Newsletter

COMMANDER’S MESSAGE

Hello 379 Family!

Although we attended and honored our nation’s heroes this Memorial Day, we honor them every day at 379 with our 6:00 pm moment of silence. Thanks to all who attended and also participated in the incredible celebration at Bluebonnet.

To the Auxiliary and SAL – thank you for putting together the fantastic Memorial Day Luncheon.

We held a Blood Drive and the results 15 products(whole blood and power red) combined. Thank all of you who presented yourselves for the donation. Please remember that the next blood drive will be on July 31. We are looking for additional donations to increase our number of products. If you could not give blood previously due to living overseas, please try again, because the rules have changed. Sign up to give at redcrossblood.org. Filter with zip code 76021 and July 31 to get our blood drive. Hope to see you there!

On May 24 we held a VA outreach. We had representatives from the VA attend and assist over 60 Veterans! A huge shout to our amazing Service Officer and committee, Lauren Kelly and Tyrone Hunter. Their commitment to helping Veterans is inspiring! THANK YOU! We are working to make this a recurring event.

Some dates in June:
June 5 – 6 PM – Legion Board Meeting
June 5 – 7 PM – Legion Membership Meeting – including Elections for Post 379 2025-2026 Board Members.

Nominees:
Commander – Rich Wiltshire
First Vice – Bill Chapman
Second Vice – Paul “PD” Hill
Adjutant – Mike Sivers
Finance Officer – George Eckert
Service Officer – Lauren Kelly
Judge Advocate – David Eagan
Historian – Robin York
Chaplain – Craig “Smitty” Smith
Chaplain – Philip Mulvaney
Sergeant at Arms – Jon Christensen
Executive Board at Large – Dennis Gossett
Executive Board at Large – Ashely Bloom
Executive Board at Large – Bill Collins

We will take nominations from the floor.

Humbly in your service, not self

 AUXILIARY NEWS

Greetings and thank you again for helping make May another great month.

Girls State Orientation was once again a huge success through the hard work of several ladies. Thank you, Faye Chambers, for taking the chair of this program this year. With the support of Judy Davidson and several other ladies, helping throughout the year with interviews, selecting candidates, along with decorating, and being available during orientation. The girls used the “Pay It Forward” to start raising funds for next year by selling raffle tickets to win a Big Screen TV. WooHoo $650 will cover one girl for next year. Several of the girls handed out poppies and accepted donations during Bluebonnet’s Memorial Day ceremony. They also helped serve lunch afterwards. Thanks to all for helping.

Our May meeting was used to elect next year’s officers. Please congratulate the following ladies for giving extra time and commitment for the 2025-2026 year.

President – Sheryl Frydenberg
1st Vice – Judy Davidson
2nd Vice – Open
3rd Vice/Membership – Jennifer Crane
Secretary – JJ Kearney
Treasurer – Suzie McClendon
Chaplain – Diane Hunt
Historian – Leanne Couch
Executive Board – Mona Scarborough
Executive Board – Faye Chambers
Executive Board – Peggy Waring
Parliamentarian – Michelle Birkett

Memorial Day potluck was another successful event bringing folks together to remember our fallen veterans and how lucky our country is Land of The Free. We had over 100 served a hearty and delicious meal. Our Post remains one of the largest in the State of Texas thriving to put our veterans first, offering help to guide them through the VA system for services and a place to gather for meetings, activities, and good fellowship.

The general membership meeting will be at 7:00 pm, Thursday, June 19; executive board meeting at 6 pm. Plan to attend. Our focus is on our Veterans’ needs and bringing new activities to fruition for our Post family, both young and older.

RIDERS NEWS

Greetings Post,

Riding season is in full swing, and we’re already hearing complaints about heat!

Yes, our plaque is back thanks to Robin, Gregg and Roxie! So, now we need to make a couple of Plaque Attack rides ourselves before someone comes and absconds with it again.

It was a little cool and wet for the Memorial Day ride to Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, but it’s always a great event to participate in. Between Post 379, Haltom City and Mansfield Riders, and the Invictus (Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club) we had about 20 bikes come out and get wet. Then it was back to the Post for our Memorial Day feast. Thanks to all who supported it!

We will be holding our Riders Elections Sunday June 1st. So far all existing elected officers have indicated willingness to stay on another year, and our appointed positions as well. We’ll see if we have any challenges from the floor Sunday.

This month’s organized events will include the Boy’s State Escort Ride on the 8th of June, and the Girls State Escort Ride on the 15th. In the meantime, just about every Post is holding a Bike Night or Riders Cook night so a great opportunity to go visit them and perhaps make off with a plaque or two!

Unfortunately, summer also means vacation season, and as such our Riders Cook weekend is in jeopardy this month for the 13th and 14th. We’ll continue to pursue alternatives, but for now we have to call it TBD.

As always, we are grateful for all the support and love you show us, and please watch out for motorcycles, they’re everywhere!

“PD” Hill – 379 Riders

SAL NEWS

This month we will be serving our Fish Fry on Friday, June 6th. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, 06/12 at 7 pm.

Ben Apodaca – SAL Commander

FROM THE LEGION CHAPLAIN

Jon Christensen – Vice Chaplain Post 379

KITCHEN NEWS

Howdy folks. We will have our quarterly kitchen meeting on June 22nd at 1 pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. We will decide at that time on a deep clean and organization of items.

$5 WEDNESDAY HOT DOGS!

Diana’s Dogs
Wednesdays 11am – 2pm
1 Jumbo or 2 Regular Dogs
Chips, fixins and Cookie
Proceeds benefit Post improvements