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Home Archives Contact Us Subscribe Future Events Our Mission Donate Uniform Find a Job About MOPH Next Meeting Date Next Chapter 110 meeting April 21, 2018 at 1500 hours. (yes that is 3 pm.) at the American Legion Post 54 in Battle Creek. Meeting Location American Legion Post 54, 1125 E Columbia Ave, Battle Creek MI 49014 DO NOT SEND MAIL TO THIS ADDRESS! Meetings are held in the basement meeting room. There is an elevator to use in addition to a stairway. Map to Meeting Site Click this for 1125 E Columbia, Battle Creek MI 49014 on Google Maps For you navigators that is 42 degrees 18' 5" North Latitude 85 degrees 10' 3" West Longitude Meeting Schedule Chapter 110 meetings are held at 3:00 PM on the third Saturday in February, April, June, August and December. 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There is also a toll-free help line for Veterans, their beneficiaries and VA employees who have questions and concerns about identity theft. Available Monday through Friday 8 am to 8 pm EST at 1-855-578-5492 Categories Americanism Chapter 110 News Coming Events Flag Honors Good of the Order Legislative Support Meeting Minutes Membership News Media Newsletters PSTD Reports Veterans Day See More Archives March 2018 February 2017 November 2016 July 2016 June 2016 February 2016 June 2015 April 2015 March 2015 December 2014 Hotline Veterans Suicide Hotline 1-800-273-TALK 03/07/2018 February 2018 Meeting Minutes MINUTES FOR CHAPTER 110 BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN 17 February 2018 Called to order by Commander Wilson Prayer by Sr. Vice. Commander Walker Pledge of Allegiance led by Sgt. at Arms Jones Roll Call of Officers Commander Present Sr. Vice. Commander Present Jr. Vice. Commander Present Adj./Fin. Officer Present Total in attendance is 7 members and officers Minutes were passed out to everyone present at this meeting. The minutes were for Aug. and Oct. meetings. There was no meeting in December 2017. Motion by Patriot Walker to approve and second by Jones. Motion passed unanimous. Finance Report – Patriot Eaton spoke on using a “Warrant” and the fact that we have two signatures on all checks. Also, we have a CD (25 month) with the bank. It is unknown currently about the Life Ins. Annuity being deposit every month. It will take time to get this working smooth. We should have a deposit of around $205.00 a month into our account. We will see when the 1099int. from the company comes in. Motion to accept subject to audit by Walker and second by Wagner. Motion passed unanimous. VAVS/Hospital Report – we held BINGO in Jan. and Feb. We will have BINGO every first Monday of the month except July and August starting at 1300 hours in Bldg. #6. At our last BINGO we had 8 patriots helping. And thanks for the help. Bldg.’s 14-1 and 14-2 and 22 are the buildings we help out with most. Communications Report – MOPH National Headquarters sent the forms to fill out. These must be done in March not April like we always did before. This year we don’t have the volunteer hours from our student volunteers’, most have only 2-3 hours at the hospital. It takes no less than 50 hours of volunteering to receive a check from our chapter and the VAVS fund. Scottrade is now called. The Department of Michigan has 2018 members. We also received our per cap payment for membership from National in December. Motion made by Eaton to go into election at this time. Motion second by English. Motion passed unanimous. Nomination is open for Commander. Commander Wilson was the only one nominated. Nomination is open for Sr. Vice. Commander. Sr. Vice. Commander Walker was the only one nominated. Nomination is open for Jr. Vice. Commander. Jr. Vice. Commander Wagner was the only one nominated. Nomination is open for Finance Officer. Patriot Eaton was the only one to be nominated. Nomination is open for Trustee. Patriot Morris was the only one to be nominated for 1 year. Nomination is open for Trustee. Patriot English was the only one to be nominated for 2 years. Nomination is open for Trustee. Patriot Roush was the only one to be nominated for 3 years. Appointed positions are Sgt. At Arms is Tim Jones Chaplain is Carl English Adjutant is Bill Roush All the officers and appointed positions were installed by National Americanism Officer Roush. Motion made by Eaton to return to normal business of this order. Second by Wagner. Motion passed unanimous. New business – I (Adjutant) bought 700 pins for the Essay Program. The department will pay $500 of the $910.00 bill. I will try and get the Department to pay the rest of the bill. These pins are given out to all the students that turn in an essay to their teacher. Good of the Order – The adjutant will see that ALL Forms and paper work is done on time and before the end of March. Commander Wilson will keep working on fixing up our old trailer. He is looking for a larger trailer to make into a trailer that we can use to set up to serve coffee and cookies at a rest stop or any other place that will get our name out to the public. Who is going to the Department Convention on the expense of the Chapter? Patriot English and Patriot Wilson and Patriot Wagner. Motion made by Eaton to adjourn and second by Walker. Motion passed unanimous. You’re in Patriotism, Bill Roush Posted at 08:17 PM in Meeting Minutes | Permalink | Comments (0) | Reblog (0) 02/07/2017 January 2017 Purple Heartbeat National Newsletter Dear Patriots, Ladies, Associate Members and Friends, January has been a very busy month at MOPH National Headquarters from Inaugural events to Finance Meetings to Convention Planning and more. In this "January" 2017 issue you will find: Calendar updates Letter from the Adjutant Featured articles (special information on Purple Heart Monuments) Membership updates & statistics Update from the Legislative Director To submit a story for the newsletter, please email communications@purpleheart.org. Click the purple button below to read and/or download the January newsletter. If for some reason you have difficulty accessing it, you may also view via Google Drive HERE . Click here to view January Newsletter Posted at 10:57 AM in Newsletters | Permalink | Comments (0) | Reblog (0) 11/04/2016 Veterans Day 2016 Posted at 08:27 PM in Veterans Day | Permalink | Comments (0) | Reblog (0) 11/03/2016 Film 'Acronym' looks inside alternative PTSD therapies Trauma embeds in the minds of combat troops at a cellular level. It takes prisoners from all generations. In the documentary film “Acronym: The Cross-Generational Battle With PTSD,” physiological adaptations that helped war fighters stay alive downrange have insidious effects back home. The veterans who tell their stories served in major conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan. Their message about PTSD is urgent — and hopeful — and relevant to all combat veterans who might not have made it out unscathed after all. The DVD is totally free. Their stories An Air Force mom driving in Kabul strikes two children with her vehicle, but she can’t stop. She has nightmares about it, and she still thinks about suicide. An Iwo Jima Marine’s delayed-onset PTSD has hit home in recent years, though he witnessed traumatic ...