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VFW Post 7539

Bloomingdale, IL 

All-American Post 2008-2009
 

VFW Post 7539 meets the third Thursday of each
month at the Bloomingdale Library, 101 Fairfield Way,
Bloomingdale, IL, 60108-1537.  Meeting is on the lower
level, starting at 7:00 pm and normally lasting
NLT 8:45 pm.  Post Commander is Cliff Hall.   


Cmdr Cliff Hall  Vice Chuck Groner  Jr Vice Randy Winter QM Dave Burdick
 

Contact Information: 
Bill Bahr,  Webmaster, Public Relations, Voice of Democracy Chair, CHARACTER COUNTS! Representative,  and Asst Adjutant 
Email
Click here for telephone numbers of post contacts.
Click here for our Facebook page.


Help your local VFW help the community.  We...

·       Ship packages monthly to servicemen overseas
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Provide Christmas gifts to Hines VA Hospital patients
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Participate in color/honor guards and local parades
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Perform memorial services at cemeteries
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Support the WWII Veteran Honor Flight program
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Offer assistance to servicemen on active duty
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Offer Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy student scholarships
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Support Scout of the Year and Teacher of the Year programs
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Organize Flag Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day programs
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Provide lectures at the invitation of local schools
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Provide American Flag disposal services
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Run special projects, eg, helped supply bathrobes to Illinois VA hospitals

  
    

As State Commander, Comrade Bill Wolff led the effort to raise $40,800 to supply 2700 bathrobes to Illinois VA Hospitals in 2011.
For our continuing post project, please help Bill send out lots more troop care packages this year.

To make a donation to support our troops, please send a check or money order to:

VFW Post 7539, 101 Fairfield Way, Bloomingdale, IL, 60108-1537

           

Support Our Troops Info
3,510 packages sent to Iraq & Afghanistan, averaging 45 per month, as of 12/16/11
To watch a packing session, click here.

 

2011 VFW National Convention: 
“DIRECTORS AWARD”
Category 2 – Memorial or Inspirational Displays

2010-2011 State of Illinois Winner

2009-2010 District Winner, 3rd in State
2008-9 State of Illinois Winner
Buddy Poppy Display Contest
Post Chair:  Cliff Hall


2011-2012 Voice of Democracy Winner (Lake Park HS):  1st Place:  Danielle Brewer

2011-2012 Patriot Pen Winners (Middle Schools): 
3 First Places:  Allison M Spencer (Roselle Middle School), Grace E Horgan (Trinity Luthern), & Nicholas J Kavouris (St Walter's)





Program-Start/Departure Times;  Assembly usually 30 minutes before. 
Click here for 19th District and Illinois Department Events


9 Nov   Trinity School Vet Visit, 0830 am
11 Nov  Veterans Day; street flags (0800 Dominicks); Gazebo ceremony 11 am; Erikson School Vet Visit, 1:30-3:30 pm
Nov 17    Monthly Meeting to be held at Bloomingdale Fire Department
Nov 26   Snowman's Crossing, 9 am Library
Dec 15, Hines VA Hospital XMAS Visit, Gazebo Depart @ 5:30pm
Dec 17  Christmas Party, 7 pm, Addison Post
Jan 7,  2012   Voice of Democracy Dinner, Alta Villa, Addison
Jan 28, 2012    Patriot Pen Luncheon West Chicago #6791
Mar 24,
Honor Guard, Elevator Union, Rosemont, Gazebo depart, 5:45 pm 
April 14, 2012   Poppy Dinner Addison Post

May 20, 2012   District Convention
Jun 14-17  Department Convention (Springfield)

                                     

     

Chicago Honor Flight  5/30/2011
Bloomingdale Walk-a-dog-a-thon  5/1/2011  (2:15 and 10:00)
Hines Visit  12/8/2010
Memorial Day 2010
Hines VA Hospital Visit  12/9/2009
Home of the Brave:  Noah, Shealeigh, and Vets
Veterans Day 2009 Tribute

Comrade Sean Grimes and Family on Video for the USMC
All-American Post Nomination Letter:  2008-09 Activities
Memorial Day 2009
Hines VA Hospital Visit  12/10/08

   Armed Forces Breakfast for Blue Star Families 

  
Bloomingdale-Walk-A-Dog-athon.org   
Memorial Day, 2008
Iraq News from post member Chris Horton, CPT, Infantry
Greetings to the Troops
Hines VA Hospital Visit 12/13/07 w/music
Hines VA Hospital Visit  12/13/07

Snowman's Crossing Tree Decoration 11/24/07
View Commander Joe's Veterans Day Tribute
View Nathan Bracher's (LPHS) Voice of Democracy First Place Essay.
Veterans Day, 2007

Past Events
  
 



Veterans Information     www.vfwildistrict19.org    www.VFWIL.org    www.VFW.org     VFW Mission      Why Join?
                  
Flag Info  
8645 flags disposed    What is a Vet?              Find a VFW Post                    Mothers' Day Virtual Flowers

Post Officers       Post History       Uniform           X Sheet           Post Pictures         Veterans Discounts

   Paul Powell Scholarship Essay Contest   Patriot's Pen Essay Contest  Voice of Democracy Essay Contest     

                 IL Scout Scholarship     Humor      Batavia Cares       Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary    CHARACTER COUNTS!                  

                                         


Challenge to Post Members:  Buy a Blue Star Service Flag and Pin (total $10) for relatives of active
military personnel.  Post will pay membership fees for those actively serving & qualifying for VFW





   Beloved Comrade Larry Votruba, RIP  
WWII  -  Deceased:  December 2011

Click for Echo Taps, Danny Boy, and Amazing Grace
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                 Bench & veteran grave-marker donations.  

 

To Our Veterans, We honor, We remember ("Mansions of the Lord"):  www.angelfire.com/ny5/ItisPeke/VDay.html

To Our WWII Veterans, Before You Go:  www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html

Poignant Photos from Iraq:  www.clermontyellow.accountsupport.com/flash/UntilThen.swf

Iraq Veterans Memorial (Video Tributes):  http://iraqmemorial.org

Honor the Fallen (Locator):  www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html

"Let's Say Thanks!":  Send a free printed postcard to a soldier serving overseas

Vietnam quote from Dana L. Safford, former Sergeant, USMC: 
"For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know."

LTG Hal Moore and Joe Galloway, "We Are Soldiers Still":
"What all of us know in our hearts is that we are soldiers still.  Some of us revisit the battlefield in nightmares.  Some of us wear scars, visible and invisible, that mark us as
changed men who walk unseen among our neighbors, who have never known what it is like to hold a dying boy in their arms and watch the life fade from his questioning eyes."


Iraq quote from Jacob B. Schick, Cpl, USMC, wounded 20 Sept 2004 (Alive Day [anniversary of a very close escape from death] Memories):
"When you look at the American flag, what do you see?  You know most people say, "an American flag."  OK.  I can put you in a setting that would make your skin crawl. 
Because you've never been and seen a national anthem with a bunch of guerneys and wheelchairs and people with fake limbs and no limbs, burned faces, burned bodies,
and seen them salute as good as they could to the American flag....  The fight doesn't stop when you get home.  In our cases, it's just begun." 

Quote from Chaplain Gregory Todd, speaking at the Wounded Warriers Ceremony, Camp Lejeune, NC (Alive Day Memories):
"Today, Lord, we honor those who bear the scars of their service that testify to their duty in the protection and defense that they have provided us.  We continue to pray for
our brothers and sisters in arms, those who stand the watch and are still in harm's way.  Send your angels to protect them and bring them back to us safely.  Amen."  

 



"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row...."
-- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

"We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies."
--  Moina Michael, in response


RIP:  Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Latourney, 28 of Roselle, IL; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, TX; died March 2, 2007, in Baghdad of wounds sustained
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol. 
Also killed was Spc. Luis O. Rodriguez-Contrera. 

"Military honors:  On Friday, Aug. 1, members of Bloomingdale VFW Post No. 7539 served as color guard for a memorial ceremony at the Roselle Public Library for Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Latourney, 28, of Roselle.  Latourney died in Baghdad on March 2, 2007.  He was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol.  Among the dignitaries at the ceremony were Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn and Roselle Mayor Gayle Smolinski.  'The lieutenant governor gave a very nice remembrance,” said Bill Bahr, a VFW member from Bloomingdale. 'And Sgt. Latourney’s mother also gave a short but powerfully touching farewell.'”   Bloomingdale Press, 8/6/08:  Sue Crosson-Knutson.



              
  

Arlington National Cemetery

"Rest easy, sleep well my brothers. 
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell..."


   VFW Motto:  "Honoring the dead by helping the living...."  

Adopted Home of A Company, 1-64th Armor Battalion

'"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.  Protect them as they protect us.  Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.  Amen."

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