This week's guest speaker was Carmen Johnson, President of Chapter MI-198 of the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. You can find a copy of the full call notes here, or can click on the following links to access the organization's info sheet or Carmen's presentation. PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS: Blue Star Mothers Mission is to support veterans, active military, and each other (mothers of those who are serving or have served) Primary Areas of Service: - Serving as VA Hospital liaisons - The Blue to Gold Program (see details here) - Caring for Unclaimed Veterans (act in place of family; receive flag; locate family if able and pass on flag) - Preparing and sending care packages to our troops As early as WWII, flags with 1-3 stars were used to identify Blue Star Mothers 300 mothers met in Flint, MI in 1942: this led to the founding of the organization (Chapter MI-198 was founded in 2012) EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are still getting through all of the WDIV veteran phone bank calls— we appreciate your openness to addition referrals at this time! The Buddy-to-Buddy office will be closed the week of December 26th to December 30th as well as Monday, January 2nd We are excited toannounce that we were selected as one of six beneficiaries of the BigHouse 5K: Trail to the Victors, presented by Toyota. The Big House 5Kwill take place on Sunday, April 9, 2017 on the UM Academic and Athleticscampuses. Buddy-to-Buddy will receive a portion of the proceeds from eachregistration. Please help uspromote this event
(the more people who sign up under our name, themore money we raise) or, if you're a runner, sign up and join our team! Lastly, please remember to submit your interaction and event/drill logs here. Thank you for all that you do! Heidi Frankenhauser Volunteer Coordinator
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