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September 2009

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December ž

Mark Pennington , President

Robert Henry, Vice President

Marylen Wallace, Secretary       mapsf03@att.net     

From the museum staff…  please see our end of the year letter on the home page.  It will serve as our December newsletter.

What a year we have had so far...lots of great events, new friends and progress toward a building!!!

Fall is here, nice cool weather.  As we go into the last third of the year, we still have several events to go!!!  The boys are at Zionsville this weekend as I write this.  It is a wonderful casual weekend in a very patriotic town.  The hours are changing out at Fort Harrison as they keep with the daylight hours mostly, our next big event out there is our weekend honoring Korean Veterans ( October 17 and 18 )  It is an indoor display out at the Fort.  Our next outdoor event is on Halloween at Delaware Lake.  We will be having a haunted soldiers hay ride for the public.  This was a lot of fun last year and we are looking forward to it again.  We are out there ahead of time to talk to the public about the role that the fort played in the 20th Century, then as night falls, the fun begins!!!  Calling all zombie soldiers!!!  We would like a big turnout for this.  The more, the scarier!!

As we go forward, we are still waiting for the go ahead to move into to the building.  Progress is being made every month toward that goal, so wait and watch with us as we grow.

My thanks to all who helped out at Riley Hospital for Children's Back to School event.  It was a great day to help the kids get back into the school mode.  As teachers, it is fantastic any time we can connect with students ( although the favorite subject was not history, it was recess!!! ).  We look forward to doing that again next year.

We will be collecting new unwrapped toys for our Christmas donation to the Ronald McDonald House.  You may bring a toy to any of our events listed on the calendar and we will put them together with the others for the donation.  Keep bringing the pop tabs as well.  

 

We are looking for some guest speakers for  a seminar series that we are putting together for next year.  Please contact me if you are interested.  mapsf03@att.net and put guest speaker in the subject line.

 

November 14 at the Garrison Restaurant

Return to the 40's     Dinner and Dance

Big band music, dinner and door prizes.  Call 591-0122 for more information.

Programs in place….                                     .

This year we have joined the Campbell's Soup label program. This allows us to use a catalog to purchase school supplies, library supplies, books,

 dvd's and many other items by turning in the Campbell's Soup Labels for credit.  You can go to Campbell's Labels for Education web site for a

 complete listing of all of the eligible items and I will try to get a copy of it linked to the web page for you all to visit off of the web page.

                       So far, with a  help from family , friends and strangers , we have 300 points already. All the items we are looking at adds up to

                       about 10,000 points. I know it seems like a lot, but we only have 99,700 left to go!!!! You can bring labels to me ( Marylen ) at any event

                       or mail them to the museum P O Box ( 501277 Indy Indy 46250 ) at any time you gather them.

 Also don't forget we are still gathering pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House and this year we have joined up with the Funding Factory

to turn in ink cartridges collected for cash and items as well.

 

We are recycling , saving and earning all at the same time!!

Text Box: ONGOING PROJECTS: AT EVERY EVENT - WE WILL TAKE FLAGS FOR RETIREMENT TO BE TURNED IN TO OUR LOCAL VFW IN MAY, JULY AND SEPTEMBER - WE WILL BE ACCEPTING NEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR THE HALF PINT LIBRARY AT RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN BANNERS IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS WILL BE SENT JUNE, AUGUST AND OCTOBER THROUGH OPERATION GRATITUDE - WE WILL BE COLLECTING SIGNATURES AT ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SET UP A TABLE ( 14 banners and 365 letters so far in 2009! IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL GROUP, YOUTH GROUP OR HOME SCHOOLING GROUP - YOU CAN SEND PACKETS OF CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO OUR SOLDIERS TO THE MUSEUM PO BOX AT THE TOP FRONT OF THE NEWSLETTER AND WE WILL ADD THEM TO THE BOXES GOING TO OPERATION GRATITUDE. IN APRIL, JUNE, AUGUST AND OCTOBER - YOU CAN BRING NEW AA AND AAA BATTERIES TO ANY EVENT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO RILEY HOSPITAL CHILD LIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OLDER KIDS TO USE WITH THEIR DVD'S AND HAND HELD GAMES. POP TABS CAN BE TURNED IN TO ME AT ANY EVENT TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - IN 2007 -75 LBS OF POP TABS -2008-108.5.5, LET'S MAKE IT150LBS IN 2009!!!!!  52 LBS SO FAR!!! FT HARRISON STATE PARK HAS A BLUE BIRD BOX FOR DONATIONS FOR FEEDING THE BIRDS AND THE FISH AT THE PARK ( AND IN THE NATURE CENTER ) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE SPARE CHANGE OF ANY AMOUNT - ANY TIME WE ARE SET UP IN THE PARK AT FT HARRISON , YOU CAN BRING THE DONATION , CLEARLY MARKED " IDNR BLUE BIRD FUND" AND WE WILL TAKE IT TO THE PARK OFFICE.