Recognition for returning troops?

Hooah!

Well Memorial Day is fast approaching...tie it in to something at the Commons.

Who hangs the signs across Main, for summerfest, and all that? The Chamber of Commerce?

Wouldn't it be nice if a collection ($1 per Sayville/W Sayville home) could be taken and the money used to decorate town?

If the Chamber takes up something like this or anyone else... I'd gladly print up the flyers necessary and help distribute them to each home for a collection.

Anyone up to doing something like this?

I sent an email to the general "contact us" email address at the sayville chamber of commerce. In that email I included a link to this thread. Hopefully the grass roots movement continues to grow.

Sleepy wrote: Thank you, both of you. I thought more people would have jumped on helping out by now. If the Chamber is interested, or already has something in the works, and sees this thread, hope they add to it with their plans and/or specific contact info.

This forum is not the place to recruit people as I'm sure you know it's essentially the same handful of people who regularly post here (myself included).

I'd be happy to photo-journal any event held for these honorees on my own time.

Sleepy wrote: Seen your pix, very nice. Where should we recruit them? Not being sarcastic, don't run round town much, and thought a good job of rounding up the community was done via this means for L/J apartment problem.

Thank you.

I don't know. That's an area outside of my skill-set. There are some folks around who excel at community organization.

'Build it and they will come.....'

FOXFAN wrote: Think this is a Great Idea, I know some people in town with the Chamber, Will talk to them tomorrow. Our Troops Deserve Nothing But The Best From Us, Look at what they've done for Us!! God Bless Our Troops who won't be coming home...

Thanks and post back. I'll call them by midweek too.

Wouldn't it be nice to show up at MacArthur airport on a day when a plane load of returning troops was landing? We could greet them and thank them. I saw a program on one of the PBS stations a while back where a group of retired vets did this. They carried their flags, and served coffee and tea to the soldiers coming into the terminal. It was so sweet.

Will help out any way I can, I think Our Troops deserve nothing but the best!!

As long as I can remember back in the 60's, Watched some kind of War on T.V., Even then not understanding War, Always felt something special for someone's child dying to protect Our Country..

Will give my E-mail if anyone wants to contact me for my help!!

FOX,

I wasn't able to give the Chamber my undivided attention until today, but I called too late. Didn't realize they answer calls until 10:30am only. I'll get a hold of them Monday or Tuesday morning and report back. I too will give out my email if we can get something going. A parade would be nice also, btw. I didn't mean to put down your suggestion.

Thanks! Okay, I will email you tomorrow.

if you want to removed your email address, so not spammers get hold of it, that's okay. I saved it.

Edited by Sleepy - February/17/12 at 10:37pm

you might want to check the town of islip website. there is a ton of info on there. maybe you can save yourself a trip.

Thanks sayvilleres..

Fox,

The application for Parade (and Race) is on this Town page: http://townofislip-ny.gov/e-services/forms-a-publications/cat_view/26-town-clerk You don't have to go down to pick it up. It needs be submitted 45 days prior to the event.

I've put my thinking cap on. Lindsey's office and other local politicians should have info and names of returning troops. And we can certainly enlist the involvement of schools and other organizations. I'll get onto phone calls tomorrow morning. If you want to give me a call in the afternoon for an update on what I've discovered, feel free.

Going to be fun. Have enlisted a few kids already.

I am loving this idea, Happy to be involved with this. Will contact a few people to try to get the info we need.

Having the parade already set up for Memorial Day in town and just adding more troops will be alot easier then starting a new one!