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Chapter Achievements
From the Field: with scholarships to the Northwest largest all-volunteer home rehabili-
Olympia (Wash.) Area Chapter Youth Leadership Conference, host tation organization, and Heroes at
Members of the Olympia (Wash.) events at the Washington Soldiers Home, a program that assists needy
Area Chapter recently donated $500 Home in Orting, Wash., help fund military families.
to the Puget Sound Area USO. The military programming on a public Chapter President Lt. Col. Dan
donation will be used to purchase television station, and sponsor an Karnes, USA-Ret., led MOAA vol-
snacks and supplies for military annual military band concert in unteers as they cut up and stacked
members and their families who use Olympia, Wash. wood from a fallen tree, rebuilt a
the USO facilities at Seattle-Tacoma fence, cleared debris, and replaced
International Airport and McChord Southwest Virginia Chapter the cover on an unused well.
AFB, Wash. Southwest Virginia Chapter mem- “It was a lot of fun, and it felt
Chapter members also have bers joined with local members good to help a veteran here in our
shown support for military families of the Junior League to do some area,” says chapter member Brig.
by donating more than $3,000 each much-needed repair work at the Gen. Scott Van Cleff, USAF-Ret.
year to Santa’s Castle in Fort Lewis, home of Frank Quinn, a disabled
Wash., which provides Christmas Korean War veteran who lives in Lancaster (Pa.) Chapter
presents to children of needy mili- Roanoke, Va. The effort was coor- Members of the Lancaster (Pa.)
tary personnel. In addition, mem- dinated by the Roanoke branch of Chapter continue to help area stu-
bers provide high school students Rebuilding Together, the nation’s dents. Chapter members recently
presented a $500 scholarship to
Heather Bernheim, who attends
Franklin and Marshall College
in Lancaster. Bernheim also is a
member of an Army ROTC unit the
chapter supports at Millersville
University in Pennsylvania.
Earlier this year, more than 30
members participated in the chap-
ter’s Adopt-a-Kid/Adopt-a-Vet
program, during which they teach
area children about the military and
what it means to be a veteran.
“We want the kids to understand
(above) From left, Puget Sound the sacrifi ces made by veterans to de-
USO Director Donald Leingang fend our country in war and peace,”
accepts a check from Olympia says Chapter Board Member and
(Wash.) Area Chapter President Publicity Chair Lt. Col. Richard Smith,
Col. David Slotwinski, USA-Ret., as USAF-Ret. “We want to impress on
Tracye Kakely of the USO and Chap- them that freedom isn’t free.” MO
ter Treasurer Lt. Col. John C. Taylor,
USAF-Ret., look on. (left) Lancaster
— Contributors are Col. Lee Lange II,
USMC-Ret., director; Col. Barry Wright,
(Pa.) Chapter member Col. Victor
USA-Ret., deputy director, Council and
M. Bove, USA-Ret., left, shows war-
Chapter Affairs; and Kris Ann Hegle. For
time photos to area students. submission information, see page 20.
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