VFW POST 5331 – Big River Post in Cedar Hill, MO

BIG RIVER VFW POST 5331

In cooperation with

CEDAR HILL ELKS and BIG RIVER GOBBLERS

Will host a 

BIG RIVER FLOODRAISER

VFW Big River Post 5331

will host a

4th of July Celebration

Saturday, July 1st
Festivities will be from 12:00pm – 11:00pm

Barbecue from 12:00pm – 7:00pm
Music starting at 2:00pm
Live Band plays from 7:00pm – 11:00pm

A great fireworks display will begin after dark!!!

Pork Steak, Chicken or Brat Plate is $9.00

The VFW Auxiliary
will also be offering the follow after 4:00pm

• Hotdogs • Funnel Cakes • Snow Cones
Soft Pretzels • Popcorn • Nachos
Tea & Lemonade

Every year, the VFW Department of Missouri recognizes Posts from across the state who successfully participate in ALL VFW PROGRAMS. These are posts that have excelled in meeting Veteran’s needs, community service, fostering Americanism and increasing membership. This year, VFW Big River Post 5331 received this coveted recognition. Pictured are then current Commander Daniel Brown and Quartermaster Tom Herek accepting the White Hat, symbolic of this achievement, on behalf of the post.

VFW Big River Post 5331
and
High Ridge Elks Lodge 2455
will host the
Annual Flag Day Parade!

Saturday, June 17th

All floats are welcome!!!

Participants are encouraged to arrive between 8:00am – 8:30am
The flag ceremony will be held at 9:00am
The parade will begin at 10:00am

Starting Location
High Ridge Elks Lodge 2455
2808 Old Hunning Road, High Ridge, MO 63049

Ending Location
VFW Big River Post 5331 parking lot
1 Lynn Lane, Cedar Hill, MO 63016

Refreshments will be provided to participants at the end of the parade!

Help us achieve a great fireworks display for this 4th of July

Join Big River VFW Post 5331

Saturday, May 20th, from Noon – 6:00pm
for
Pork Steak, Brats and Chicken
$9.00 per plate

Good Food!
Good Company!!
Good Music!!!
Good Cause!!!!
Great Fireworks!!!!!

USS Rogers and Rogers Family Reunion
June 25th – 28th, 2017

The USS Rogers (DD 876) and the Rogers Family will be jointly hosting the 2017 Rogers Reunion.
This will be a wonderful time to meet the Rogers family and reminisce with your fellow shipmates.

Reservations can be made at the:

Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel
1400 Market Street,
Chattanooga, TN 37402
(423) 266-5000

Make plans early as rooms are in short supply. Only 25 rooms could be blocked for the reunion due to renovation of the Choo choo Hotel.

USS Rogers (DD-876) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1981. She was named for three brothers — Jack Ellis Rogers Jr., Charles Ethbert Rogers, and Edward Keith Rogers — killed in action board USS New Orleans during the Battle of Tassafaronga in the Solomon Islands on 30 November 1942.

For any additional information, please contact:

David Vick
813-766-1943
Email
Event Website

The April meeting on next Monday, April 10th, will have the nominations and elections of both Post and Auxiliary Officers for the 2017 -2018 year.

We welcome you to attend and exercise your voting rights
as a member in good standing. In fact, we encourage you to attend!

The meeting will begin at 7:00pm

Hope to see you there!

Big River VFW Post 5331, located at 1 Lynn Lane, Cedar Hill, MO will be having a

Veterans Information Event
April 14th
4:00pm. – 7:00 pm.

If any of the following fit you, you should plan to attend:

• Combat Veterans and those with a military occupation that was consistent with exposure to high noise levels should consider filing a claim for service-connected bilateral hearing loss and/or tinnitus.
• Any Veteran who served on land or in the inland waters of Vietnam who have one of the disabilities associated with Agent Orange Exposure should file a claim.
• Surviving spouses of a Veteran who served on land or in the inland waters of Vietnam and who died of a condition on the Agent Orange list of disabilities should file a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation.
• Wartime Veterans who are totally disabled, or over 65 years old, or in receipt of Social Security benefits should inquire as to whether they may be entitled to pension benefits.  Both income and medical expense are factors in receiving this benefit.
• Any Veteran in a nursing home and in home care should consider filing for pension benefits.

Lost records do not mean you cannot be granted benefits.

Receiving compensation affects what you are entitled to from VA Medical Centers.

VFW members will be available to answer your questions and complete Referral Forms to get you in contact with one of the VFW Veterans’ Service Officers.

Do not delay. Benefits awarded are back dated to the day the claim was filed.

For additional information, contact either of the following.

Larry Janssen
Post Veterans’ Service Information Officer
636-274-5001

Daniel Brown
District Veterans’ Service Information Officer
636-677-2892

The Big River VFW Post 5331 Auxiliary
will continue their

Outlaw Meat Shoot
on Saturdays

Beginning January 7th through March 25th, 2017

Doors will open at 9:00am. The shoot will start at 10:00am

NOTE! Shoots on the following weekends
will be held on SUNDAY instead of Saturday
due to scheduling conflicts 

Sunday, January 15th
Sunday, January 21st
Sunday, February 18th

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Posts to Be HONORED

Sunday, April 30, 2017
by St. Louis Cardinals

$61 Seats for ONLY $26

CARDS vs. REDS at 1:15 – Ceremony at 12:45

For further information, visit the VFWMO Page!