Nancy Fassbender

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Volunteers needed

Volunteers are needed for the event, including:

• Friday, March 24: Six people to assist in marking for booths, setting up informational tables with awning, setting up signs and setting up haircut booths with awning.

• Saturday, March 25: Set up 7-10 a.m., with six volunteers to help direct booth participants, set out garbage containers, hang up sponsorship signs, etc. Also, 48 volunteers, 12 to a two-hour shift, at the two information booths, selling Challenge Coins at $10 each, answering questions, etc. Also 30 volunteers to do pinning at the ceremony; 32 volunteers to walk around making sure every thing is OK, making sure the ceremony is going smoothly; 32 volunteers in two-hour shifts to drive golf carts for shuttle service 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; four volunteers for two-hour shifts with Wreaths Across America selling wreaths at a trailer; and 10 volunteers to help clean up.

Phoenix and the surrounding area has been selected to thank and welcome home our Vietnam War-era veterans who served during the period of Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, according to the U.S. Department of Defense – USA Vietnam War Commemoration.

This celebration will be held at Mountain View Cemetery 7900 E. Main St. in Mesa, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 25.

This will be an event that veterans of all ages and their families will never forget.

It will be 50 years since the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam. We are truly honored to be able to organize such a memorable ceremony,

Some of the items scheduled for this celebration include:

• Speakers from the U.S. Department of Defense.
• Veterans Heritage Project students.
• Navy JROTC Color Guard.
• Sixth grade Patterson Elementary Students.
• U.S. Army Field Band (Six-String Soldiers).
• Pinning ceremony with the U.S. Department of Defense, USA Vietnam War Commemoration.
• 100 Informational booths for veterans.
• Free haircuts for veterans.
• Military equipment.
• Wreaths Across America educational trailer
• Native American and Mexican folk dance troupes,
• Bands, food trucks and much more.

We hope that you will join us on Saturday, March 25, to honor and properly welcome home our Vietnam veterans. Please bring your own chair if you would like to be able to sit and enjoy the entertainment.

We are also looking for sponsors to help with the expenses of this event. All sponsors will be recognized for their sponsorship in the event in the advertising and at the event itself.

We are also inviting informational, educational and companies that work with veterans who would like to host an informational booth.

Please let me know if you or someone you know are interested in either helping to sponsor this well-deserved event and/or would like a booth. I can be contacted at veteranseventsaz@gmail.com or call me at 520-280-4715.

Thank you so much for your support. Please help us spread the word.

Editor’s note: Nancy Fassbender is a veteran, 2020 inductee of Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame, honorary member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter No. 2560, honorary member of the American ex-POWs East Valley Chapter, 2022 Apache Jucntion Area Chamber of Commerce Community Cup recipient, and author of “My Fallen Hero.”