What We've Been Doing Lately

Members Celebrate Milestone Birthday

On Sunday, July 26, 2009 we celebrated the 90th birthday of the charter of our tent with guests from the Sons of the Union Veterans, Steve Hall and Harold Slavik, and Sister Alice Moran from Mary Walker, MD tent #28. Sitting next to Alice is Sister Mildred Voelker

(photographs by Carolyn Hall)

Our honored guest of the day was Dept President Beverly Przybylski and sitting to her left are Sisters Linda Wiley and Bernadine Taplin

Tent Members Attend Department Convention

Saturday, June 13, 2009, Mildred Voelker and Carolyn Hall (seated left to right) represented Tent #2 at the department convention held in Salem, Oregon. Comrade member Lydia Wilson from Tent #2 (seen here serving as chaplain during the installation of new department officers) was also able to attend the convention with her sister, PNP Donna Wood.

Newly Installed Department Officers for 2009-2010, from left: Installing Officer and National Representative Donna Wood, PNP; Council Member #1 April Bullard, PDP; Department President Beverly Przybylski; Treasurer Betty Black; Sr Vice President and Chief of Staff Perri Parker; Chaplain, Guide and Guard Alice Moran; Jr Vice President Carol Rife; Secretary Karin Lightner; Council Member #3 Carolyn Hall

(photographs by Alice Moran)

Honoring Our Active Military and Our Veterans

In 2007 we began taking donations of clothing, books, and sundries to the Veterans Administration Hospital
in Roseburg, Oregon. In May 2009 we donated 160 paperback books to this VA hospital. Additionally,
we made and sent to Operation Gratitiude 55 neck coolers, a cell phone and $10.00 to help
with shipping costs to get the neck coolers to our active servicemen and women overseas.

During the last days of May 2009 members of our tent attended eight memorial services from Coos Bay to Salem.

Memorial Day at the Eugene Pioneer Cemetery

Left: On May 25, 2009 members of Thirsa Gossett Tent #2 placed a wreath at the GAR Civil War Memorial commemorating the day and recognizing the sacrifices of many. Right: Senior Vice President Mildred Voelker is pictured standing next to the headstone of our tent's namesake, Thirsa Gossett. (pictures by Carolyn Hall).

Memorial Service for Thirsa Gossett and her husband, May 31, 2008

Top Left: The Sons of Union Veterans Reserves presenting colors accompanied by a drum and bagpipes played by Mr. and Mrs. Jones (picture by Bruce Hall). Top Right: Group picture of the members of Tent #2 who were present for the event including honorary member Melany Vaughan (picture by Randy Fletcher). Bottom Right: Reading of the biographies of the Gossetts and the Memorial Service to Union Veterans (picture by Bruce Hall). Bottom Left: Musket salute given at the end of the service by the SUV Reserves (picture by Bruce Hall).

We collected and donated a great deal of clothing for the Roseburg VA Medical Center. We also made monetary donations to several groups approved by the DUV. We donated $85 to the national building fund in honor of Beverly Massey. We also had a recruiting table at the Frontier Heritage Days in Eugene in February 2008.

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