SAVE THE DATE: We will be honored with a visit from our National President, Lois Callahan, Lois will be flying into Omaha on Sunday September 21 at 12:35pm. We will pick her up from the airport and find some lunch before heading to Norfolk.
September 21 (Sunday) - The Norfolk VFW Auxiliary will host
a dinner for National President at Norfolk VFW at 5:30 pm.
Department President, Liz, has arranged
with Norfolk Lodge & Suites to hold a few rooms for those who would like to stay in Norfolk during the visit. Please call the hotel
directly at 402-379-3833 to reserve a room. When you call, please inform the hotel that this is for the
VFW Auxiliary.
Hotel for the night of the 22nd is the Holiday Inn Express. The address is 2010 Abbott Drive, Carter Lake IA 51510. phone number: 877-504-5798. (NOTE: while the official address cays Carter Lake, IA it is realy in Omaha very close to the airport)
If you plan to travel with Liz and Lois for the day, please let Liz know so she has a count for the tours.
Itinerary for Monday
September 22 is as follows (Dress will be casual):
- 9:00 am - Tour/Visit Norfolk Veteran’s Home
- 11:00 am - Tour of the National Guard Armory
- 12:30 pm - Lunch
- 1:30 pm - Tour of Johnny Carson home
- 3:00 pm - Tour of Elkhorn Valley Museum
- 4:30 pm - Head back to Omaha
- 6:00 pm - Benson VFW Post 2503 (8904 Military Road) will open for Cocktails
- 7:00 pm - Dinner at Benson Post 2503 (Please RSVP via text to Micky Dorn 402-850-5075 or email her at Madrn11@gmail.com)
September 23
- National President Lois will be leaving for the airport at 4:30 am for her early flight.
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Homecoming & Fall Conference - October 10-11, Norfolk
hotel will be Holiday Inn Express and Suites, Homecoming dinner will be held at Norfolk VFW Club 1644, Meetings will be held at Northeast Community College campus at the Lifelong Learning Center.
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September 13 -- Hastings and Grand Island Walk
Where: Brickyard Park, Hastings -- check in time: 9:45 am (CDT), event start time: 10 am (CDT)
Contact: Tara Maggart -- 402-984-8685 -- taramaggart@msn.com
September 13 -- Holt/Boyd Walk O'Neil
Where: O'Neil High School Track and Field -- check in time: 11 am (CDT), event start time: 12 pm (CDT)
Contact: Amy Wells -- 402-587-2720 -- Wells.Amy@protonmail.com
September 20 -- Columbus Walk
Where: Pawnee Park Stadium -- check in time: 1 pm (CDT), event start time: 2 pm (CDT)
Contact: Tara Grafe -- 402-270-4909 -- tara.grafe@vishay.com
September 27 -- Omaha Walk
Where: Stinson Park -- check in time: 9 am (CDT) event start time: 10 am (CDT)
Contact: Emmalee Scheibe -- 402-536-9226 -- escheibeafsp@gmail.com
October 4 - Kearney Walk
Where: Yanney Park -- check in time: 10 am (CDT), event start time: 11 am (CDT)
Contact: Kalley Wilcox (She/Her) -- 308-737-0704 -- wilcoxk664@lopers.unk.edu
October 5 - Scottsbluff Walk
Where: YMCA Trails West Camp -- check in time: 11 am (MDT), event start time: 1:30 pm (MDT)
Contact: Amanda Diedrich -- 308-641-7701 -- ajdiedrich@icloud.com
Below is the official VFW Auxiliary Department of Nebraska T-Shirt. The Ways and Means committee are using this as a fund-raiser to provide additional funds to Department for support our efforts for our Veterans.
A special thank you to Cherie Averill for the design.
