Department of Colorado

Comrades, Sisters and Brothers, 
 
Saturday October 19, 2024 will be training sessions consisting of Liquor Laws/Bingo and Raffle Policy instructed by Judge Advocate Kirk Rosa.  I hope the training and meeting is very informative. 
 
Let me be the first to wish you and yours a Great Thanksgiving, a Merry and Blessed Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.  I hope to see everyone in Grand Junction for our next Council of Administration.  
 
Membership is an on-going program in the Veterans of Foreign Wars and will for as long as we exist.  So, let us work together and help each other to become All-American Posts/Districts and by doing so some will also become an All-State Post.  Please review the requirements in the Commander-in-Chief and Department Commander's Program books located on the Colorado VFW website.  As of 10//7/2024, Colorado currently has 12,098 current members and needs 2,122 to reach 102%, 86.78%.  
 
I'd like to acknowledge the following comrades on recruiting new members:
As of October 7, 2024, Membership Statistics, I would personally like to congratulate the following posts
5 members
Jesse Eastburn, Post 1
Stephen Urbany, Post 6461
 
4 members
David Stone, Post 3917
Peter Dowding, Post 3631
James Sheridan, Post 2788
Travis Baker, Post 6461
 
3 members
Aaron Himes, Post 6461
Jeffrey Punches, Post 4031
Richard Cole & Glen Blackmann, Post 4051
Mathew Cummings, Post 6624
 
2 members
Brian Asbeck, Post 1
Michael Mcclure, Post 1771
Leon Bartholomay, Post 2601
Leonard Ladue, Post 3981
David Latham, Eric Veed, David Anthony & Mike Sinchak, Post 4031
Duane Johnson, Post 5061
Alan Hughes & Curtis Moss, Post 5231
Anthony Johnson, Post 5812
Todd VanSant, Post 9644
Benjamin Livsey, Post 12063
Kevin Ryan, Post 12230
David Adams, Post 15006
1 member
Robert Stewart & John Keene, Post 1
Lorrie Mclaughlin, Post 41
Michael Gardunio, Post 322
Frederick Schaefer, Post 784
Richard Nagley & Christopher Martinez, Post 899
Jeffrey Bintz, Post 1166
Dennis Craig & Roman Sepulveda, Post 1781
Damien Berg, Post 2585
Matthew Lewis, Post 3917
Alfred Riedinger, Demetrius Lewis, & Christopher Gober, Post 4031
Larry Johnson & James Mavity, Post 4051
Milo Cress, Post 4061
James Peterson, Post 4266
Robert Brekke, & Harold Abney, Post 4666
Ronald Brown, Post 4671
Tommy Endres, Post 5231
David Gelatt, Post 6624
Thomas, Dowd, Post 7829
Wayne Neumann, Post 9565
Lynn Peterson, Post 9644
Neil Schaal, Post 12189
Christopher Boyer, Timothy La Monda, David Mooney, Tammy Garrett, & John Alborghetti, Post 12230
Robert Martinez, Post 15006
 
Bravo Zulu and Job Well Done!!!!
 
Remember Comrades, this is your Department, and we are here to serve you, the members, Posts, Districts, Warriors, Military Order of the Cooties, the Auxiliary.  If you think of a way we can better assist you, please put it in an email to me, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I assure you I will read it and reply to it.
 
Hope to see everyone at the next council of administration.  Be well and Be Safe.
 
Carol Thomas
Department Commander