11/22/2025
๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ! ๐บ๐ธ
First things first โ ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐. Weโve been a little MIA from Facebook. Between an unexpected stay in โFacebook Jailโ and a few technical hiccups getting back onlineโฆ and then life happening (as it does!)โฆ time simply got away from us.
But the good news? ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ!
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๐บ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น โ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต
We had a wonderful turnout and an even better day of fellowship!
A heartfelt ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ to:
โข ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐
โข ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป
โข ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ
Thank you for taking time out of your demanding schedules to be with us!
To our community partners who donated, volunteered, and showed up for us โ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐.
And to our incredible membersโฆ you showed up and ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐! Your months of planning, teamwork, and dedication made this event everything it was. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ.
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๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ โ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐ต
We were thrilled to participate again this year! Thank you, Valley View Baptist Church, for partnering with us and welcoming us back each October. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐!
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๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ โ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ
We provided pink pens, emery boards, and hand cream to the female veterans at the Chattanooga VA Clinic in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ to support and uplift the women who have served.
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๐ ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ โ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐ต
What a day! We served ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ and ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด๐ with chips and drinks to veterans at the Chattanooga VA Clinic.
You may have seen us on Local 3 News โ our President, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, was interviewed about the work our Auxiliary does to support veterans and their families. ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น for the chance to raise awareness.
โธป
๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ โ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ญ๐๐
Our VFW and Auxiliary hosted a fun-filled night and passed out ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ด๐ packed with treats. A huge shout-out to veteran ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ for creating an amazing haunted house!
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๐บ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒโ๐ โ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ต
We joined Applebeeโs in Fort O for their annual Veterans Day meal giveaway. Our VFW and Auxiliary handed out โ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ and ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ to every veteran who came by. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ to recognize their service and sacrifice.
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We know that was a lot โ but ๐๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ! ๐
As we move into the holiday season, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ for whatโs next!
And remember:
If you are a veteran of a foreign war, or the family member of someone who served, we would ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ to welcome you. Come talk with us about membership and how you can join in the meaningful work we get to do in our community.
๐บ๐ธ ๐ง๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ.
