Lamm Lights God Bless America First of all I would like to thank the membership, for giving me the opportunity to fill in as your Post Commander for the remainder of Juan s term and possibly longer after the elections in May. My promise to you, is that I will always respect the position given to me and I will do my job to the best of my ability to represent our Post in every way possible. I would like to take thank time to thank our prior Commander, Juan Gonzalez for the great job that he did while representing our Post. I would like to wish Juan he best with all of his medical issues that he is dealing with. It takes a lot of work to keep our Post up and running. I would like to thank our President of Enterprise, Paul Laurenzi and the members of our Enterprise board for their hard work. I would also like to thank our Executive board members and our delegates, without them we would not be able to get anything accomplished. My hope for the future is to be able to expand on Americanism and Children & Youth programs which are a part of the Four Pillars of the American Legion. I realize that we already have the Coloring contest on Flag Day, American Legion Baseball and Boys State to mention a few. How great it would be if we would have a few more members to help us run our programs and possibly come up with some other ways to help make our programs even better. I cannot say enough about our Lamm Post Auxiliary, they are a great organization that mean so much to us. They have wonderful events and programs that they run, as well as helping us run ours. If any of our male members have spouses that may be interested in joining the Auxiliary, please have them contact one of their members for more information. They would love to have them join and become a part of their unit. I would love to see more of our membership come to the meeting. I am including your spouse, children or significant others. They are a part of our Legion family and should be included (at the members discretion). We have the lounge available with WI-Fi or them to use while we conduct our meeting upstairs. After the meeting we can join them in the Lounge for a nice get together. Whenever I mention veteran members, I am including both men and women. If anyone has any ideas for the Post, whether it is regarding an event that we are having or anything that you are interested in, please bring it to the attention of one of the Post vice commanders. I hope that you have a great month, and look forward to seeing you at the next membership meeting. For God & County Phil English, Commander
Lamm Lights page 2 Post Clubhouse:... 204-2405 Lamm Post Grove:... 634-6965 Editor/Mailing-Dominic Savarino:... 207-0349 email - dominicsavarino@verizon.net Lamm Post Officers 2017-2018 Commander: Phil english...... 291-4638 1st Vice: Wayne Sorrentino... 291-4638 2nd Vice: Dan kennedy:... 817-3753 3rd Vice:... Adjutant:... Mobilization: Wayne Sorrentino... 891-5164 Sgt-At Arms: Don Helminiak... 668-2905 Service Officer:... Open Finance Officer: Richard Brown... 836-0418 Corp President: Paul Laurenzi... 335-4881 Chaplain:... Open 1st Asst. Chaplain: Wayne Sorrentino... 891-5164 2nd Asst Chaplain... Open Executive Board At-Large Members 2017-2018 Dominic Savarino... 207-0349 John Scalisi:... 563-1521 Paul Laurenzi:... 335-4881 Juan Gonzalez... 291-4638 Paul Shea... Auxiliary Officers 2016-2017 President: Acting Debbie Diebold...836-9617 1st Vice: Debbie Diebold... 836-9617 Secretary: Theresa English... 894-0563 Treasurer: Cindy Fries... 683-3172 Chaplain: Dorothea Elsaesser... 835-0013 Sgt - At Arms: Ruth Brown... 688-4646 JOIN US General Membership Meeting Second Wednesday Of The Month - 7:00p.m. Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Second Wednesday Of The Month - 7:00 p.m. The Lamm Lights will be ready for viewing on the 5th of every month on our website. Just go to americanlegionpost622.com and click on newsletter to view. TO GET TO US ON FACEBOOK GO TO GEORGE F. LAMM POST
Lamm Lights page 3 Friday April 5th from 8-11 p.m. Live Karaoke Music from Sinatra to the Beatles AT THE GEORGE F. LAMM POST Free Parking and Free Admissioon Post Prices on all Drinks Forte Music Productions Enterainer/Singer Live Msic (716) 446-6366
Lamm Lights page 3 Phil English was installed as the new Post Commander,by past Post, County District Department Commander Charles Herschalag. We also had 12 new members/transfers that participationin their initiation ceremony
Lamm Lights page 4 Annual Election and Meeting The annual election and meeting of the Enterprises will be held at the Post 962 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 on the fourth Wednesday in June (6-28-2019). A list of all members nominated shall be named in Lamm Lights which is mailed to each member of the Corporation at their last know place of residence. Upon written request of twenty five members, the name of those members will then be qualified under section 3. Sec 3: No member of this corporation shall be eligibe for election to the office of directors until they have been a member of this Corporation for at least three (3) years preceding the date of their nomination and has attended at least for (4) of the regular Post membership meeting prior to June1 st in the year immediately preceding such election. Members qualified under Section 3 will be placed upon the official ballot The request must be given to the President of this Corporation not less than one (1) week preceding the election and no member can sign for two nominees. NO VOTE BY PROXY. Date: June??, 2019 Place: George F. lamm Post 962 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville, NY Time: Polls open 6:00PM - 9:00 PM General Meeting Approximately 9:00 PM Members: WHEN you apply for this position on the Enterprise Board of Directors please contact a member of the nominating committee. Nominating Committee Don Helminiak 716-668 - 2905 Dominic Savarino 716-207 - 0349 John Scalist 716-563 - 1521 Qualifications for Voting No member shall be entitled to vote for a member of the Board of Directors unless they shall at the time of such voting, be a member in good standing in the George F. Lamm Post of the American Legion. We, are requesting the membership to allow the Enterprise to amend Article V,(5) section 1, item A, to eight (8) elected members instead of ten (10) elected members. If we have enough qualified members to fill the Director position, will will not have to amend the By- Laws of the Enterprise. If we cannot secure enough qualified members to run for this office, we will
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Lamm LIghts page 6 RECOGNIZING A STROKE During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics)..she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. Theygot her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00PM Jane passed away) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ It only takes a minute to read this.aneurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough. Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn! Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions: S *Ask the individual to SMILE. T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e.chicken Soup) R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue! NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke. cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved. I have done my part. Will you?
Lamm Lights page 7 Sons Squadron #622 @ Lamm Post Our members meet the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm in the Lounge (every month). Please mark these Thursdays on your personal calendars. Please be on time for our meetings as we have lots of business to discuss every month and we need your ideas, your input and your help. Dues are only $22 per year. Our Sons Squadron members continue to successfully run our Concessions stand fundraiser at Bingo on Tuesday nights. Our members have lots of great ideas to help the Post and we re all very enthusiastic to keep Lamm Post active and viable and to support the efforts of our Legionnaires!! Please join us on the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm in the Post Lounge. Thank you to all of our Sons members. Wayne Sorrentino, Lamm Post Sons Advisor Lamm Post Membership 2018-2019 Paid membership for 2019 is now at 323 as of 3-14-19 with 104 members not yet renewed. Our goal this year is 357 this means we are currently at 90.48% of our target goal. If your membership card reads 2018 or earlier, please mail in your $45 dues for 2019 to help us get to 100% this year. I ll get your membership card out to you PDQ. Please also help recruit any veteran and any former Legionnaire you meet to join our Post. We need new people and new ideas to keep our Post moving forward, staying vibrant and working with our local community to assist all vets. We do lots of great things over the course of the year, not to mention the great camaraderie at our monthly meetings and events. Thank you for any help you can provide to increase our membership. Every current member (Legionnaire, Auxiliary or Sons) is a recruiter who can help us achieve the goal to get a new member (or two). During our March 13th Membership meeting, 10 of our newest members were initiated into The American Legion Family at Lamm Post, including Frank H. Lamm, who is a second cousin to our Post s name sake, George F. Lamm. Welcome everyone to the best Post in Erie County. We wish you a very long and enjoyable association here. Thank you to all of our members for your efforts toward our membership goal. As you recruit a new Legionnaire, don t forget to recruit the spouse and the children! Thank you. Wayne P. Sorrentino, 1st Vice Commander / Membership ChairmanLamm Post Tuesday Night Bingo Tuesday Night Bingo is a very important fundraiser for the Post. Workers and players are needed to keep us going. We play Bingo on Tuesday nights, starting at 7:30 pm. Doors are normally open by 5:00 pm. Workers are needed to assist with the various duties involved with the Bingo session, by arriving prior to 6:00 pm to help sell Bingo boards and specials, or to work in our Concessions area, whichever spot your interests & talents take you. If you cannot help out every week, at least help us twice a month, perhaps, or once a month as it suits your very busy schedule. Please call me at 891-5164 and I ll help you get involved. Please ask your friends and neighbors to play Bingo with us on Tuesday nights. We have a very nice group who support our Post and enjoy their Tuesday evenings with us every week. Thank you. Wayne P. Sorrentino, Tuesday Night Bingo Chairman Nominating Committee 2019-2020: Commander Phil English appointed me Chairman of the Nominating Committee for next year. The slate of officers needs to be filled so it can be presented to the membership at our April meeting on Wednesday, 4-10-19. During the April membership meeting, the slate is read and nominations may also be taken from the floor. No nominations may be made after the April membership meeting. The vote for the slate is taken during the May membership meeting. If you wish to assist your Post as an officer this coming year, please let one of our nominating committee members know your wishes so you can be added to the slate. There s no problem with 2 or more members running for the same spot, that s called competition and competition is good for the Post. Currently, the slate is as follows: Commander, Phil English; 1st Vice, Wayne Sorrentino, 2nd Vice, Dan Kennedy; 3rd Vice, Jim Huber; Adjutant, OPEN; Sergeant-At-Arms, Don Helminiak; Finance Officer, Rich Brown; Chaplain: OPEN; Assistant Chaplain, Wayne Sorrentino; Members-At-Large (5 spots), John Scalisi, Dominic Savarino, Juan Gonzalez, Paul Shea and Richard Herrmann; Delegates to Erie County, Phil English and Chuck Herschlag; Delegates to 8th District, Chuck Herschlag, Wayne Sorrentino & Ernie Bacon. The Nominating Committee members are: Wayne Sorrentino, Chairman, Juan Gonzalez, Ernie Bacon or Norm Bealer, Guy Puccio & Chuck Herschlag. Wayne Sorrentino, Chairman, Nominating Committee Special Olympics Picnic 2019. The Special Olympics Picnic will be held in our Grove on Sunday, September 15, 2019, running from noon to 4:00 pm. More info later, but please reserve the date to assist us with this annual program. Wayne Sorrentino, Special Olympics Picnic Chairman
Lamm Lights page 88 7 April 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Danny s Baby Shower 1-3p.m. Manor 1 2 3 4 5 6 Meat Raffle Bingo Golf Meeting Manor & 5-10p.m. Lounge 6p.m. Lounge??? Executive Board Meeting 7 8 9 10 11 Elevator 12 13 Union BACA Bingo General Meeting Meeting 5-10p.m. Membership 4-8p.m. Lounge 6-9 meeting Manor Erie City Rep Pound Manor 8-12noon 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 CenterStage Meat Raffle 2-8p.m. Bingo 5-10p.m. Open GRDYE 10-12noon 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Car Outs!!! Bingo BACA Buffalo 5-10p.m. General Bordcasters membership Meat Raffle Meeting 6-10p.m. ERICA POSt Lounge 10-12 28 29 30 Bingo 5-10p.m.
Lamm Lights page 9 7 Auxiliary Updates Thank you to Mary Ann Bush who is the nominations chairman this year. We presented the slate of officers at our March meeting and will hold elections at our April meeting. The slate is as follows: President Debbie Diebold, Vice President- Theresa English, Secretary open, Treasurer- Mary Ann Bush; Delegates to County our four officers and our Junior Past President- Sharon Hubert; Delegates to Department Sharon Hubert and Debbie Diebold. Our 2018 Girl State Zoe Lawler was at our March meeting for her presentation on her experiences in Brockport. She gave a very insightful presentation on Girls State and left a tremendous impression on all present. We will be initiating our new members at our April meeting. Election of officers for the 2019-2020 term will also be held at this meeting. Please plan to attend and give a warm welcome to our new members. Our Trunk Sale date has been changed to August 10 from 8am to 2pm. Look for more details in the coming months. The Auxiliary will be sponsoring a Salsa Night on June 8 from 5pm to 11pm. Come on out and learn some new dance moves!!! These are some of the fundraising activities we have planned. Come join us at one of our meetings! Our next meeting will be March 13 at 7:30pm. We d love to have your suggestions or questions. Let us know how we re doing good or bad! Debbie Diebold President GOLFERS NEEDED To play in the Lamm Post Golf League. Anyone interested can contact Joe Cravotta at 716-634-8456 or cell 716-812- 9287. The league begins on May 6, 2019 and we will be playing at Kis-n-Green golf course located in Alden NY each Monday starting at 9a.m. The cost is $300.00 per player, and includes 15 nine hole rounds w/cart. The cost also inludes a banquet at year end, as well as, prize monies.if interested we are having our April meeting at 6:30p.m. Wednesday April 3 at the Lamm Post.
Lamm Lights page 108 7 LAMM MANOR & LAMM GROVE Geo. F. Lamm Post Manor and Grove is one of Western New York s premier banquet and grove facilities. It is conveniently located at 962 Wehrle Drive, Between Cayuga Road and Union Road, Williamsville, NY just minutes from the Buffalo Airport and easy Thruway access via the NYS 90, I-290 and RTE 33 (Kensington Expressway). We offer full service banquet hall facilities for all your special occasion needs, with plenty of convenient parking! Lamm Manor and Grove has handicapped accessible entrance and lavatory. We will gladly customize a beverage package to fit your needs for your Buffet, Family Style or Sit Down Dinner needs. The downstairs Manor Lounge is great for smaller parties, showers, & birthdays accommodating up to 90 people, Main Manor Hall: can accommodate up to 230 people. You can rent the Post facilities for any of the following events. Anniversaries Birthday parties Business meetings Conference facilities Community meetings Graduation parties Special events Training & development Wedding receptions Reunions - family, school, and friends and more... March 2019 Let Us help You With Your Entertaining Need Contact Paul 716-335 - 4881
Lamm Lights page 11 Meat Raffle Don t be Chicken there s a lot at Steak. ATTENTION MEAT RAFFLE LOVERS The George F. Lamm Post Manor and grove is one of Western New York s premier facilities for hosting Meat Raffle. Our facility can hold up to 330 people with two full services bars. We are just minutes from the Buffalo Airport and easy thruway access via the NYS 90, I-290 and RTE 33 (Kensington Expressway) with plenty of convenient parking. We are handicapped accessible entrance and lavatory. We will gladly customize a meat Raffle package to fit your needs. We will gladly you through the program and work with you and your staff to help your event success with no mishaps and with money saving techniques that will benefit your origination. George F. Lamm Auxiliary Please join us in honoring and supporting our male & female veterans who serviced our country.
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