Program Reporting
District 17	POST 10125	Submitted Date 2024-10-25
Date of Activity 9/21/2024
Program Veterans Assistance
Activity
Hours 6
Miles 0
Members 2
Dollars Spent/Donated 300
Dollar Value 296.28
Total Dollars 596.28
Description
Member served as outreach/logistician for VetsBoats.org which takes veterans out sailing in the San Francisco Bay to provide Veteran comradery and stress relief. VetsBoats.org works with Northern California VA recreation therapists and counselors at Northern California VetCenters. Fifteen Veterans sailed two were women. Additionally while serving as the logistician the VFW member discovered that an Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran could not attend due to terminal cancer and cancer treatments. A few days before starting chemo this Veteran and two of his brothers were treated to a sail by our two VFW members with a personal charter on 9/21. The three brothers drove themselves to the marina. The dollars spent/donated is calculated by what the brothers would have been asked to pay if the charter was split by all attendees (a $1k charter was split between 2 VFW members and the skipper). It was a very poignant day.