is a wonderful little dog but does best with no other pets around. She is a Boston Terrier and weighs 20 pounds. She loves belly rubs and snuggling next to people and to sleep under the covers (and really, who doesn’t?)! But she is a crate trained and can be left alone for up to a normal business day and can sleep in it if she has to. She loves to play ball; she is obsessed with fetching!
This would be a great opportunity for a child that wants to prove they’re up to the task of getting their own pet, or just someone that would like to help out one of our adopted soldier’s families!
This would be for June 12th through the 20th. If you’re interested, please email webmaster@vfwpost7294.org.
Recently, one of our founding members, 92-year-old Harry Lines, was flown with other WWII veterans to the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Washington, DC for the premiere of HBO’s “The Pacific.” During the event, Harry was treated like the hero he was, and he and the other veterans were honored both by the Marriott and Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg. Harry was also interviewed for a brief documentary about the experience:
Have you thanked a veteran today? If you haven’t, why not come by the post on Sunday, April 11th at noon and join us for a Spaghetti Dinner (tickets are $8). Not only can you thank the veterans that are members of the post, we’re going to have live Skype web chats (with web cameras/voice) with some of the soldiers from the 1185th DDSB, our adopted unit, that are currently deployed overseas!
We will be joined by family members of the 1185th, who are enduring the hardships of their beloved family members being away from them. They could certainly use a THANK YOU, too!