JULY 4th PICNIC 

VFW Post and Auxiliary 10188 was host to an Independence-Day Picnic in Tucson. Held inside due to the weather, the event featured a really great lunch with a variety of fun activities, a raffle, and ended with dancing. Department Commander Betty Gripp joined a number of officers to attend: Department Surgeon L ‘Corky’ Gripp; Auxiliary Department Vice President M ‘Ronnie’ Heinemann; District-5 President Pam Spencer and Commander Bruce Spencer; Post-10188 Auxiliary President Eileen Bedel and Commander Mike O’Daniels. Event organizer Chrissy Harlan was joined by a number of volunteers to make this a really enjoyable event. Everyone had lots of fun at this one.
Event organizer Chrissy Harlan welcomes guests to the July 4th Picnic hosted by Post-10188 in Tucson.

 

 

VFW VFW and Auxiliary members relax at the July 4th Picnic hosted by Post-10188 (sitting L-R): Auxiliary Secretary Kim Sloan; Department Commander Betty Gripp; Post-10188 Commander Mike O’Daniels and Department Surgeon L. ‘Corky’ Gripp. Post-10188 Auxiliary President Eileen Bedel is holding a basket stuffed with goodies that were raffled-off at the event.

District-5 Auxiliary President Pam Spencer and Post-10188 Commander Mike O’Daniels tried their best to win the pie-eating contest at the July 4th picnic hosted by Post-10188; but the prize for being the biggest glutton went to Alan Edwards. The kids didn’t stand a chance.

The Hula-Hoop contest held at the July 4th Picnic hosted by Post-10188 proved that Chrissy Harlan is more agile than Pam Spencer; but still not good-enough to beat the kids.

 

Auxiliary Department Vice President‘Ronnie Heinemann’, Auxiliary-549 member Lucile Lombardo and District-5 President Pam Spencer tried their best at the bean-bag tossing contest, but the kids were too good for them.