Here's What We Do
Our mission is to promote
patriotism, honor our veterans
and their families and to help
active duty service personnel. To
this end, we collect entertainment and personal needs items, books and
clothing for veterans in need and deliver them to the Roseburg Veterans
Administration Hospital where they have a community outreach program
as well as long term residents in the hospital and nursing home.
During 2009-2010 we donated over $2,700 in goods to the veterans.
Additionally, all during the course of the year we knit or crochet
woolen scarves and hats and in the spring we make neck coolers. We
also gather personal comfort items, small stuffed animals, and
entertainment sources and we send these to Operation Gratitude where
they put together care packages to send to our active duty personnel
in harm's way. We would like to challenge other tents to match or beat our contributions to www.opgratitude.com
These projects
are ongoing as long as they are needed.
Annual Activities
In February each year we invite President Lincoln to help us celebrate his birthday
Memorial Day in May brings many activities
We help the Sons of Union Veterans in their honoring of veterans at the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, The Fir Grove Cemetery in Cottage Grove, and the West Lane Memorial Gardens and Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene. Our part is to lay flowers or wreaths on the graves of the fallen heroes.
Picture by Carolyn Hall
Our
tent patron, Thirsa Gossett and her husband are also buried at Eugene
Pioneer Cemetery so
we have a service at that location as well on Memorial Day. Here,
President Mildred ponders the life of the Gossetts during those
difficult years when he served as a soldier and she as a nurse.
Picture by Carolyn Hall
Veteran's Day
Each of us in our own communities do what we can to honor our veterans such at placing flags and flowers on their graves and attending local parades.
Pictures by Carolyn Hall
Our 90th Birthday party in July 2009
On July 26, 2009, we celebrated the 90th anniversary of our tent's charter with guests from the Sons of Union Veterans, our then Oregon Department President Beverly Prysbylski and Sister Alice Moran from Mary Walker tent.
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This page last modified 16 Feb 2011
Copyright 2001 by Beverly Przybylski for Thirsa Gossett Tent #2 DUVCW