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Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association
Rhode
Island
Chapter
“Veterans Supporting Veterans and our Community”
November 2006 Meeting
Information:
Welcome Aboard our New
Members:
Maurice “Toby” Trudel (Currently in
Florida
till spring)
Raymond Cadoret
Todd Jerdee
Jennifer Jerdee (our second female full-member)
Charles “Chuck” Perry
Lawrence
“Larry” Seuss
Wayne Leary
Felix Marinelli
John DiRaimo
Admin Notes:
E-mail change for Mike Stahl:
mike_stahl2000@yahoo.com
New Telephone number for Toby Trudel: See Pete Shaw
Our Hasbro Children’s Hospital Donation was a Huge success and
the 94
“Family Gift Bags” our Auxiliary and helping hands put together
were
Distributed to families there at the Hospital just shortly after we
departed
So let’s give a hand to our Auxiliary and Supporters who put this
together.
We still have $90 of a donation by the
Ponnagansett
High School
and our
Vice Commander Peter Shaw will head up that shopping and donation
from
The flyer we put out. No more money needs to come out of our
pockets for
This other than making it an even $100 by adding a ten spot. But we
need to
Agree on a deadline in
order to contact Robin Moyer for the drop off time.
I have here a copy of the thank you letter if anyone has not seen
it yet. Although
I believe I e-mailed it out to all of those who I had the address
for.
I am attaching the flyer I had sent also…this time our focus is
on the Children
At the hospital with a wish list we received from the staff there.
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association
Rhode
Island
Chapter
“Veterans Supporting Veterans and our Community”
Family and Friends,
On
October 16th 2006
the Combat Vets Association delivered 94 “Family Gift Bags” To the
Hasbro Children’s Hospital in
Rhode Island
. Gift bags included personal Hygiene items and Puzzle books for Family
members who stay long periods of time while their child is admitted for
long term care.
Along with a donation
by the
Ponnaganset
High school
we wish to continue our drive but now for the Children of the Hospital to
provide a better quality of life during their stay. The following is a
“Wish List “of items that the Hospital can use:
Gift Certificates – Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R
Us, Borders
UNO Playing Cards, Quiddler, Phase 10, Suduko, Mad
Libs, Crosswords/Word Searches
Rattles – Sassy, Teethers, Fisher Price Musical
Star Stackers, V-Tech Infant Toys
Coloring Books – Disney, Dora, Spiderman
Construction Paper
8 ½” x 11” White Paper
Crayola 8-Pak (crayons)
Stickers
Children’s Character Latex-free Band-Aids
Match Box Cars
Cars & Trucks for children under 2 years
I-Spy Books
New Release DVD’s – G, PG, PG-13
No Donation is
too small; The Children of today are the future of tomorrow..
Please help us
to help them in their time of need. Thank You for your Support!
POC: Peter
Shaw (275-4800)
Andrew Martel (323-8649)
Mike Dalmazzi (556-3160)
Andrew “Dash” Martel
R.I. Chapter Commander
Combat Veterans Association
I would like
to thank all of you who supported the Sgt. Michael Wiedemann funeral with
the Patriot Guard riders. Again..Some of us are members of the Patriot
Guard Riders and there is No cost to become a member..You simply log onto
the website www.patriotguard.org
And sign
up..The only thing else you need is to support our fallen hero’s with no
commitment to attend every function, due to the fact that some are during
the workday
And it can
be difficult to get the time out of work. The families DO notice the
support!
I would like
to ask a guest speaker to attend our December meeting. My plan is to
contact a member of the Veterans Affairs Councilor department to ask him
to come and speak and offer information, but I will need to give him our
December date and what if any requirements there are of us. And of course
I would like a good attendance of members to be here for this occasion.
Our State
Rep. Mike Dalmazzi has come up with Raffle tickets with cash prizes.
Our drawing
for this will be the February meeting I believe to be the 18th
and
Those ticket
holders need not be present to claim the prize.
The cash
prizes will total $500.00 all together; our goal will be to sell double
that to make our account grow a bit so that next year we can continue our
donation drives without reaching deep into our own pockets. So Mike will
print up these tickets and we must try to sell as many as possible through
February. Note: February meeting will be our 1 year anniversary as a
Chapter in
Rhode Island
.
Tickets are
$1.00 each or a book of 6 for $5.00
Just a note:
The print paper and ink is coming out of Mike’s Pocket.
Our 2nd
Annual Rhode Island Veterans Home Donation run will be scheduled for
Thursday December 14th at
5pm
.
I have been
in touch with them and they will provide us with a Fantastic Vets Home
meal when we arrive. I have $130.00 which was put together for a parting
gift from my service from the Military. Due to some comments and a big
stink made by some of the management I decided I would not keep the money
and e-mailed a note to the military facility thanking them for the
donation to the Veterans Home.
Note: That
should have gone up managements ASS a mile!
The
unveiling of the Combat Infantryman’s Monument will be presented in the
spring.
At the
Veterans
Cemetery
in
Exeter
. We of course have a paving brick in place and I will send out details
when that time comes. And we can make a ride of it.
We are
hosting the Regional Meeting here in Rhode Island Possibly in the August
of 2007 timeframe and need to plan now for it. Catering, prizes, etc…
I have
ordered the “Military Pack” from the postal Service and received
boxes, custom forms, etc.. To send our members and friends in
Iraq
with the 1207th.
The plan is
to send a box to the unit, and separate boxes to each of our members of
the CVMA there. This needs to get put together soon. And I will need the
Auxiliary to help us out on this.
The
Auxiliary would like to put on a Spaghetti dinner to support our fund also
at possibly the Pawtucket VFW hall if we can get the facility without
cost…Steve Beauregard is a member? Or contact Major Colby in regards to
this?
Auxiliary
comments?....
Awards:
As you may
or may not know…We: John Westlake,Mike dalmazzi, and myself were
required to a sit-down with the Hells Angels of Rhode Island last month.
All went well,
We layed out
our information,what we are and what we do..the fact we are not an MC but
a Veterans Organization. We have their blessing and should not have any
more members questioned on our patch or purpose..and even have their
support if needed.
As you may
know, during the Toys for tots drive, John decided to ride his bike in the
most brutal driving rain we have seen This year,He then was the last to
leave the tent and was surrounded by 6 hells angels..and was the contact
for the meeting for our group. In which we traveled to their club house
one night and entered the Gate..Pitbull and all.
So I present to John a set of Brass Balls!
Now, on our
Hasbro Childrens Hospital Run, Rick Davius showed up with his bike missing
a mirror, a few bolts, and almost killed Wayne Leary with flying bolts and
parts.
So we present Rick (who is away out of state) with his own roadside kit.
At the
Operation Holiday Cheer donation, Al Thibeault had called me early in the
morning and said he needed to take the car other than the bike due to the
amount of items he had bought after a collection at work that night..he
had about $250 worth of items from the list and needed help getting into
the Armory. I think every
Rhode Island
veteran serving in
Iraq
will get something Al had donated..Hero of the day!
So to Al Vets don’t forget
tee shirt…
Ride
Safe..Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Families!
Andrew
“Dash” Martel
R.I.
Chapter Commander
Combat
Veterans Association
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