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Mark Your Calendar for These Up-coming Events

Author: March 27, 2024

March 25, 9 AM -4 PM Veterans Free Dentistry Day
16150 NE 85th St., Ste 126, Redmond
All eligible participants will receive a free cleaning, filling or extraction
Appointments recommended, walk-ins welcome. Call425-882-6699 to schedule.
Proof of veteran status required, DD214, Vet ID, discharge, etc.

March 27, 4-7 PM. VFW District 1 recruiting event:
Lynnwood Regional Job Fair on March 27, 4-7 p.m., Edmonds College Seaview Gym
Volunteers needed to represen our Post. See Commander Bowman, or Carl Kufess.

May 23, Edmonds College Memorial Day Observance. 11 :00 AM, Black Box Theater

May 24 -25 10 AM – 6 PM Memorial Day Buddy Poppy Distribution
Sign up at the Post meeting in March or April at your preferred location of Edmonds QFC Westgate, Mukilteo Speedway QFC, or Town & Country at Mill Creek. You don’t want to miss this fun and valuable semiannual event, which funds our Relief Committee.

May 26, 9AM Hero’s Cafe. Coffee & pastries, lunch at 11AM. Hero’s Cafe is held on the last Tuesday of the month at the New Life Church, 6519 188th, St SW, Lynnwood. Doors are opened at 9:00am, coffee and pastries are free. Lunch is served at 11 :00am and is also free.

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Changes Coming to Heros Cafe

Author: June 25, 2020

Due to Gov Inslee’s Stay at home direction and social distancing proclamations, we must cancel our May, June and July Hero’s Cafe gathering. 

We will let you know when our next Hero’s Cafe, Got Your 6, and the newly organized and ready to go Shoreline Hero’s Cafe will have their in person veterans and veterans supporters gathering. 

  • When luncheons are resumed, Hero’s Cafe will gather at the New Life Church Fellowship Hall, 6519 188th St SW, Lynnwood, WA 98037. 
  • The new Got Your Six gatherings will be held at the Edmonds Food Bank at the Edmonds United Methodist Church, 828 Casper St, Edmonds, 98020. 
  • The inaugural opening of the Shoreline Hero’s Cafe at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 1207 N 152nd St, Shoreline 98133 will be announced as available. 

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Hero’s Cafe

Author: August 17, 2018

Hero’s Cafe

In the photo at above, Gary Walderman, who served in Desert Storm, hugs Verdant Community Wellness Center’s Robin Fenn after presenting her and other staff members with challenge coins during The Hero’s Cafe in Lynnwood. At right is Jennifer Piplic. (Photo by Andy Bronson / The Herald)

The Hero’s Cafe is a monthly gathering for all veterans to focus on fostering positive outreach, interaction, and welfare within the neighboring community. Vets are welcome to drop in any time between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The next Hero’s Cafe takes place on August 28. There will be food and coffee at each gathering. For questions or more information, contact Gary Walderman at [email protected].

 

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Hero’s Cafe

Author: June 11, 2018

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World War II Navy veteran Terry Luck (left) talks with Post 88870 Korean War Army veteran Philip Sacks during The Hero’s Cafe (photo by Andy Bronson / The Herald)

The Hero’s Cafe is a monthly gathering for all veterans to focus on fostering positive outreach, interaction, and welfare within the neighboring community. Vets are welcome to drop in any time between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The next Hero’s Cafe takes place on June 26. There will be food and coffee at each gathering. For questions or more information, contact Gary Walderman.

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Edmonds Post Sponsors “Hero’s Cafe”

Author: July 10, 2017

Post 8870 sponsored the July Hero’s Cafe , a monthly gathering for all veterans to focus on fostering positive outreach, interaction, and welfare within our community. This month’s event at the Verdant Wellness Center in Lynnwood, was well attended by approximately 85 veterans, friends and family.

Edmonds Post Sponsors “Hero’s Cafe”

The sponsoring Veterans organization each month is responsible to provide funds for food and other expenses and also personnel to set up and tear down for the event.

Post 8870 members Mike Denton, Les Abel, Carl Kurfess and Phil Sacks were present to execute our responsibilities, arriving early in the morning between 0830 and 0900 and staying to help host the event until around 1430 when clean up was complete.

Lynnwood Mayor Nicola Smith was present with a few remarks and to introduce the featured program consisting of a presentation from Snohomish County Fire District 1 on the proposed merger of the Lynnwood Fire Department with the Fire District.

Hero’s Cafe is sponsored by the City of Lynnwood, Work Source, VFW, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans, Gold Star Mothers, Catholic Charities USA and the EdCC Veterans Resource Center.

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