Maryland Free State Post #167
Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., Inc.

Stephen Mintz
Sr. Vice Commander
410-833-0224
samintz@comcast.n

Frank Bressler
Sr. Vice Commander
410-486-1707
irene.frank@verizon.net

Craig Rabinowitz
Jr. Vice Commander
410-526-1001
craigis629@gmail.com

Erwin Burtnick
Judge Advocate
410-653-5577
burtnick@erols.com

Henry Dickman
Adjutant
410-653-2404
henildick@comcast.net

Stanley Fishman
Quartermaster
410-627-7942

Gilbert Miller
Chaplain
410-358-3585

Benjamin blum
Surgeon
410-484-9098

Frank Bressler
Editor: Free State Veteran
410-486-1707

Lenora Conn
Distribution

JOIN THE JWV

Post #167 of The Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., the nation's oldest war veteran's organization - is looking for new members. To qualify for active membership, you must have served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States - to include the Reserve Components - during various qualifying periods. Associate membership is available to those who served during other periods and those who served in the armed forces of a country allied with the United States during a war in which the United States was an active participant.
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For further information, contact
Richard Udoff
Commander
410-356-5696

Dues statements have been mailed for Year 2011. Ensure proper credit; please send your remittence
and statement in the envelope provided.

Next Meeting - January, 2012
7:30 p.m. (Location: VFW Post 521)

Photos from the Chanukah Party

Sick and Infirm

Please make an effort to contact our homebound members
to cheer them up.

Anyone having information regarding a joyous occasion,
an illness, hospitalization, or death of a member
or in a member's family, should contact:
Gilbert Miller, Chaplain
Telephone: 410-358-3585
Ask about Mitzvah Cards

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
and
DISABILITY

If you believe you have a service-connected disability or are receiving VA compensation and believe your condition has worsened, contact Department of Maryland Commander Erwin Burtnick. The Commander is a member of the Maryland Veterans Commission. Contact him at 410-653-5577. He will help refer you to a service officer who will work with you in filing a claim. You would not go into court without an attorney. Do not go to the Veterans Administration without a service officer. There is no charge for representation by a service officer.

Stamp, Tab, and Coupon Programs

The Post’s Stamp program provides cancelled stamps to Veterans Administration Hospitals nationwide for use by recreational services for collection and rehabilitative art programs. Aluminum tabs are given to the Ronald McDonald House to recycle for funds to help cancer patients at local hospitals.

Your coupons are needed to help support our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen, and their families stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland and at overseas locations. Please bring in your coupons, either clipped or un-clipped, to show your support and to help extend their purchasing power. It’s easy to help and costs you nothing, yet the benefit of your gift goes a long way, even half way around the world! Your coupons may be for any product. Military commissaries accept coupons up to six months beyond their expiration dates. Please bring these items to the next meeting.

Funeral Honors

_____Veterans are entitled to a military honor guard and a burial flag. This must be requested by the family, and proof of service (discharge or separation document) must be presented to the funeral director. In the case of a prepaid funeral, it is recommended that the request be made and the documents be presented at that time. In addition, JWV members are entitled to a JWV honor guard.

Stamp Program

Provides cancelled stamps to V.A. hospitals nationwide for use by recreation servicesfor collection and rehabilitation purposes. Bring stamps to Post meetings or mail them to the stamp program chairman:

National WWII Memorial - U.S. Postage Stamp

It's Easy to Help

Hospital
Visits

Members of the post and auxiliary are continuing to provide volunteer services throughout the week at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, and throughout the month at various other VA facilities. Several letters of appreciation have been received from VA hospitals.

Additional volunteers are needed for hospital visits.

Please
Do Your Part

Support
Scouting

Do your part for future Generations
Support the Jewish scouting programs of tile Boy scouts and cub scouts.
Support of Boy Scouts is one of the
NATIONAL PROGRAMS OF J.W.V.

Mitzvah Cards

Help Your Post
While You Save

Chaplain

Anyone having information regarding a joyous occasion, an illness, hospitalization, or death of a member, or in a member's family, should contact:

Gilbert Miller, Chaplain
410-358-3585

Mitzvah Cards...
The perfect way to express congratulations, get well
wishes, sympathy, etc.
6 cards for $10.00 (you complete and maiI, or
$2.50 per card (post completes and maiIs
Purchase is available at post meetings or call Gilbert Miller,

Call 410-358-3585, to place an order.

Ladies Auxiliary

Eleanor Chernikoff

Ladies Auxiliary #167

Eleanor Chernikoff, President

Coupons for Our Servicemembers
Contact - Myra Greenberg, 410-358-2772

Fort Meade is using the current coupons on the installation and sending the expired coupons, no more than two months at the time they are turned in, to Korea.

They can also use local coupon which do not expire for at least one month from the time they are turned in, such as fast food, local optical companies, etc., but please keep the local coupons separate from the other coupons.

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