Updated June 19th, 2022

Post 280 News

From the June general assembly meeting:

Post 280 Service Officer

1. Post 280 Service Officer (Phil Poffenbarger) is now an Accredited Service Officer, which allows him to negotiate directly with Veteran's Affairs on your behalf.  Post 280 has a second Veteran Service Officer (Robert Martin) training to assist with veteran's claims.  Finally, we are expecting a second Accredited Service Officer, Jim Scruggs, to transfer into the Post next month.

2. Saturday 04 Jun 2022 the Post 280 Riders Chapter was presented their Charter by Department of Virginia Vice Commander Joe Garlitz. 13 Rider Chapters from throughout the state and over 100 other riders and supporters made an appearance to welcome the Post 280 Rider's Group to the family.

3. The American Legion Department of Virginia Conference will be held 13-17 July 2022 at the Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel for $109 per night.

4. The Post is looking for volunteers interested in supporting community, veteran, and family events by supporting one of the Post committees.  If you are interested, send an email to kellog.sharp@gmail.com or stop by the Post.

5. American Legion, Post 280, wants to offer the American Legion initiation to any member who has not been initiated. There are two different forms of initiation offered - Long and Short. Long is about an hour long, short is about 15 minutes. The initiated members of the Post would like to offer the initiation followed by a dinner for the member and his family. If you are interrested please let the 1st Vice Commander know via his e-mail, 1stvice.post280@gmail.com. We would like a minimum of ten for each initiation.

Note: The Services Officer's e-mail address is pkoff@gmail.com (757-647-0533). He can do wonders but, he can't help you if you don't ask.