Newsletter

Hello Post 4 Members and Friends,

Happy November! This the month of GRATITUDE and THANKS! We have a lot to be thankful

for!

What’s New!?!

Our bartenders are TIPS certified!

Our team of Bartenders have all been educated and passed their state issued tests to be in

compliance w/ CO State Alcohol laws. This protects the Post, you and your bartenders.

We are in the process of eliminating bottles.

Our domestic beers will be offered in Aluminum (with the exception of Busch, Bud Lite, and

Mich Ultra that will remain on tap). Corona, Modelo and Bud Zero will continue to be in

bottles as they do not come in aluminum. Some of you have questioned the decision as to

why? It is import for out post to not only provide variety but be profitable at he same time.

We found that we are unable to turn our inventory in an efficient amount of time before

product expiration dates. Traditionally, business will chose to see their return on investment

before repurchasing and in this instance, we chose to follow that buiness model. Secondly,

although prohibiting glassware on our patio is not documented in our bilaws, the majrotiy our

out members volcalized if a bottle were to break, our membeers, friends, pets could

potentially get cut. These were the two biggest factors in the decision to elliminate bottles.

Monday, November 18th: Meet & Greet with Windsor Post 109

We will graciously welcome members of both posts to meet at Post 4 for dinner and then go

bowling at Chippers Lanes on 830 North College Ave, Fort Collins.

*Sign-up sheets will be available on our Post Bulletin board so we can get accurate

headcount.

*Cost is $15 per person. This includes 2 hrs of bowling and rental shoes.

*Meet at Post 4 for apps and sandwiches 5-515 PM. Travel to Chippers North at 630

PM.

Have a wonderful November filled with Gratitude!

-Nicole-

Message from the commander:

Post office positions below are available, so please express your interest ASAP.

Finance Officer

Service Officer

Our upcoming event for November is to honor our Veteran’s. We have many activities

scheduled starting with the annual Veteran’s Day breakfast starting at 7:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.

We need to thank Cricket Schauermann for her dedication to leading this every year and

making this a tremendous success. Our Veteran’s look forward to the variety of items and

tasteful home cooked meal she serves. Thank You Cricket!

Our all-day events featuring a pie raffle, silent auction, and gift basket raffles are always events

the patrons look forward to. Patty Bishop is heading up this event and is orchestrating the

special items she will display for bids. Shannon Speer is our queen basket lady and between

Patty and Shannon I am confident you will find a variety of items to bid on. Thak you Patty

and Shannon!

In addition to the items mentioned above, there will be haircuts, foot and chair massages,

pedicures, manicures, and Emotion/Body/Belief Code Sessions to pamper our Veterans. We

have wonderful and talented people offering these services to our Veterans, free of charge.

Veterans, please honor yourself and attend this wonderful event. It is because of you that we

can enjoy the freedom we have. We cannot thank you enough for your service.

You are the reason Unit #4 Auxiliary exists.

Detailed flyers will be posted throughout the community, on the TV’s, Facebook, and other

media detailing all the events featured on this day. To include a live band and multiple 50/50

raffles sponsored by the other groups.

God Bless You All!

Kathy Macke - Auxiliary President

Ready or not, someday this will all come to an end. There’ll be no more sunrises, no

hours or days. Everything you’ve collected, whether they be treasures or baubles, will pass to

someone else. Your wealth, frame and power will shrivel to nothing. It will not matter what

you owned or what you were owed. Your grudges, resentments and jealousies will disappear;

as will your hopes, ambitions, plans and to do lists. It will not matter where you came from or

what side of the tracks you lived on. Your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. So how

will the value of your days be measured? What will matter in not what you bought, but what

you built; not what you got, but what you gave; not what you learned, but what you taught.

What will matter is your character and how many people will feel a lasting loss when you’re

gone. What will matter are the memories that will live in those who loved you and how long

you’ll be remembered and for what.

So, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember and

hope they appreciate you and love you for all the things you’ve done for them in the past.

George McCambridge

Happy Thanksgiving.!

We are truly blessed to live in this great country, the USA! Pray for our great nation,

its people and what we stand for.

Thank you to all who joined our meeting, I apologize for not being there.

On Veterans Day this year we will be conducting the 50-50 raffle, meat raffle and a

Smith and Wesson 357. We will have a membership table set up all day with T-shirts,

hats and membership renewals. This is a great day to enjoy the club, to reinvest in a

new year and most of all to celebrate our veterans.

As we will not be involved in food serving this year, I ask all missing links to support

in post cleanup on this day to keep it looking sharp.

!VOTE!

Tony Souders, SAL Commander

Important Dates:

2

nd: Poker Night 6 PM

12th : Meeting 6:30 PM

17th : Riders Breakfast 8-Noon

23rd : Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by ALR 2-6 PM

Thanks to all who helped with the Monster Mash Ride!

We can use food or donations for the Thanksgiving Dinner on the 23rd from 2-6 PM.

Prep & Set Up at 8:30 AM.

Items needed include turkeys, ham, potatoes, gravy, green beans, rolls, butter,

stuffing, cranberries, pies, whip cream, oil for fryers. We would like donations by Nov.

15th. Thank you in advance! This is to benefit our community and those in need.

Please spread the word!

Thanks to all again! Let’s work together and be the best we can be!

Mick Dillan – President.

We only did one funeral in the last month, so things were pretty slow. We traveled

approximately 180 total aggregate miles with 19 man hours involved.

Anyone interested in joining our elite, vital, 8 fun organization can call Terry Hartfield at 970-

219-4546 or George McCambridge at (970)-493-6412.

Terry E. Hartfield

*side note from the Office Manager: Though the Honor Guard is a complimentary service to

our Veterans, they greatly benefit from receiving donations*

October found the post at just over 55% membership for 2025. Join us for our Veterans Day

celebration in which we will honor some of our continuous members that have 2025

membership. If you have an email on file and have a multiple of 5yrs of cont membership (ie.

5, 10, 15, 20...) you will get an email inviting you to the party and presenting you with your

appropriate pin for your Legion hat! I am excited to celebrate this milestone with you and your

family at the Veterans Day celebration.

Diane Abbott

Post 4 Adjutant

instant credit with National Headquarters is to go to legion.org and click the RENEW button.

Several members of your George Beach community have put together a fabulous fun

filled day to support all our Veterans on November 11 starting early with breakfast and lasting

throughout the entire day. Join us so that we can honor you! See the final page or the

additional attachment in your email with details. Thank you, Kathy Mackee, for creating this

flyer for us!

In a conscious effort to improve quality & efficiency, the Executive Board employed an

individual manager at the bar, kitchen, office & grounds. This decision has been significantly

valuable, resulting in improved service and cost analysis.

It is essential that we not only cover our costs on food and alcohol but also profit to

cover the cost of employees, utilities, repairs & maintenance. To do so we will start rolling out

changes, including two that will start Nov. 1.

*Wings will increase to $2. Option to veggies for $1.

*Drink chips will be streamlined and become one chip valued at $3.

You can purchase a free drink for a friend at the cost of their choice

beverage if they choose to drink it at the time of purchase. If they do not want

a drink at the time of purchase, then they will receive a $3 chip to redeem later

and apply to the cost of their choice beverage in the future.

You will be able to use your old chips until 12.31.24. On 11.1.24, you will

have the option to purchase one drink chip valued at $3. This chip can be

applied to the cost of any beverage. The customer will be responsible for

covering costs exceeding $3.

There will be not refunds given for chips at any time so drink up!

Please take your unused items to the thrift. We appreciate you thinking of us and our

veteran community, but we don’t have a location to home most donations. Please do not leave

donated items. Check with a manager to verify if an item can be useful.

Karaoke is temporarily postponed until we can determine a better arrangement. We are

considering bringing in live music instead and are open to your ideas and suggestions.

“It’s not joy that makes us grateful, it’s gratitude that makes us joyful!”

Brother David Steindl-Rast

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