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McLENNAN COUNTY VETERANS
ASSOCIATION Mission Statement To establish, maintain,
raise funds, and contribute to patriotic observances, commemorative days,
educational activities, and monuments dedicated to members of the Armed
Services who served and with special tribute to those who died in WW II,
Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War, Panama, Grenada, Somalia, Desert Storm,
Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. In addition, to join together the veteran,
patriotic, and support organizations in the Heart of Texas to render
assistance to active military, veterans, widows, and orphans; youth
organizations; veterans burial plots; and to raise funds for charitable
services. ORGANIZATIONAL
OBJECTIVES -2008 Patriotic Events 1) Memorial Day Ceremony:
sponsor, manage, participate & donate 2) Veterans Appreciation
Week:
participate & donate 3) Dedication of Purple
Heart monument: manage, participate & donate 4) Veterans Day Parade: sponsor,
manage, participate & donate 5) Prisoners of
War-Missing in Action Remembrance: sponsor, manage, participate & donate 6) Enduring Freedom
Monuments: participate & donate Community Service 7) Homeless Veterans
-Mission Waco: participate & donate 8) Young Marines -Heart
of Texas: participate
& donate 9) Young Marines -Drum
& Bugle Corps:donate 10) Flag Burning
Ceremony: sponsor, manage, participate & donate 11) Heart of Texas
Memorials: Maintenance
participate, & donate Veterans Service 12) Veterans Hospital
Volunteer Service: participate 13) Order of the Silver
Rose -Agent Orange poisoning: sponsor,
participate & donate 14) Coordinate 36
veteran, patriotic & support groups: sponsor,
manage & participate 15) Memorials &
Burial Plots for Veterans: sponsor,
participate & donate 16) Veterans Advisory
Council: sponsor
& participate 17) Veterans
Communication Council: participate Educational 18) Freedom isn't Free
Scholarship: participate
& donate 19) Public & Private
School Speakers:participate Fund Raising 20) Memorial Day Ceremony: solicit, manage & donate
21) Vets Fest Outback Steakhouse: sponsor, solicit, manage, participate & donate
22) Veterans Day Parade: solicit,
manage & donate 23) Grant Awards -Wal-mart: solicit,
manage & donate 24) Buddy Poppies: solicit, manage & donate Community Relations 25) press,television,
radio, Waco Magazine manage 26) Sheriffs Department:
recognition & donate 27) Caritas: recognition Administration 28) Apply for IRS 501 ( c ) 3: manage
29) Relocation of Meeting Site: manage 30) Update Membership Roster & E-mail Add: manage 31) Update bylaws: manage |