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Thank you to Unit 950 Auxiliary for hosting a St Patty’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner. Lots of tasty food, including Guiness Stew, Soda Bread, and delicious desserts! Good times had by all!
American Legion Post 950, Riegelsville, PA Christmas Party Saturday, 12-10-2022. Great Food and Fun! Joan Sampson won the $100 Lottery Ticket Raffle, Roger and Carol Smith won the $50 Lottery Ticket Raffle and Ken Steckel won the 50/50
Post 950 received an appreciation plaque for our Toys for Tots Drive for 2021. This year we surpassed last year’s donations. We were able to donate approximately $3,000 worth of toys through everyone’s kind donations. A special Thanks to our elves, Carol and Roger Smith for shopping and purchasing toys with the monetary donations we received. Many children will have a Merry Christmas. God Bless and Thanks again!
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 950 hosted a luncheon to Honor our Veterans, Friday, 11-11-2022. Thank You Veterans for your service and sacrafice!
This past Friday, 11-4-2022, we attended the Memorial Service for John Solic. John was a wonderful, happy person, who made so many contributions to our Riegelsville American Legion Post 950 with his hard work and great personality. He fought a long, hard battle and passed away peacefully on August 31, 2022. He will be missed by many. RIP our friend!
Thank You Sue, George, and Kim for all you do for our Veterans and the many generous contributions you have made to our fund-raising events for our Veterans! It is GREATLY appreciated! God Bless you and all you do!
Don retired with the rank of Captain after serving 29 years in the United States Army, the Army Reserve and the New Jersey National Guard. He served with a military honor guard in the Morgantown area. He was a life member of the Carpenters and Joiners of America, The Military Officer’s Association of America, The Society of the 1st Infantry Division, and the 16th Infantry Association. He was a member of the American Legion Post 950 in Pennsylvania and past member of the Mt. Morris (PA) Lions Club and VFW 548 in Morgantown, WV.
Don was very proud of his Swedish heritage and passed on the traditions to his three children, Cherie, Ted and John, four grandchildren, Jennifer, Jenna, Adison, and Griffin, and his great grand daughter Emily. Don and Virginia Emma Schaivi Nordstrom were married for 57 years. Don was preceded in death by his wife in 2011 and his brother Harold Carl Nordstrom.
A beautiful day for our Annual Meet & Greet Picnic! Approximately 120 people attended, including 6 other Rider groups, Hellertown, Hatfield, Nazareth, Souderton, Levittown, Palmer, and Sons of Blackwater. Thank You everyone for all your help! We raised over $2200 to donate to the VALOR Clinic Foundation.
Installation of American Legion Post 950 Riegelsville 2023 Officers. Thank you for your continued service and welcome to our new Officers!
ALR Post 950 Riegelsville attended the Quakertown Legion Post 242 for their 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony. They had a very nice service and a good buffet lunch after the ceremony.
Patriot and Paws – 7 Riders and 3 passengers and 1 guest rode from Post 950 to Cigar International, located in Hamburg, PA, then to the Hamburg Legion, Post 637. Then to the Allentown Legion Post 576, then returned to Home Post 950. We donated to Tail of Valor at Patriots and Paws 2nd annual poker run organized by Sons of Blackwater MCC hosted by Cigar International.
ALR Post 9 Annual Benefit Run for Veteran Suicide Awareness. 10 Riders and 5 passengers from Post 950 Riegelsville participated in the ride. Rode from Post 950 to Palmer. The Ride consisted of 4 stops – Gilbert Legion, Walnutport Legion, Hokendaugia Legion and Bath Legion. There were 38 bikes in the group that Post 950 was part of and there were a total of 116 bikes rode 100 miles. Great day of Food, Drinks, DJ and fellowship.
ALR Post 950 participated in the NAM KNIGHTS MC Memorial Ride on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
The Honor of Mouse’s last ride. There were 60 bikes that met at his house and JR rode Mouse in his bike to the American Legion Post 950, Riegelsville, PA, to Celebrate his life. It was a great Honor to be part of Mouse’s celebration.
ALR Post 950 Riegelsville Memorial Day Ride to Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Monday, May 30, 2022
St. Patty’s Day Party was postponed until the next day, Sunday, March 13th, 2022, from 1:00 – 4:00PM because o the weathe on Saturday. We still had a great turn out and good food and fun. The Auxiliary donated their 50/50 proceeds to the Home Association. Thanks to our members who made the food, soda bread and deserts and to those who did the set up and clean up!
This year’s Soup and Chili Cook Off was a success and alot of fun! We had 14 Delicious Crock Pots of 7 Soups and 7 Chilis. Thank you to those who made a soup and/or chili and everyone for coming out and enjoying these delicious dishes.
First place was the Seafood Bisque made by Wendy Cain. Second place was a four way tie in no particular order: Turtle Rock Soup by Jim Fox, Ham & Bean Soup by Debbie Smith, Red Neck Chili by Todd Grube, and Hamburger Soup by Gayle Keyes.
