President’s Message
With all the delightful warm weather we are having, the new green buds on our trees lets us know that Spring has Sprung! Luckily, we are turning our clocks forward on March 9th to give us an extra hour of sunshine for all the new growth that is occurring. I’m wishing you all the luck of the Irish on St. Patricks’ Day on March 17th, and don’t forget to “Welcome Home” our Vietnam Veterans on their special day on March 29th. Mark your calendar for March 11th as we are having our monthly luncheon with special guest speaker Brittany Parks, the Strategic Director for Concerned Veterans for America (CVA). CVA has been a supporter of our MOAA Florida Council of Chapter (FCoC) and our organizations have much to learn from each other. I went into their website www.cv4a.org and discovered both MOAA and CVA are supporting the ACCESS Act (Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers) to expand veterans’ community care options. Like MOAA, the CVA website makes it very easy for anyone to sign a prepared letter that is sent to our federal legislators in support of veteran legislation. If it’s been a while since you’ve attended one of our Chapter luncheons, please reserve April 12nd (our only Saturday luncheon) to come out and celebrate our JROTC Scholarship recipients, their family and cadre. This is my favorite luncheon event as it’s an opportunity to showcase our future military leaders and recognize them with the generous financial donations from our chapter members for their achievements. Lastly, I know there are chapter members who don’t always come to our luncheons and thus may not get a reminder that the $20 dues we each pay to support our chapter are now overdue. We rely on the dues to help pay for items such as meals for our guest speakers, and medals for our JROTC/ROTC cadets. Please note that we have changed our mailing address for our Chapter: MOAA CFC, 10151 University Blvd, PMB 145, Orlando, Fl. 32817-1904. You will see the form at the end of Our Newsletter or go to this website to pay your dues online using the donation button at the top of every page and put dues in the description. We need your support, and while you are at it, please update your information (especially your spouse) so we can keep in touch! For those celebrating Easter, I wish each of you a joyous Easter celebration in April!
Cheers, Lorraine
