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4 www.DesertMessenger.com September 7, 2016 UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE VFW VFW MEMBERS AND GUESTS NOTE: VFW Auxiliary is collecting coupons you may have that you won't use. These go to the military families who can use them up to 6 months after expiration. Please help us in this endeavor to assist our Veterans. Coupons can be left at Post. We are also collecting labels for the school and National Home for Children. Can leave items at Post Lobby. VFW Post 769 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 305 N. Central, Quartzsite, AZ, 928-927-7697 SEPT 10: COMRADES HOUSE COMMITTEE 9:00 AM COMRADES MEETING AND VFW AUXILIARY MEETING – 10 A.M. MEN'S AUXILIARY 12:00 NOON SEPT 11: PATRIOT DAY – FLY YOUR FLAGS SEPT 11: DISTRICT 1 MEETING – POST 769 QUARTZSITE VFW AUXILIARY MEETING FOR INSERVICE AT 9:00 A.M. PATRIOT DAY CEREMONY AT 11:00 A.M. AUXILIARIES JOINT MEETING FOLLOWS. LUNCH 12:00 A.M. INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET AT 1:00 P.M. SEPT 16: POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY. PLEASE FLY YOUR FLAG! POW/MIA CEREMONY 10:00 A.M. IN POST FLAG RAISING FOLLOWING CEREMONY SEPT 17: DISTRICT 1 BORDERLINE RIDERS MEETING AT 9:00 A.M. AT QUARTZSITE POST 769. SEPT 24: VFW AUXILIARY MEMBER LUNCHEON, INITIATION OF NEW MEMBERS AND TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY OF THOSE HAVING THEIR BIG DAY DURING THE SUMMER. PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND. SEPT 25—Remember your Gold Star Mother. OCT 1-2—FALL CONFERENCE AT CASA GRANDE, AZ 9:00 A.M. OCT 08 –VFW AND AUXILIARY MEETINGS 10:00 A.M. MEN'S AUXILIARY MEETS AT 12:00 NOON OCT 10—AUXILIARY MEMBER BIRTHDAY PARTY IN DINING ROOM AT NOON Initiation will be held for those wishing to be initiated. NOV 05—VFW AUXILIARY YARD SALE IN PARKING LOT 8:00 AM T0 3:00 PM (More on this in next issue) PLEASE CHECK AT POST AS ADDITIONAL EVENTS MAY BE SCHEDULED Check at the Post or on the VFW Post 769 website for information on additional activities being planned. www.vfwpost769.org Comrades meet –2nd Saturday each month – 10:00 a.m. at Post Auxiliary meets – 2nd Saturday in the dining room area at 10:00 a.m. House Committee meeting – 2nd Saturday each month -9:00 a.m. at Post Men's Auxiliary 2nd Saturday each month - 12:00 noon at Post 69% of Americans don't have a plan 69% of Americans do not have a family emergency plan September is recognized as National Preparedness Month (NPM) which serves as a reminder that we all must take action to prepare, now and throughout the year, for the types of emergencies that could affect us where we live, work, and also where we visit. We spend hours of every day preparing: for the day, the big presentation or a family meal. But when was the last time you took steps to prepare your family for a disaster? Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is im- portant to think about the following situations and plan just in case. Consider the following questions when making a plan: • How will my family/household get emergency alerts and warnings? • How will my family/household get to safe locations for relevant emergencies? • How will my family/household get in touch if cell phone, internet, or landline doesn't work? • How will I let loved ones know I am safe? • How will family/household get to a meeting place after the emergency? Severe weather and other emergencies can strike with little or no warning and can have disastrous impacts. Whether at home or on the go, everyone should learn the steps necessary to make preparedness part of their everyday life. Throughout the month, FEMA will offer tips to help you be disaster ready, including ways you can stay safe during a disaster and steps you can take to protect yourself and your family when traveling. Follow FEMA www. facebook.com/fema, to receive the latest preparedness updates. For detailed information about how to be ready for severe weather in your area, including a list of items you will want to have in your emergency kit, visit http://www.ready.gov/, or our Spanish site at www.listo.gov. The way they kept track of who was in the lead was through social me- dia. We had to take a picture or vid- eo depending on the clue's instruc- tions, and upload it to Instagram using a specific hashtag (#). Once we finished the scavenger hunt, we headed back to the conference cen- ter. We realized as we were on our way back that the league hadn't yet announced the winner. We also knew with time running out our odds of being first were getting slimmer. Once we reached the con- ference center and realized there were no other teams there, we ran in and claimed first place. After the scavenger hunt we had a speaker by the name of Alonzo Jones who spoke to us about com- plex individuality. He told us that we all wear multiple hats depend- ing on our surroundings and who we are with. After listening to him speak we had another woman speak who talked about how we should try and treat our lives like an improv show, by not turning down ideas and adding to them to create some- thing awesome. After listening to our concluding speaker, I sat in on another session called "What Makes Youth Stay or Go". It was a panel of youth dele- gates who were asked specific ques- tions about what would make them want to stay in small communities, most of the answers had to do with either family or education. This con- cluded my second day of the confer- ence. On Thursday, I sat in on an Open Meeting Law training that explained exactly what Open Meet- ing Law was and how it worked as well as the basic rules and concept of it. I also sat in on a session called "Effective Mayor, Council, and Manager Relationships" which was another panel discussion that an- swered questions about what made the local government work smooth- CONFERENCE FROM PAGE 2 ly. I also attended a session titled "Legislative Dunk Tank" which was a panel of people running for office answering questions from the au- dience. After finishing the last ses- sion we headed down to set up for the Showcase of Cities & Towns that evening. There were booths from a bunch of different places all over the state. They were giving out all kinds of information from their area. There were a ton of people there. On the last day of the confer- ence the general closing session was about the properties of a good lead- er. Dr. Suzanne Peterson, Professor of Management and Faculty Direc- tor, Executive Education, W. P. Car- ey from School of Business, Arizona State University, talked about how you should treat everyone of equal importance. She used the quote, "I don't care who you are, by prestige or privilege, I'm going to treat you the same." Going to the conference was a great opportunity, I learned a lot and am excited to put all of my knowledge to use.

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