AMVETS

[laughs]

... for a t-shirt? Like you feel me? Like what happened to that? So y'all, I'm like, I'm glad that we all got put on but w- we've gotta, we gotta write Goodwill and AmVets a letter.

Something, 'cause I don't know what, what, what the, what the price scale is, but that's not it.

But the style I would just, the aesthetic that I, I am these days is just, uh, I say inner child.

And they've been through it, right?

That's, that's how you build that foundation of trust, and we're not afraid to go to the VA and say, "Sir, you need to assign this person, either a s- a now civilian who has been around at least more than, uh, 35 years." And, and we kind of forced the issue because of our partnership with the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, the VFW, Rolling Thunder, all AMVETS, all these organizations we partner with.

And when things become more traumatic and they are not helping support our veterans because the claim is we don't have enough doctors, which is true, uh, there are 20.1 million veterans in America.

That doesn't even include their families, and we ha- we also work with their families so they understand.

It's a lamp.

Now, I personally, more than anything, I got this one at Walmart, but usually I love going to g- Goodwill or AmVets or one of those type of places and finding old '70s gaudy lamps.

Oh, I love me a gaudy lamp.

You know? Iridescent or something.

And a lot of them go to something similar to the Mercer County of Aging, right? And in these different counties, there's different names for it.

And some of them go to Moose, uh, AMVETS, VFWs, things like that, right? And what people don't realize is, let's just play devil's advocate-

Sure

... and I'm, I'm hoping this doesn't burn me.

... well, I think she's been to some other political fundraisers and stuff, but she was blown away.

You know, everybody ex- and there's nothing wrong with that, but everybody expects it like we're having it in an AMVETS hall or something, you know-

[laughs]

... with a couple balloons hanging from the ceiling or whatever.

Is it going to go up my purse?

We've got Scott in the studio from the Amvets.

What's

happening?

is? Because this is what happens.

We go to an event.

I'm going to be set up at the Amvets on Saturday and the Punishes on Sunday.

So you think I'm going to sit there and go...

But I do have to say, I, I was happy.

Well, actually, it was one of my AmVets guys that won it.

Right.

But by the time w- uh, Scott made the phone call to let him know he won, he'd just bought, I think two weeks ago, a brand-new Evel Knievel American Harley-Davidson-

They helped them, I wanna thank them as well.

And, uh, the post, what post was doing the, uh, security? Post 111?

AmVets Post 111, and I believe Gramps from-

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Reverend Paul McDonald, pastor of Divine Mercy Parish, did so.

Military honors rendered by the AMVETS, the AMVETS Honor Guard.

He asked that any contributions in Mark's name be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Mark Patterson.

Veterans visit the Bilingual Center School 33.

The eighth grade Home Language Arts program at the Bilingual Center School 33, located at 157 Elk Street, will be conducting interviews with the members of the John R. Cole AMVETS Post 24 on Wednesday, September 30th at 2026 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

The interviews with Post members are designed to give the students a deeper understanding of the U.S. military.

During the interviews, students will gain wisdom, knowledge, hear stories, see various photographs, uniforms worn at peace and war times, plus see the medals that Post members have earned while in the service.