Monthly Archives: December 2017
Hamel VFW dinner & dance – January 13
The Hamel VFW is kicking off 2018 with a Dinner & Dance on Saturday, January 13th. The Arcades go on stage at 7:00 pm. The guys play great classic rock, a touch of country and a polka or two. The Hamel VFW is the place to be if you enjoy dancing, having fun and good food!
Happy Holidays to all
From all of us at PBYR to all of you!!!
Finding Steady
Subject: The new Young Men’s Group is…
… called Finding Steady! And we are in great need of your help as we recruit participants for our February 6th start date! Attached is the flyer to pass along and/or hang wherever you think is helpful. The group is a 6-week, diagnosis-based endeavor and is open to all males in the high school age range. We’ll focus on building skills and finding ways to live calmed, contented, and connected lives.
Finding Steady Group Flyer.pdf
DAV Donor Connect- Available Item
Donor Connect Friends-
As we near Christmas I want to send a special thank you to all of you who have helped make the Donor Connect Program as successful as it is. Without your donations and offers to assist many veterans and their family members would not have been able to benefit from the equipment listed with the Donor Connect Program.
I was contacted by Greg Peterson, CVSO for Brown County, who has a unique item he would like to let people know is available as a donation- Please get ahold of Greg if you know of anyone who is interested or could benefit from this great walk-in bath tub.
“We received a walk-in bath tub as a donation last week. The tub is in great shape, but it does not have whirlpool jets. The tub is currently in the back of our Veterans van and will be at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center on Friday, Dec 15th, and at the Minneapolis VAMC on Monday, Dec 18th. We are willing to deliver it to anyone in the near proximity of these two locations. It is heavy and would take at least two strong people to lift out of our van. The photos were taken with the tub in the van, and the interior photos include two exterior access panels.
Please call 507-233-6636 if you would like to have the tub. If it is not taken by Monday, we will store it at our DAV chapter in New Ulm.”
Stephanie Zeimetz
St. Cloud VA HSC
Donor Connect
(320)828-6761
stephanie@davmn.org
http://www.davmn.org
PBYR Meets with Wayzata High School Students to Discuss Recent Partnering
Plymouth Beyond Yellow Ribbon further explored the PBYR mission with Brenda Badger’s Y.E.S. students on December 7, 2017. This was a follow-up to the prior project and partnering with PBYR in November, 2017 to send treats to deployed MN soldiers. In the presentation, the students asked many good questions about PBYR. We addressed many reasons why people volunteer with non-profit organizations, such as agreeing with the mission and to demonstrate support, personal skill development, leadership training and to contribute to a healthy sense of community. Also, the many advantages for Minnesota to have a large network of BYR cities was reviewed in detail as this effort has assisted many people and decreased the military suicide rates over the past several years.
Strategies and reasons for students to connect with PBYR and/or other non-profits was reviewed in detail. The students seemed to resonate with the PBYR mission and history. Hopefully, they will desire to partner again with PBYR in 2018! They were reminded that their knowledge and skill with social media could be used effectively by many non-profit organizations, especially as community outreach efforts can take many creative forms in the current digital age.
Gary Goldetsky, Psy.D, LP
PBYR Board Chairman
DAV Donor Connect
I hope you are enjoying the burst of Minnesota winter we recently received. I have received a plentitude of calls recently about ramps. I would like to find out if there are any contacts for ramps you may know of (businesses/charities ext.) The ramp requests I have received range from a veteran recently becoming an amputee and requiring a ramp for 4 steps into his home and another request for a veteran in his 90’s who fell while attempting to carry his wife down the exterior steps of their home because she cannot walk up and down the stairs on her own. I know a few DAV Chapters have notified me they were installing ramps for veterans or had supplied funds for the building of a ramp as service projects- There has to be more we can do to assist veterans needing ramps to allow them to stay in their homes and we cannot expect DAV Chapters to purchase ramps to fill every need.
Donor Connect updated weekly listing 12.5.17
If you know of anyone who may benefit from the information in this email please feel free to pass along the information.
Stephanie Zeimetz
St. Cloud VA HSC
Donor Connect
(320)828-6761
stephanie@davmn.org
www.davmn.org
Get a great meal and support the PBYR at the same time.
Get a great meal and support the Plymouth Beyond the Yellow Ribbon at the same time. Next event is Wednesday, December 20th.
Teen Stress
Reducing stress isn’t always about changing your life, sometimes it’s about changing the way you deal with it. Change to Chill is here to help you figure out what stress is, what causes it and how you can manage it. Here is a link to resources addressing teen stress: http://www.changetochill.org/
We Will Never Forget
Click on newspaper image once or twice to make it larger.
With the Bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 by the Japanese and
ended with the surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, the following 3 1/2
years of World War II, the following items were produced:
22 aircraft carriers
8 battleships
48 cruisers
349 destroyers
420 destroyer escorts
203 submarines
34 million tons of merchant ships
100,000 fighter aircraft
98,000 bombers
24,000 transport aircraft
58,000 training aircraft, 93,000 tanks
257,000 artillery pieces
105,000 mortars
3,000,000 machine guns
2,500,000 military trucks.
Also, America put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services,
invaded Africa, invaded Sicily and Italy , won the battle for the Atlantic,
planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and Europe, developed
the atomic bomb and ultimately conquered Japan and Germany .
We cannot and should not ever forget that the bombing of Pearl Harbor started
it all 76 years ago.
Semper Fi.
Forwarded by Jim Heimerl
Opportunity for Child Dependents with the Timberwolves & UHL
The Minnesota Timberwolves and United Heroes League (UHL) would like to extend the following offer to Minnesota Military Families from all service components. Please see the PDF below for additional information.
Who: Male and female military kids ages 6-18 years old with parents holding the rank of E5 or below. This is open to all services with parents of currently serving service members or veterans.
What: Basketball clinic and SURPRISE holiday shopping spree with the Timberwolves players.
When: Friday, December 8th 2017 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm; 3:30-4:00 pm basketball clinic with follow-on movement to a shopping spree from 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Where: Target Center and Target Center Retail Store; 600 1st Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Coordinating Instructions:
1) One parent or guardian must attend with their child. Parents will be required to complete a media and inquiry waiver for both the UHL and the Timberwolves upon arrival.
2) Parent or guardian must complete the attached form and return via email to ShaneH@UnitedHeroesLeague.org
Plymouth Beyond the Yellow Ribbon 