Mar/Apr 2013 - Korean War Veterans Association

270 SAM JOHNSON [TX]
CID 270 Recognizes Volunteers for Fiscal Year Ending
September 30, 2012
We handed out awards to volunteers for fiscal year ending
September 30, 2012 at our March 9 meeting.
Gil Botelho and Norm Paiva of Ch 258, unknown Vietnam veterans, and
Richard St. Louis of Ch 258 (L-R) visit Bristol, RI Veterans Home
264 MT. DIABLO [CA]
Bob Hooker and Stan Grogan accepted donations from the
general public at a store in Concord, CA during a Rose of Sharon
fundraiser for veterans at the Yountsville veterans facility.
Stanley J. Grogan, 2585 Moraga Dr., Pinole, CA 94564
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RIGHT: The Ch 264 fundraiser
display at Concord store
BELOW: Sometimes fundraising
is a lonely task as Bob Hooker of
Ch 264 suggests
Bob Hooker of
Ch 264 (seated)
confers
with passersby
at fundraiser
Volunteer Award recipients from Ch 270 (Standing, L-R) President
Randolph, Tilford Jones), Morris Chambers, George Kraus, Dick Bové, Bill
Carman, Paul Pfrommer
Chapter Names and Awards Members with over 100 Volunteer
Hours
Twenty-seven members were named and honored for logging
5,142 volunteer hours at the Dallas VA Hospital. As one of the
main attractions during the March 9 chapter meeting, these volunteers
received plaques and applause from fellow chapter members.
Leading by example, Chapter President J. D. Randolph topped
all chapter volunteers by logging 575 volunteer hours at the
Dallas VA Hospital in fiscal year 2012. Bob (“Ski”)
Wojciechowski followed in second place with 375 volunteer
hours. Carolyn Bolds took third place with 302 volunteer hours.
Volunteers with between 200 and 299 Hours
Three members, Tilford Jones, Morris Chambers, and Joe
Seiling, logged over 200 but fewer than 300 hours. Tilford Jones
logged 288 hours, Morris Chambers logged 254 hours, and Joe
Seiling logged 203 hours.
Volunteers with 100 to 199 Hours
Seven chapter members and one spouse logged between 100-
199 hours at the Dallas VA Hospital: Ken Borchers (197), Jimmie
McGee (195), George Kraus (194), James Cawyer (172), Bill
Carman (168), Grace Borchers, Ken Borchers’ spouse, (158), and
Paul Pfrommer (114).
Volunteers with Fewer than 100 Hours
Thirteen members logged fewer than 100 hours at the Dallas
VA Hospital in 2010: Homer Mundy (95), Jim McCrary (80),
Dick Lethe (59), Ernie Bousquet (57), Bill Lovas (48), Ed
Wuermser (36), Pat Jetton (33), Angela Sasser (33), Bobby
Medford (30), Richard Sanchez (13), Freeman Dunlap (12),
Doyle Dykes (8), and Billy Joe Denton (6).
March - April 2013
The Graybeards