Winter Park Memorial Post 112 4490 North Goldenrod Road

Winter Park, FL 32792 www.wpflpost112.org

407.671.6404

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What a summer and the fall is about to begin. I do hope each of you had an enjoyable summer and now ready to go to work. Our little post is over 50% paid membership for the 2012-2013 year. Since our year begins JULY 1st and runs thru June 30th we are just ahead of schedule. Our post goal is to have the 100% goal by OCTOBER 1st. This will not only allow us to complete an objective but will help with our chari-ties. A big thank you goes to Vice Cmdr. Dress and his help-ers including Santa Claus during our Christmas in July event. The children from THE RUSSELL HOME were our guest and had a great time.

The next objective for the Executive Board is to make contact with each and every one of you. I have set this up as a LIFE LINE in which a member of the executive board will call you and check on YOU. We want to let you know that we care about you and we miss you. We will also ask you a few questions to make sure we have your correct e-mail and mail-ing address. If you do not hear from us by the end of OCTO-BER then call the Post “we may have the wrong phone num-ber for you.”

We have set up the chairperson for the committees and they are going to need your help. The executive board has been tasked with a lot but with your help on a committee may make it a greater success. The committees include: Americanism, Children and Youth, Boys State, ROTC, Veteran’s Employ-ment, Oratorical, Boys Scout, Blood Donor, ROTC Shooting, School Metals, Disaster Preparedness, Historian, Special Olympics, Religious Emphasis. As you can see it takes eve-ryone to help make this post a functioning post to support our four pillars. What would you like to do or help with just call the Post or e-mail the post?

Please remember to honor those who have and are serving us daily the law enforcement, firefighters and our service per-sonnel. September 11 is a date set aside to honor these, heroes who risk their lives for us daily.

Thank you again for allowing me to represent you and the POST this year as your Commander. I did not take this posi-tion without understanding the commitment needed to repre-sent you, the Post and the American Legion. If you need as-sistance please do not hesitate to contact the post and we will do our best to help you out. At the end of this newsletter you will see activities at the POST and around the area. If you attend, please let us know so that we can document your attendance at these functions.

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY Bill Dover Jr, Cmdr. Post 112

COMMANDER’S MINUTE 2012-2013

Officers

Commander Billy Dover

1st Vice Cmdr. Freddy Ruiz

2nd Vice Cmdr. Gerard (Jerry) Dress

Adjutant Bob Colbert

Finance Officer Dyke Shannon

Sgt. at Arms Jimmy Thornton

Judge Advocate Open

Asst. Judge Adv. Terry Brown

Service Officer Open

Chaplain Cliff Buhrow

Historian Jimmy Thornton

Sea Cadet Liaison Jim McClure

Newsletter Editor Nell Colbert

Website

http://www.wpflpost112.org

September-October 2012

Volume 5, Issue 2

Inside this Issue: Page 2 > 2nd Vice Update Page 3 > Birthdays > Boys State > Shoes for Vets Page 4 > Advertising Info > Support our Advertisers Page 5 > AUXILIARY NEWS Page 6 > Flag Presentation Page 7 > Flag Presentation—p2 Page 8 > Vet Toxic Exposure-Lejeune > DFAS Powers of Attorney & Guardianships Page 9 > Adjutant’s Update Page 10 > Hearing Aids Page 11 > United in Uniform Discounts > Support our Sponsors Page 12 > Calendar > Officers Directory

1st Vice Commander’s Report

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From the Table of the 2nd Vice Now that summer is over, let us all start supporting our Post and its functions. If you have an idea for a function let me know. It is a lot of work getting everything together for a function and only a few show up. It would be great to see a full house during our events and even if you do not eat just have a cup of coffee and talk with our members and guests. The money raised during our events go to support our charities and other functions for you. “BURGERS AND MORE” date has changed to SEPTEMBER 1ST which is LABOR DAY weekend. We thought that we would have a special desert for Labor Day event; to celebrate all of us who served are laborers for our country. September 11 will mark the 11th year since our country was invaded by terrorists. Let us remember the lives that were lost on this date and those since that day in defending our Country and our way of Life. October 27th we will be hosting our HALLOWEEN PARTY, so bring you children and grandchildren to see what Grandpa Jerry has planned. November 17th will be our semi-annual Arts and Craft // Yard Sale. We are accepting table spaces reservations at this time. Call the post to reserve your spot. Please look at the back page of the newsletter for all our functions and mark them on your calendar. We have new members joining up and your support during these events will show that we care.

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY Gerard Dress 2nd Vice, Post 112

The young men that represented Post 112 at this year’s Boys State in Tallahassee will be at the post meeting on Tuesday September 11, 2012. Let’s show our appreciation and hear their experiences, what they accomplished and what they took away from the program. Please mark this on your calendars.

Boys State—Ted Costello

Happy Birthday to YOU! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear ____. Happy Birthday to YOU!

SEPTEMBER: 9/1 – Harry Shakes 9/3 – James Booker 9/3 – Joseph Krokos 9/3 – Donald Lamoreaux 9/6 – Ira Fox 9/7 – Anthony Casssata, Jr 9/7 – Irving Yousha 9/9 – Francis Moore 9/14 – George Bercini 9/14 – John Hawley 9/14 – Alfred King 9/14 – Jim Thornton 9/15 – Osvaldo Alvardo 9/15 – Yandell McMillan

Happy Birthday to YOU!

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9/15 – Bryan Zell 9/18 – Stephen Miglionico 9/20 – Byron Evans 9/21 – John McCormick 9/21 – Robert Pollack 9/23 – Richard Derwinis 9/23 – Joanne Russell 9/28 – Manny Gomes 9/28 – Alfred La Peter, Jr 9/29 – Pamela Maryin 9/29 – David McLendon, Sr

OCTOBER: 10/5 – Roman Montilla 10/5 – Stephen Shuga 10/6 – Carl Pelletier 10/8 – Robert Hodges 10/8 – Leonor Shuga 10/9 - Ted Costello 10/10 - Duane Krones

10/11 – David Scholler 10/14 – Thomas Hickman 10/14 – Don Tillery 10/16 – David Miller 10/19 – Charles Berkmeyer 10/20 – Andrea Rodriguez 10/21 – Deborah Shannon 10/24 – Nell Colbert 10/27 – Thomas Norton 10/28 – Nelson Coll

I started a program two years ago at the department to collect new and used shoes (all types) both men’s and women’s for veterans. As the VAVS representative for the department at the Orlando VAMC I was taken back when I personally saw some veterans in shoes and "flip flops" with holes in them. Last year at the convention we collected 65 pairs of new and used shoes, this year we collect-ed 85 pairs including socks. I am asking for your help, don't throw away your old shoes if they are still serviceable, bring them to the post and I will make sure that they are cleaned-up and disinfected before giving them to the VA. This is a worthy program ("Help me Out!)

Shoes for Vets—Ted Costello

SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS

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Would your business like to advertise in our Post newsletter? This newsletter, with distribu-tion via email and USPS to over 200 members and organizations, is now accepting advertising for our monthly newsletters.

Advertising rates per issue are as follows: Business card size - $ 6.00 (3 3/4"w x 2 1/4"l) 1/4 page - $ 10.00 (3 3/4"w x 4 3/4"l) 1/2 page - $ 18.00 (7 3/4"w x 4 3/4"l or 3 3/4"w x 9 3/4"l) Full page - $ 30.00 (7 3/4"w x 9 3/4"l) If paid in advance for FIVE ISSUES, THE SIXTH ISSUE IS FREE!

Post 112 Past Commander Manny Gomes (Manny G) will be performing at Ravalia’s Pasta Bar on Wednesday, Au-gust 29 from 6-9pm. Ravalia’s is located on Hwy 17-92 in Casselberry across from the lake next to Home Depot. For more information, please call or email.

rooms. Again, please pull the tabs off of your soda cans before you recycle them, cut the Box Tops for Education coupons off of assorted Pillsbury, Ziploc and other prod-ucts; and cut the labels off of the4 Campbell’s soups you use. We have a collection box for these products at the post. Please help us help our adopted schools.

In September we’ll be assembling our Reading Rockets kits for East-brook’s 2nd graders and our Sep-tember meeting will feature a presentation by our Girls State delegates. Both our delegate and her alternate attended Girls State and we are excited to hear about their experiences.

We are already at 83% of our membership goal for the year, needing only three more member-ships to hit our goal!

Your Auxiliary Unit kicked off the new program year with a BANG! After the Department Convention we came home for our installation held in conjunction with the instal-lations for the Legion and SAL.

In July, we hosted another tea for the lady Vets at the VA Nursing Center. We were saddened to learn that one of our favorite resi-dents had suf-fered a stroke since our last visit and had some major impairments as a result.

In mid-July Nell attended the De-partment Workshop and Marge was able to join in the fun for part of the day on Saturday.

Our Juniors were a HUGE help with the Post’s Christmas in July ac-

tivity. Seeing the faces of the Russell Home “kids” brought smiles to our faces.

In August Nell and Aunita attend-ed the 6th District School of In-struction where they picked up lots of information about the 2012-2013 Auxiliary programs. We held our annual Planning Conference in August and boy do we have some exciting plans for this year.

Because it seems that just about every organization around town holds a School Supply drive in the fall in time for the opening of school, we decided to extend our drive through the fall so that we can restock the children and the classrooms in January when school starts again for the 2nd se-mester. If you would like to pick up school supplies now while they are on sale, please bring them to the Post and deposit them in our col-lection box whenever you come to the building.

We also have our continuing pro-jects that run year-round. We’ve already shipped more than $1000 in grocery coupons to our adopted base in Okinawa. Please clip the manufacturers coupons from the newspaper and magazines and drop them in our coupon box. In addition to coupons, we also col-lect Box Tops for Education, Campbell’s Soup Can labels and the pop tabs from soda cans. The Box Tops, soup can labels and pop tabs go to our schools and are used by the schools to earn badly needed equipment for their class-

Auxiliary Update

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As always, we welcome new ladies who would like to active-ly support our military, our youth and our community through our community service projects. To become involved, please call us at 321.578.8612.

Check out our website at: www.AmLegionAux112FL.com to see what we’ve been doing.

FLAG PRESENTATION

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Displaying the American flag on special holidays or as a daily tribute is a well-loved tradition; however, many people do not understand all the proper flag display guidelines. Public Law 94-344, known as the Federal Flag Code, contains rules for handling and displaying the U.S. Flag. While the federal code contains no penalties for misusing the flag, states have their own flag codes and may impose penalties. The language of the federal code makes clear that the flag is a living symbol. In response to a Supreme Court decision, which held that a state law prohibiting flag burning was unconstitu-tional, Congress enacted the Flag Protection Act in 1989. It provides that anyone who knowingly desecrates the flag may be fined and/or imprisoned for up to one year. However, this law was challenged by the Supreme Court in a 1990 deci-sion that the Flag Protection Act violates the First Amendment free speech protections. Important Things to Remember: Traditional guidelines call for displaying the flag in public only from sunrise to sunset. However, the flag may be dis-

played at all times if it's illuminated during darkness. The flag should not be subject to weather damage, so it should not be displayed during rain, snow and wind storms unless it is an all-weather flag.

It should be displayed often, but especially on national and state holidays and special occasions. The flag should be displayed on or near the main building of public institutions, schools during school days, and poll-

ing places on election days. It should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. When carried in procession with other flags, the U.S. flag should be either on the marching right (the flag's right) or

to the front and center of the flag line. When displayed on a float in a parade, the flag should be hung from a staff or suspended so it falls free. It should not be draped over a vehicle.

When displayed with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, the U.S. flag should be on its own right (left to a person facing the wall) and its staff should be in front of the other flag's staff. In a group of flags displayed from staffs, the U.S. flag should be at the center and the highest point.

When flags of states, cities or organizations are flown on the same staff, the U.S. flag must be at the top (except dur-ing church services conducted at sea by Navy chaplains).

When other flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the U.S. flag should be hoisted first and lowered last. It must be on the right of other flags and no other flag should stand higher than it. Flags of other nations should be flown from sep-arate staffs. International custom dictates that flags of different nations be displayed at the same height in peacetime and be approximately the same size. If the flag is suspended outdoors from a rope stretched from a building to a pole, the flag should be hoisted out from the building with the union first. When the flag is displayed other than from a staff, it should be flat or suspended so that it falls free.

When displayed against something, such as a wall, the union should be at the top and to the flag's own right, the observer's left - whether displayed horizontally or vertically.

When displayed over a street or sidewalk, where it can be seen from either side, be sure the union is to the north on an east-west street, and to the east on a north-south street. The same directions apply in a building lobby or corridor with entrances to the east and west or north and south.

When displayed flat against the wall on a speaker's platform, the flag should be above and behind the speaker with the union on the left side as the audience looks at it (again, the flag's right).

When the flag hangs from a staff in a church or public place, it should appear to the audience on the left, the speak-er's right. Any other flags displayed should be placed on the opposite side of the speaker.

The flag may cover a casket, but should not cover a statue or monument for unveiling. It should never be draped or drawn back in folds. Draped red, white and blue bunting should be used for decoration, with the blue at the top and red at the bottom. On a casket, the union (blue field) should be at the deceased person's head and heart, over the left shoulder. But the flag should be removed before the casket is lowered into the grave and should never touch the ground.

The flag may be flown at half-staff to honor a newly deceased federal or state government official by order of the president or the governor, respectively.

On Memorial Day, the flag should be displayed at half-staff until noon. Whenever the flag is displayed at half-staff, it should be first raised to the top. Lowering from half-staff is preceded by first raising it momentarily to the top.

When the flag is worn out or otherwise no longer a fitting emblem for display, it should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

Out of respect for the U.S. flag, never: Dip it for any person or thing, even though state flags, regimental colors and other flags may be dipped as a mark of

honor. Display it with the union down, except as a signal of distress. Let the flag touch anything beneath it: ground, floor, water, merchandise. Carry it horizontally, but always aloft. Fasten or display it in a way that will permit it to be damaged or soiled. Place anything on the flag, including letters, insignia, or designs of any kind. Use it for holding anything. Use it as wearing apparel, bedding or drapery. It should not be used on a costume or athletic uniform. However, a

flag patch may be attached to the uniform of patriotic organizations, military personnel, police officers and firefight-ers.

Use the flag for advertising or promotion purposes or print it on paper napkins, boxes or anything else intended for temporary use and discard.

During the hoisting or lowering of the flag or when it passes in parade or review, Americans should stand at attention facing the flag, and place their right hand over the heart. If wearing a headdress they should remove it with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Uniformed military members render the military sa-lute. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 contained an amendment to allow un-uniformed service members, military retirees, and veterans to render a hand salute during the hoisting, lowering, or passing of the U.S. flag. Those who are not U.S. citizens should stand at attention. All such conduct toward the flag in a moving column should be rendered at the moment the flag passes. A later amendment further authorized hand-salutes during the national anthem by veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel. This was included in the Defense Authorization Act of 2009, which President Bush signed on 14 OCT 08. An amendment to the 2013 NDAA is pending that would authorize veterans and active-duty military not in uniform to render the military-style hand salute during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. [Source: Gatehouse News Service American Profile & U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ website http://www.va.gov/kids/6-12/text-site/multicontent_dtl.asp?intPageID=8&intSideBoxID=46&currentgrp=&currentPage=1 Jun 2012 ++]

FLAG PRESENTATION CONT’D.

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DFAS Powers of Attorney & Guardianships As they become older, many retirees and annuitants choose to have a loved one handle their account. The two ways to do this are to appoint a Power of Attorney (POA), or in severe cases, have a court appoint a guardian or trustee.

Power of Attorney - A POA can be useful for retirees and annuitants who are having trouble managing their accounts. However, it’s important to know what a POA can and can’t do. Many states allow a POA to handle another person’s fi-nances regardless of that person’s competency. These state laws often conflict with federal laws. Military retirement and annuities fall under federal law, which takes priority over state law. A POA cannot make pay-related changes for a retiree or annuitant. They can help with non-pay related issues. These include: Mailing address changes Requesting account statements Requesting 1099R forms Completing reports of existence Completing and signing annuity applications Requesting copies of documents Requesting information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974

Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) can’t legally help POA with any of the above requests without a copy of the POA document.

Guardian or Trustee - If you need a loved one to make all of the above changes as well as pay-related changes to your account, you will need to have a court-appointed guardian or trustee established. The courts will appoint a guardian or trustee if you are deemed incompetent and unable to manage your own finances. Before DFAS can legally make chang-es requested by a guardian or trustee, they need a certified copy of your court order that must include the seal of the court and the name of the appointed trustee. If you are an annuitant receiving Survivor Benefit Plan payments, and you don’t want to go through the courts, you can complete a Representative Payee Application. In addition to the application, you must include a signed physician statement. As with a POA, you or your guardian should send DFAS a copy of the court order or your Representative Payee Application as soon as possible. This will ensure that DFAS is able to help your guardian or trustee without any delay. [Source: Shift Colors Summer 2012 ++]

Vet Toxic Exposure—Lejeune

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ease and Lou Gehrig’s disease. Meanwhile, the federal scientists who have been studying the contamination have several reports yet to come: on the extent and type of contamination, on death rates among Lejeune Ma-rines, on male breast cancer and on miscarriages and birth defects. The Department of Veterans Affairs will determine the process for how veter-ans and family members can obtain health benefits under the new law. [Source: McClatchy Newspapers | Franco Ordonez and Barbara Barrett article 6 Aug 2012 ++]

President Barack Obama recently signed into law legislation to provide health care to thousands of sick Ma-rine veterans and their families who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

Despite its previous contention that there was insufficient evidence to prove the illnesses were related to service at Camp Lejeune, the Marine Corps said in a statement Monday that it was pleased and supported the new law. The law is expected to help thou-sands of veterans and their families who were exposed to drinking water

that was poisoned with trichloroeth-ylene, tetrachloroethylene, benzene and vinyl chloride. The law provides health care for 15 diseases and ill-nesses, including several cancers, female infertility and scleroderma, a group of diseases that causes skin and sometimes internal organs to be-come hard and tight. Miller, the origi-nal sponsor of the Janey Ensminger Act, which was included in a modified version of Burr’s bill, said studies are under way to learn whether there are connections between the poisoned water and other illnesses, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s dis-

email? With the increasing pub-lishing and mailing costs and our growing numbers, it is get-ting more important that all members who can receive their bulletin by EMAIL rather than postal mail. There are some advantages to getting the newsletter that way … 1 – It is in color! 2 – It uses no paper (unless you want to print it). 3 – It saves your Post some seri-ous money! And 4 – You will receive the newsletter several days ahead of the people who get it by mail. If you want to re-ceive the newsletter by email, let me know and I will insure that you begin receiving it.

WE HAVE A WEB SITE! The location is on newsletter but just in case, it is http://www.wpflpost112.org. You will find the calendar for this month and next, you can access all of the past newsletters and there are helpful hints and WEB loca-tions for various services. AND, if you are in our YAHOO GROUP, you are getting meet-ing and event notices, the newsletter and other important information as it comes in. Send an email to FLPost112-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and include your name in the message. We will add you. See you at the next meeting!

The new Post year is starting and we have a lot of great things planned. The command-er has mentioned some of them but the door is open and we will always entertain other ideas. If you have an idea that you would like to present, let the Commander or the Adjutant know and we will hear your idea at the Executive Board Meeting. There, we can talk about your idea at length and see how we can implement it or present it in “capsule” form to the General Membership.

The Executive Board meetings are open to ALL members. It is held on the Monday – one week before the General Meet-ing – unless that is a holiday. In that case, it will be moved back a second week. It starts at 7 pm and generally is over by 8 pm. Members may ask to be on the agenda by sending a message to the Commander or the Adju-tant either by phone or email. Of course, only the Board members are able to vote on the motions.

We are beginning the 2013 membership campaign and there are some benefits to the Post if all of the members are paid before 1 OCT 2012. The Post will get a monetary reward as well as the recognition that few Posts receive. If the Post reaches 100% membership by

31 OCT 2012, the Post will re-ceive a $100 Publix Gift Certifi-cate to buy turkeys for Thanks-giving. DUPLICATE NOTICES are the result of your payment passing the notices along the way. The American Legion does not try to send a second notice when it is not needed, since it is annoying and wastes money. BUT, the letters are prepared, addressed and pre-pared for mailing almost a month before they go into the mail because of the number of notices that are sent. We are sorry if it creates confusion, but if we receive duplicate checks, they will be returned to the members.

Did you know that we have WIFI at the Post? You can bring your Netbook, Nook, iPod, Kindle or other WIFI ca-pable devices and use them here, too! Check with the Com-mander, Vice Commander or Adjutant for the key. We can also still stream the meetings if you cannot attend. Call the Ad-jutant during the afternoon on the day of the meeting for the access codes. We will set it up for any member but this is an “on demand” service and will not be turned on unless there is a need for it.

Are you getting the newsletter and meeting notices by email? Would you like to get them by

Adjutant’s Report: Bob Colbert

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Hearing Aids

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your local Lions club to see if they participate in this project. To find a nearby Lions club, click the Find a Club link at the top of the page at http://www.lionsclubs.org. From the Find a Club home page type the club name or a nearby city name in the search box, press the Enter key or click the Search but-ton. (For example, type the city – “Milwaukee” or the club name “Milwaukee Oak Creek”.)

Sertoma: A civic service organiza-tion that runs a hearing aid recy-cling program through its 500 clubs nationwide, refurbishes them and distributes them to local peo-ple in need. Call 800-593-5646 or visit http://www.sertoma.org to lo-cate a club in your area.

Audient: This program (http://www.audientalliance.org, Tel: 866-956-5400) helps people purchase new, digital hearing aids at re-duced prices ranging from $495 to $975 for one hearing aid or $990 to $1,575 for a pair. To be eligible, your income must be below $27,075 for a single or $36,425 for couples.

For a list of more programs, visit the Better Hearing Institute web-site at http://www.betterhearing.org, and click on "Hearing Loss Re-sources," then on "Financial Assis-tance." Or call the National Insti-tute on Deafness and Other Com-munication Disorders at 800-241-1044 and ask them to mail you their list of financial resources for hearing aids.

[Source: Savvy Living Jim Miller article 5 Aug 2012 ++]

It's unfortunate, but millions of Americans with hearing loss don't get hearing aids because they can't afford them. Hearing aids are expensive, typically costing be-tween $1,000 and $3,500 per ear, and most insurance companies including traditional Medicare don't cover them. While there is no one simple solution to finding afforda-ble hearing aids, there are a varie-ty of options you can look into that can help.

Check Insurance Your first step is to check with your health insurance provider to see if it provides any hearing aid coverage. If you're a Medicare benefi-ciary, you need to know that while original Medicare (Part A and B) and Medicare supplemental poli-cies do not cover hearing aids, some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans do. If you have an Ad-vantage plan, you'll need to check with your plan administrator. In some states, Medicaid may cover hearing aids for people with very limited means. Your county social service office can give you more information.

If you are a federal employee or retiree, hearing aid coverage may be available through some insur-ance plans in the Federal Employ-ees Health Benefits Program. If you are a veteran, the Veterans Administration provides free hear-ing aids if you meet certain condi-tions such as being compensated for any serviced-connected disabil-ity or if your hearing loss is con-nected to military service. Call 877-

222-8387 to check your eligibility or see http://www.prosthetics.va.gov/Hearing_Aids.asp.

Financial Assistance - Depending on your income level, there are various programs and foundations that provide financial assistance for hearing aids to people in need. Start by contacting your state re-habilitation department (see http://www.parac.org/svrp.html for con-tact information) or the nearest chapter of the Hearing Loss Asso-ciation of America (http://hearingloss.org) to find out if there are any city, county or state pro-grams, or local civic organizations that could help. There are also a number of non-profits that offer hearing aids at significantly dis-counted prices or for free. Some good ones to check out include:

HEAR Now: Sponsored by the Starkey Hearing Foundation (http://starkeyhearingfoundation.org, (800-328-8602), this program provides hearing aids for people with net incomes below $19,058 for a sin-gle or $25,743 for couples. Your only costs are a hearing test and an application fee of $125 per hearing aid request.

Lions Affordable Hearing Aid Pro-ject: Offered through some Lions clubs throughout the U.S., this program provides the opportunity to purchase new, digital hearing aids manufactured by Rexton for $200 per aid, plus shipping. To be eligible, most clubs will require your income to be somewhere be-low 200% of the federal poverty level which is $22,340 for singles or $30,260 for couples. Contact

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Winter Park Memorial Post 112 4490 North Goldenrod Road

Winter Park, FL 32792

www.flpost112.org

Winter Park Memorial Post 112 PO Box 910

Goldenrod, FL 32733

CALENDAR SEPTEMBER: 1 Burgers and More (11am—2pm) 3 Labor Day 11 Patriot’s Day 11 Monthly Post & Auxiliary Meeting 15 6th District Meeting - Post 253 (Legion, Aux, SAL) 22 Sons of the American Legion BBQ (noon-4pm) 29 Post Pancake Breakfast (7-11am)

OCTOBER: 1 SAL Meeting—6pm 1 Executive Board Meeting—7pm 6 6th District Country Western Dance-Post 183 9 Monthly Post & Auxiliary Meeting 13 Auxiliary ABC School—Post 183—9am 13 Burgers and More (11am—2pm) 27 Pancake Breakfast (7-11am) 27 Halloween Party (6-8pm)

OFFICER’S DIRECTORY

Commander: Billy Dover 407-383-9455 – bgdjr14@gmail.com

1st Vice Cmdr.: Freddy Ruiz 321-945-9481 – ruizfredy35@gmail.com

2nd Vice Cmdr.: Gerard (Jerry) Dress 407-671-8616 – gdress2@cfl.rr.com

Adjutant: Bob Colbert 407-619-9611 – bcolbert@usa.net

Finance Officer: Dyke Shannon 407-322-6126 – dshannonfl@aol.com

Chaplain: Cliff Buhrow 407-644-8878 – no email

Newsletter Editor: Nell Colbert 321.303.7445— necolbert@usa.net