Free Barnstormers Tickets

Sign up for free tickets to the fourth annual Salute to Veterans day at Clipper Magazine Stadium.

The event will be held May 26, with the pregame activities starting at 5:30 p.m. Bear expects to have about 1,100 tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Each veteran is entitled to two tickets along with free parking and Barnstormer Bucks, which can be used to purchase food and drinks at the game. Tickets can be obtained by calling Bear’s office at 626-1776 or online at www.repbear.com.

The Barnstormers will play the York Revolution at 6:30 p.m.

The pregame show will be emceed by retired WGAL Channel 8 news anchor Dick Hoxworth and will feature the Valley Forge Military Academy Marching Band and Washington Memorial Pipe Band.

Also performing will be the Pennsylvania National Guard Color Guard, Red Rose Veterans Honor Guard, the Marine Corps League Lancaster Detachment and combined color guards from Lititz Springs VFW Post 1463, Garden Spot American Legion Post 56 from Lititz and the American Legion Post 34 from Manheim Township. The color guards will be under the command of Maj. Luis Mendoza.

Boy Scout troops from Lititz Borough and Warwick Township will unfurl a large American flag.
Special guest will be 11-year-old Jordan Brown, the South Lebanon Elementary School fifth-grader whose “Hang Tough” project has raised thousands of dollars to help erect a statue in St. Marie du Mont, France, honoring Lancaster native Maj. Richard Winters.

The first 400 veterans to sign up also will be treated to a free movie May 28 at Penn Cinema. The event will include two free tickets, a free continental breakfast at the theater at 7:30 a.m., followed at 8 a.m. by the film “Valkyrie,” starring Tom Cruise, which is about the failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler launched buy German army officers in 1944.

More information can be found at the Lancaster Newspaper’s site.

BBC Seeking Wounded Warriors

Do you want to get involved in a fun and challenging project for British television? Can you give two British teenagers the chance to have some much-needed structure in their lives?

The British Broadcasting Corporation is looking for American parents with disabilities who have children aged 12-20 years to take part in the 4th season of its series on parenting.

We want to showcase a strong, loving family who are proud of their values, who believe in boundaries and bringing out the best in their kids.

In each one hour episode, two British teenagers will be sent to live with a family abroad to experience life in their culture and under their rule to see how their lives may be enriched and challenged.

We are excited to represent people with disabilities on a prime time UK T.V. show who are there because of their ability (being great parents) rather than their disability. We hope you do too and can’t wait hear from you.

If you interested or just want more info about the series. Email alexforeman@twentytwenty.tv or call Alex on 011 44 207 424 7739 and we will call you straight back. We are trying to find families asap so we would really love hear from you as soon as possible.

Team American Spirit Parade

The parade will take place on Saturday, April 30th. Step off is at 1:00 pm. The reviewing stand is on Buchanan Ave. and the Parade will end on Race Avenue. The parade is to honor the Veterans (Past, Present, & Future) and all First Responders (Police, Fire, & EMS).

Featured in the parade will be the 2nd Division United States Marine Corp Band, Smith Balloons (Same guy who supplies Macy’s), and the Cresent Motorcycle Drill Team from New Jersey. There will also be a concert in the park by the Marine Band, about 30 minutes after the parade (to set-up). Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket, and enjoy the music.

If you would like to help contribute to the American Spirit Parade, print the American Spirit Parade Isaacs Flyer, fill it out, and bring it to the Isaac’s on Centerville Road, as we are doing a fundraiser Tomorrow, March 29th from 5-9pm. The flyer is good for dine-in or take-out. With this flyer, Team American Spirit will get 25% of the total bill.

The TEAM would appreciate your help, and try to attend the Parade… Bring the kids!

Superbowl Party!

WE WILL ALSO BE FEATURING A WING CONTEST AND A CHILI CONTEST – ENTRIES ARE WELCOME, PRIZES ARE $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE! COME PUT YOUR RECIPE AGAINST EVERYONE ELSE’S BEST AND SEE WHO TAKES HOME THE TROPHIES!
FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR FAVORITE SUPERBOWL DISH OR DESSERT!
We had a GREAT time last year – hope you can join us this year!

For details, contact Jim Dommel or Shawn Williams (or any of the Post Officers)!
NO COVER CHARGE – PLENTY OF FREE FOOD!

VFW WILL DEFEAT BACHMANN PLAN

From our national HQ, the VFW is gearing up to fight a ridiculous proposal from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to cut $4.5 billion from the Department of Veterans Affairs:

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2011 — America’s oldest and largest major combat veterans’ organization announced it will do everything within its power to defeat a plan introduced by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to cut $4.5 billion from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“No way, no how, will we let this proposal get any traction in Congress,” said Richard L. Eubank, the national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries.

On her website, the three-term congresswoman lists more than $400 billion in suggestions to cut federal spending. The VA suggestion would cap increases to VA healthcare spending, and reduce disability compensation to account for Social Security Disability Insurance payments — in other words, an offset. She says her plan is intended to generate discussion.

“The only discussion the VFW wants is to tell the congresswoman that her plan is totally out of step with America’s commitment to our veterans,” said Eubank, a retired Marine and Vietnam combat veteran from Eugene, Ore.

“There are certain things you do not do when our nation is at war, and at the top of that list is not caring for our wounded and disabled servicemen and women when they return home,” he said. “I want the congresswoman to join us in a tour of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and Poly Trauma Center the next time she’s in her home district to witness firsthand the great work the VA does every day to heal their wounds and ease their pain. Then I want her to look those disabled veterans in the eye and tell them their service and sacrifice is too expensive for the nation to bear.

“The day this nation can’t afford to take care of her veterans is the day this nation should quit creating them,” said Eubank.

Contact your representative today and let them know we won’t stand for this!