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February Birthdays
1 - Mrs. Uttke
2 - Mr. Brinton
3 - PVT Cruz I, 12
7 - CPL Hoover, 16
10 - PVT Davies, 11
16 - PFC Penkin, 15
22 - CPL Khoo, 16
28 - PVT Brinton, 10
Happy Birthday wishes to our Young Marine family members!! We wish you well for another year of joy and fun in your lives!
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Valentine's Casino Bus - 2/14/10 |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 11/30/2009 14:41 PM (Read: ) |
Sunday, 2/14/10
Anyone aged 21+
Tickets are $25 per single and $45 for a couple. Tickets get you: transportation to and from the casino, discount food coupons, casino coupons, and snacks on the bus. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be for sale on the bus.
Lucky Eagle Casino
Rochester, Washington
Meet at the Mill Plain Fred Meyer's, located at 11325 SE Mill Plain Blvd Vancouver 98683. Park down near the Garden Center.
Bus departs Fred Meyer's at 1030 and arrives at the casino at 1200. The bus departs the casino at 1700 and returns to Fred Meyer's at roughly 1845.
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Operation National Heritage Optional Fundraisers |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 10/16/2009 16:32 PM (Read: ) |
If your YM plans on attending Operation National Heritage in August 2010, they will be required to participate in three (3) out of the five (5) optional fundraisers being offered.
We feel it extremely important that ALL YMs wishing to attend this summer encampment share in the responsibility of raising the needed funds to successfully go. It just doesn't seem fair that 10 YMs raise the funds for 60 YMs to go to Washington D.C. One of the Young Marine core values is teamwork!
1 - Flag Afghan Raffle - $25 worth of raffle tickets
2 - Wreath sales - 10 wreaths or sponsorships
3 - See's Candies - 2 boxes above the 4 boxes required for operating expenses
4 - Valentine's casino bus - 1 ticket
5 - Cinco de Mayo casino bus - 1 ticket
As a unit, we'll be able to raise the needed funds to make Operation National Heritage a reality!!!
NOTE 11/18/09: Shuffling has been done by our Fundraising Chairs Mr. & Mrs. Merkl due to the unit only getting two (2) dates for PIR Winter Wonderland. That fundraiser has been removed from the above list (wasn't feasible) and a second casino bus was added in it's place. They have also added another box to make the See's Candies option two boxes sold. Their reasoning behind that was that the boxes only have 24 candy bars in each box, not the 50 we originally anticipated.
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"Loot for the Troops" - Ongoing Project |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 09/11/2009 14:57 PM (Read: 47) |
 Want to send your support to a Marine in harm's way, but have no idea of what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it?
We were forwarded an email from a military family friend who thought this would be a great humanitarian service we could perform as a unit.
If you are interested in helping out as an individual or family in addition to our unit project, please go to www.anymarine.com. This site also links with other armed services, so if you are Navy, Army, etc., you can support any of those men/women also.
The Marine we have chosen is:
Former Young Marine Zachary Rosling
His unit is currently serving in Iraq. Let’s show our Young Marine spirit and provide his platoon with some great stuff!!
This is a great opportunity to serve our men and women that are deployed and to give of ourselves without remuneration.
"Loot for the Troops" Chair - Mrs. LeeAnne Colson
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New Fundraiser Added to our Repertoire |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 09/08/2009 09:35 AM (Read: 105) |
 Our unit is now the proud owner of their own functional Gourmet Coffee Business. Move over Starbucks!This will provide our unit a very large ongoing lifetime passive residual income. As our business grows we will have less need for some of our other fundraising activities to support our annual operating costs. Yippee!Normally building a business requires a lot of hard work and money but that is not the case with JavaFit. We can build our JavaFit business very quickly if everyone helps. Did I hear you ask how? Please click "Read More" and I’ll tell you how. |
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Farmer's Market 2010 |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 04/12/2009 23:08 PM (Read: 201) |
Farmer's Market 2010 runs from April to October on opposite Saturdays and Sundays as drills.
Our hours are from 0830 - 1500 on Saturdays and 0930 - 1500 on Sundays.
As of April 12th, almost every single shift is taken. Contact Mrs. Lewis to see what shifts might still be open at adj{at}lcym.org.
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Mandatory Fundraising for Calendar Year 2010 |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 03/06/2009 16:17 PM (Read: ) |
It has again been decided that the Lewis & Clark Young Marine unit will have just two (2) mandatory fundraisers scheduled for 2010.
The first will be See's Candies. This fundraiser will begin 12/12/09 and run through 4/17/10. The YMs will be required to sell 4 boxes of candy (24 candy bars per box) or do a "buy-out" of $90. [Recruits from PLT 51510 will also be participating in this fundraiser and they will have through 6/12/10 to sell their 4 boxes.]
The optional 2 boxes of See's Candies being sold to count as one of the optional ONH fundraisers for your YM can be sold through 6/12/10.
Each YM will receive 30% of the net profit made on the boxes of See's Candies that they specifically sold. This will be added to their respective Fundraiser Account (FA). There will be NOTHING added to the FA for a "buy-out" as we've reduced the amount due for a "buy-out" by that 30% already. (All a "buy-out" pays for is the cost of the product + the unit's 70%.)
The second will be the fireworks tent, which is scheduled for the last week of June through July 4, 2010. The YMs will be required to each work 4 hours in or at the tent (YMs younger than 16 are not allowed in the fireworks tent so will have duties outside the tent). There is no "buy-out" on the fireworks tent. The hours will need to be worked.
We've gone to mandatory fundraising because we found that the same few YMs were regularly participating in the unit fundraising yet when it came time for the overnighters and fun encampments we had a ton of YMs participating! Somehow, that didn't seem quite fair.
If your YM does not participate in either the fundraising or a "buy out" they are NOT eligible to participate in any of the fun summer encampments/overnighters nor are they eligible for SPACES consideration.
The Farmer's Market fundraiser that takes place from April through October is optional.
The See's Candies monies and the Farmer's Market monies raised will go to the operating fund.
The fireworks monies raised will go to the Operation National Heritage fund (Washington D.C. trip).
Updated 11/18/09 to reflect 2010 information.
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Adult Platoon Leaders |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 12/09/2008 13:11 PM (Read: ) |
Each platoon has a female and a male adult who supervises the platoons. Each platoon also has a YM PLT LDR and a YM PLT SGT who run the platoon.
Alpha Adult Platoon Leaders
Mrs. Anne Merkl abmerkl{at}aol.com 360-571-9110
Mr. Jim Czmowski racerat1966{at}gmail.com 360-980-9749
Bravo Adult Platoon Leaders
Mrs. Sue Mesick smesick{at}aol.com 360-573-1906
Mr. Gary Estes estesangler{at}verizon.net 503-347-4985
Charlie Adult Platoon Leaders
Miss Holly Lewis dolphins508{at}aol.com 503-347-1671
Mr. George Merkl abmerkl{at}msn.com 360-571-9110
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Winter Weather Wear Regulations |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 12/09/2008 12:45 PM (Read: ) |
Field jackets are authorized. They are the preferred "winter coat" for the children. Field jackets need patches sewn on them in the exact same format that they have on their cammie blouses (though we do let them wear the field jacket if they've got an order in for patches and haven't received the patches yet). But to be in regulation, the patches all have to be on the field jacket. [NO PATCHES on Goretex field jackets. It breaks the integrity of the jacket.]
Black, grey, or red sweatshirts are authorized for layering warmth UNDER BOTH the red National tee and cammie blouse. These are the ONLY colors authorized by the CO/XO.
Black gloves are authorized.
School coats are not authorized. If your YM doesn't own their own field jacket, there are field jackets for "check out" in our Supply closet. Check in with Ms. Wood if your YM needs to "check one out" for a drill or an event. She can be reached at supply{at}lcym.org or 503-997-7766.
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Drill Dates & Drill Location 2010 |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 11/24/2008 15:46 PM (Read: ) |
Lewis & Clark drills every other Saturday from 0745-1630.
Drill Location - Vancouver Elks Lodge
11605 SE McGillivray Blvd.
Vancouver, WA 98683
Alternate Drill Location - Swan Island Navy-Marine Reserve Center
6735 N. Basin Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97217
What do I bring to every drill?
unit backpack, PT gear, guidebook, pen/paper, $5 for chow or sack lunch, water
Promotions are at morning formation on the first Saturday drill of each month.
Awards are presented almost every drill at closing formation. Parents you are always welcome to show up at final formation at 1600 to watch as your Young Marine receives any awards earned. |
Wednesdays NCOIC/SNCOIC Schedule FY2010/Quarter 1 & FY2010/Quarter 2 |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 09/10/2008 13:13 PM (Read: 448) |
Click "Read More" to see the Wednesday Study Night NCOIC/SNCOIC schedule for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.
The scheduled NCOIC/SNCOIC is responsible for making sure things are running smoothly and properly during our Wednesday Night Study Sessions.
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Uniform Designations |
| Posted by: KristineL3 on 09/08/2008 20:45 PM (Read: ) |
Cammie Alphas = cammies with ribbons
Cammie Bravos = cammies without ribbons
Charlies = red National tee tucked in, khaki belt, jeans/shorts, tennis shoes
Deltas = unit tee tucked in, khaki belt, jeans/shorts, tennis shoes
PT = black shorts from home, unit PT tee shirt (if cold weather, unit sweats are also authorized), tennis shoes
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| More About Us |
About the Young Marines
 The Young Marines is the official youth program of the Marine Corps League. Founded in 1958 to promote the mental, moral and physical development of young Americans, the Young Marines offer a variety of activities specifically designed to develop greater self-esteem, discipline and self-confidence in its members.
Character building is one of the most important objectives of the Young Marine program, and all of its activities emphasize the importance of honesty, courage, respect, loyalty, dependability, and a sense of devotion to God, country, community and family.
In July of 1993, the United States Marine Corps officially designated the Young Marines program as “the focal organization for fulfilling its participation in the Department of Defense’s drug demand reduction activities.”
Young Marines make a pledge to maintain a drug free lifestyle and are encouraged to influence family, friends, and schoolmates to share this commitment.
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Updated on 10/28/2009 22:23 PM by squeakyracer
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