VETERANS

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• VETERANS VOICE
• AMVETS Post 35
• 105 John King Road
• Crestview, FL 32539
• 850-682-8435
• www.amvetspost35fl.com
• VETERANS HELPING VETERANS

AMVETS Post 35 105 John King Road Crestview, FL
32539 850-682-8435 www.amvetspost35fl.com
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AMVETS (American Veterans) was the first
World War II organization chartered by Congress
and signed into Public Law 216 by President
Harry S. Truman on July 23, 1947. AMVETS as
one of Americas foremost veterans service
organizations has a proud history of sponsoring
programs and assisting all veterans and their
families who have served our great nation. AMVETS
are staunch supporters and advocates of providing
Americas Veterans with the benefits and services
they earned through their honorable military
service to our country. We work with local, state
and federal legislators to identify and implement
solutions necessary to ensure our veterans obtain
the entitlements they have so justly earned.
MEMBERSHIP Membership is the cornerstone of
AMVETS Post 35s ability to conduct programs and
activities which raise support to meet the
requirements of all our deserving veterans.
Throughout our history, courageous men and women
have donned the uniform of our Armed Forces and
built a noble tradition of faithful and dedicated
service for our great nation. It is by the
membership of these same great veterans, we at
AMVETS Post 35 are able to repay our debt and
gratitude for such noble service. It is through
these contributions to our city, state and nation
of offering skills, education, leadership,
maturity, and dedication, we learned during
military service that we can better help live the
motto VETERANS HELPING VETERANS. Veterans and
those still serving can become one of us at
AMVETS POST 35 in Crestview, Florida further
enhancing our abilities to fully honor and thank
these great warriors for their sacrifices.
VETS HELPING VETS
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BECAUSE WE CARE Please help us
assist our dedicated veterans by attending one or
more of our annual social events The Super Bowl
Chili Cook-off The Annual Valentines
Dinner/Dance The St. Pattys day Dinner The
Annual Easter Day Party Egg Hunt The Annual
Memorial Day Ceremony at Live Oaks The Annual
Riders for the Stone Poker Run The Annual Golf
for Scholarship Fund Tournament The Annual 4th of
July Cookout The Annual USO Poker Run The
Annual Halloween Party The Annual Veterans Day
Parade Cookout The Annual Thanksgiving
Christmas Meals on Wheels Celebration The
Annual Christmas Party for Kids and Adults The
Annual New Years Eve Party This is just a sample
of some of the fundraisers we use to enhance our
abilities to assist meeting the needs of our
nations dedicated warriors.
BECAUSE WE CARE
THEYVE EARNED IT!
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• AMVETS POST 35 HISTORY
• In the beginning, the "Finish-Line was an
  entrepreneurial effort created as a commercial
  bar, by Earl Phelps and Claude Stiles. Claude
  Stiles acquired a 'new post' application package
  and found it required ten eligible members to
  apply for a AMVETS Charter. A temporary charter
  was granted on Jan 7, 1986 and the new AMVETS
  Post operated as a 'bottle club'. In April 1986
  the AMVETS Post was granted its charter.
  Operating hours often fluctuated and post
  membership grew to 100/150 members. In 1988
  members talked of owning a property and the
  search ended with purchasing an adjoining
  property with a small building on it. Our Post
  offered the owner his selling price, provided
  zero down payment and amortized the payment
  schedule over 30 years. A SEC (State Executive
  Committee) meeting was held in October 1988 at
  the Holiday Inn here in Crestview. Post 35
  cleaned things up and received its first license
  from Tallahassee with the effective date of
  September 30th. Our Post officially opened to a
  packed house with a standing room only crowd and
  was a major success. Over the years, things have
  changed and we have added many new services for
  Veterans. The Ladies Auxiliary started ice cream
  socials at Crestview Manor plus they also
  conducted birthday parties at the Crestview
  Nursing Home. Post 35 has been a major
  participant in the "Old Spanish Trail Festival".
  AMVETS Post 35 moved their alcohol license and
  liberally shares alcohol profits to employ
  entertainment for a number of local Crestview
  community events. Post members conducted
  pot-luck dinners and picnics during numerous 4th
  of July events. Weve sponsored campouts and
  canoe trips on the Blackwater River during
  Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. AMVETS Post
  35 initiated the first annual Veteran's Day
  parade in downtown Crestview. One community
  service our Post is most proud of is assisting
  with covering the "Meals-on-Wheels Program. Post
  35 chose to cover meals for Thanksgiving and
  Christmas Days, to include shouldering all
  expenses. Members prepared, boxed and delivered
  dinners so each person might enjoy the holiday
  season. Other community services include our
  Ladies Auxiliary making "ditty bags" for patients
  at the VA Hospital. Post 35 adopted two miles of
  Highway 85 for the local community program
  "Adopt-a-Mile. Post 35 started a traditional
  Christmas party establishing a Christmas Wish
  Tree for a number of deserving children in
  Crestview. The WW II "Sherman" tank parked at
  Post 35, use to be at Twin Hills Park in downtown
  Crestview. The City Council voted to remove the
  tank from the park. The same City Council
  approved AMVETS Post 35 request that the tank be
  placed outside our Post. Since being moved to
  its present location the tank received a new
  paint job plus new markings helping restoring it
  to its well deserved glory as a retired vet. Our
  Post survived and prospered because our members
  are made up of some of the greatest men and women
  who have built a noble tradition dedicated to
  honoring and supporting veterans of our Armed
  Forces who have sacrificed and served our great
  nation.
• Living the motto VETERANS HELPING VETERANS.

God Bless Our Men And Women in Uniform