Looking back, 2009 was a very good year for our Squadron at AMVETS Post 1957 in Adrian MI. I would like to thank all of the officers and members for their interest and hard work. We started the year with a Social to get everyone together to enjoy a beverage and pizza and to get an idea of what we are all about.
Our first moneymaking event was a gas grill give away. As the year went by we sponsored Billy Brown’s racecar, a youth hardball team, a trip to Oakshade Raceway, the Post Pool team’s jackets and a bowling team in the Associated Charities “Rock for Tot’s”.
We made a contribution to the family of a deceased life member, a contribution to the Associated Charities “A Knight at the Round Table”, one for the rebuilding of the Vietnam Memorial in monument park, and one to the Rider’s Christmas basket program.
And don’t forget our second annual “Not quite the end of summer “golf scramble in October. We finished the year with a cash lottery; and of course the first annual (?) New Years Eve Party.
Did I mention that we got an award for the largest increase in membership in the state? We are now the second largest Squadron in Michigan.
