Hamilton County Military, Veteran, Community Newsletter
This Newsletter is a new idea we are working on and it will take all our Hamilton County Veteran Service Organizations and Officers cooperation to pull this off. The Hamilton County Veterans Corp is working hard to communicate with all of our Hamilton County Veteran Service Organizations to be able to market their Posts to our whole community via all sorts of media outlets. We will hopefully be able to create a monthly or quarterly Newsletter which will contain important topics/activities from each Post so their Post members and their community members will know what events they might want to attend, or meal they would like to eat at their local Post.
- What are the activities this week at my Post – there should be a monthly calendar for all to see
- Who are my Officers and how do I reach them
- Is there a direct line to my Service Officer if I need help
- What is the Menu and the hours of food service
- List the games being played, times and dates
- What are the special interests in our community and are there any charities we are helping
- A possible way to include a feedback page
The printed Newsletter here has QR codes for each Posts Facebook page so one just has to scan it with their cell phone and see their present activities, etc. The Cicero American Legion Facebook QR code only takes you to the Facebook login page for some reason?? Anyone know why?
Hamilton County Veteran Service Officers (CVSO’s) – the office is open for your calls, visits and filing your claims
With the help of our District VSO, Cambria Sparks, and our Assist Administrator Christina Ellis, Robin Wilson and Caroline Franz, our 2 CVSO’s, have been working long days to get the backlog taken care of and now they are ready to take all your calls and file your claims. Hopefully by mid December, we will have hired a new CVSO who will already be trained and well versed in filing claims and caring for our Military Veteran Community!! That gives us three CVSOs and an Administrative Assistant, who is also able to file claims!!
- Assistant Director of Administration – Dianna Lynch
- CVSO – Robin Wilson
- CVSO – Caroline Franz
- Administrative Assistant – Christina Ellis
- 1 Hamilton County Square Suite 179
Noblesville, Indiana 46060
Main CVSO Office number 317-776-9610 M-F 9am-4pm and speak with Caroline Franz
Fax 317-776-8525
Please call or come in as your Hamilton County Veteran Service Officers are caught up and ready to help our Military, Veterans and families in the following:
- Obtaining your DD-214 military discharge
- Discharge Review
- Filing claims for service connected or nonservice connected disabilities
- Education benefits
- Low Income Wartime Pension Benefits
- Survivor Benefits
- VA Medical Care
- VA Home Loans
- I. Bill Benefits
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Burial Benefits
- Property Tax Abatement
- Tuition and Fee Exemption for Children of Disabled Veterans
- Motor Vehicle License Plates
- Peddlers, Vendors License
- Resident Veteran Hunting & Fishing License
- Golden Hoosier Passport
Hamilton County Veteran Service Organizations
I have only been able to list activities from FB pages and a calendar if they have one for events, projects and news from ea post. We should run a feature story on 1 post a month/quarter
Listed below are your Hamilton County American Legion and VFW Posts. Everyone of them needs your support to help them stay vibrant and alive to continue assisting and caring for our Military, Veterans, their families and our whole community! Each Post offers not only a Service Officer to assist our Veterans in filing claims or seeking financial help when needed, but they are always searching for ways to reach into their local communities to assist and donate their time and money to special groups, non-profits who also care for our neighbors. To continue doing all they do for their communities, they need your support by coming into their Posts and enjoying your time there with friends. They are your local family-oriented Bar & Grill with food, drinks, games and plenty of space to host your personal parties, or you may rent space for meetings or events to support local activities. They are open to the public and look forward to serving you.
As of January, 2024, the Posts that are completely SMOKE FREE are the Carmel American Legion, Carmel VFW and Noblesville VFW. The Fishers American Legion allows smoking in their enclosed bar area, the rest is non-smoking. The Noblesville American Legion allows smoking in the small game room building out front, the Post and meeting rooms are smoke free!! The Sheridan and Cicero American Legions still allow smoking in their Posts.
Carmel American Legion Post 155
852 West Main St, Carmel, In 46032
317-846-0001 Commander Rick Curtis
10-10 M-Th, 10-11 F-S, 12-8 Su
Meets the first Thursday of the month at 7pm
Kitchen serves Lunch and Dinner Wed, Thurs & Fri, Closed M-T
Website & Calendar – https://post155.org/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094085413679
- Continue to bring in Christmas gifts for HVAF, deadline is Dec 10, 2023
- Pay attention to their Facebook page for special gaming events like Texas Hold Em, Bingo, their jackpot totals and game day specials
- Euchre is every Tuesday night at 7pm and the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:30pm
- Treasure Hunt tickets may be purchased at the bar for their drawing every Friday 7pm
- They have daily, weekly (on Wednesday) and monthly (second Sundays) drawings
- Pull Tabs are available every day at the bar!!
- Post Service Officer may be reached at [email protected]
- Room Rentals call 317-846-0001 for the Post Manager. They have 3 rooms large enough for 150 people plus outdoor space.
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Carmel VFW Post 10003
12863 Old Meridian ST, Carmel, In 46032
317-846-0917 Commander Darin Bibeau
11-10 MWTh, 11-Midnight TuFSaSu
Meets the second Monday of the month at 630pm
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CarmelVFW
Food is served but I not sure of the hours
- Check their Facebook page for their weekly updates on their lunch specials – great food!!
- They serve the best breakfast on the first Saturday of the month from 8-11 – awesome!!
- Poker is Tues, Fri & Sun noon-midnight, dealers provided, food snacks & drinks available
- Thursdays 7pm is their Treasure Hunt – open to the public
- Check Facebook for their music and special events
- Contact [email protected] to rent space for your special events
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Cicero American Legion 341
50 Washington Ave, Cicero, In
317-984-4441 Commander Jeremy Delph
3-10 M-Th, 12-10 F-Su
Meets first & third Thursday of the month at 730pm
Website and calendar – https://cicerolegion341.org/events/
Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/cicerolegion341
- Every Wednesday 5-8pm is Filipino Dinner – Jenny’s Food Mobile Service
- Every Friday 5-8pm is American Dinner – Jenny’s Food Mobile Service
- Pay attention to their Facebook page for special events & Treasure Hunt info
- Weekly drawings are Sundays 6pm, Wednesdays 7pm, Fridays 8pm
- Euchre tournaments are Mondays at 7pm and Saturdays at 4pm
- Bingo is every Friday, 6pm for Early Bingo and 6:30 for Bingo
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The Cicero VFW meets at this Post on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm
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Fishers American Legion Post 470
9091 E 126th St, Fishers, In
317-842-5944 Commander Matt Rapp
MSa 3-11, TuWThFSu 12-11
Meets the second Monday of the month at 7pm
Food service is available but do not have the hours
Website and calendar is https://legion470fishers.org/index.php?id=1
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FishersLegionPost470
- Bingo is Sunday at 1:30pm and Tuesday 6:30pm
- Texas Holdem is Every Friday at 7pm
- Treasure Hunt is on Fridays at 7pm
- Pool Tournaments are at 6pm, 8 ball 2nd Saturdays, 9 ball 4th Saturdays of the month and American Poolplayers Assoc 7pm Wed & Thurs
- Pull Tabs are available at the bar every day
- Every month the Aux schedules a euchre tournament to raise funds for a local non-profit to help our community
- December 2 11am-1pm Kids Christmas Party – check Facebook
- December 2, 2023, 7-11pm Line Dance Party with Cowboy J. $5 cover open bar and food available to purchase…. Check Facebook
- Pay attention to Facebook and their calendar for live music dates, times
- Room rental space is available – email [email protected]
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Noblesville American Legion Post 45
273 S 8th St, Noblesville, In 46060
317-773-9985 Commander John Morris
M-F 11-10m Sa 12-11, Su 12-8
Meeting is the third Thursday of the month at 7pm
Food – rib express dinner 5-8pm Wed, Fri & Sat, meals offered all day on Mon, Tues & Thurs
Website https://www.noblesvilleamericanlegionpost45.com/ and is under construction
Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063496781153
- Legion Joint meeting is the first Saturday of the month at 2pm
- They moved into the Historic Ron Wilson Home and are still restoring the history in the home to make it a wonderful environment for their community!
- Bingo was every first and third Thursday but it’s on hold for logistic reasons…
- Shuffleboard games are every Wednesday at 7pm – they have 2 tables
- Post is open to the public every Saturday and the first 2 Wednesdays of the month
- Treasure Hunt drawings every Friday 6:45pm
- Daily drawings every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday – see the bartender in the main building
- Pay attention to their Facebook page for updates and special events like Music Bingo
- Rental space is available as well as the kitchen – Rental space address 610 Hannibal St. Contact [email protected] or call 317-773-9985
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Noblesville VFW Post 6246
654 S 9th St, Noblesville, In 46060
317-773-9956 Commander Rob Loy
M-Th 3-8, F 2-10, Sa 12-10, Su 12-8
Meeting is the second Saturday of the month at 11am
Food service is available but do not have the hours
No Website/calendar but they have a Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/post6246/
- Bingo every Friday at 7pm
- Pay attention to their Facebook page for special events
- By Noon Dec 19th, come in and nominate a family in need, any family, not just a Veterans family. Our Post will select a family to help this Christmas
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Sheridan American Legion Post 67
406 E 10th St, Sheridan, In
317-758-5007 Commander Mike Brunell
M-F 3-11, Sa 12-11, Su 1-6
Meeting is ????
Food service for lunch from 11am-2pm Tu, Wed, Thurs & Fri, not sure of dinner hours
No website/calendar but they have a Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/ALPost67/
- Pay attention to their Facebook page for everything
- Lunch specials posted weekly
- Treasure Hunt Friday night
- Bingo nights Thursdays 630 and 7pm
- Dec 16, Santa will be at the Legion from 1-4pm
- Events for the neighborhood you can help with
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Hamilton County Veterans Corp
P.O. Box 503, Noblesville, In 46061
President Ron Wilson, Secretary Bill Doss
Lynn Epperson Treasurer
Website – https://www.hamiltoncountyveterans.com/ with 40 pages of links to all things Military Veteran related, including our calendar and a page for our July 20, 2023 Hamilton County Community Resource Fair!!
- Our Meetings are the first Monday of the month 6pm at the Fishers American Legion 9091 E 126th St in their American Room. Please come and join us so we may continue to help our local Military Veteran community.
HCVC Facebook page is just starting up for more active information https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064446951899
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Hamilton County Stronger Veterans Stronger Communities Coalition On the Prevention of Suicide for Service Members, Veterans, their Families & Caregivers
The Coalition has been working with many different resources in Hamilton County for the past 2.5 years and are now teaming up with the IDVA to be the first county in Indiana to launch the Governor’s Challenge, a nationwide initiative for suicide prevention. The structure of The Governor’s Challenge helped us create our teams and projects to start implementing the Governor’s Challenge through grant dollars from the IDVA. We use the three Pillars of the challenge to guide our work – Identification, Connection, and Lethal Means and Safety – and we are currently putting together our Community Plan. We have been encouraged to think big with our ideas and include those organizations that currently serve veterans and bring in their ideas to reach into their local neighborhoods. We are also applying for a Planning Grant to create a 12 to 24 month Strategic Plan for Hamilton County. The Strategic Plan will include our Coalition working with many community partners to reach our Military and Veterans who are not connected, help them feel connected to their communities and further train everyone on lethal means & safety. More to come……
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Fishers Armed Services Commission
The drive for this commission is to make a more vibrant community where Military Service is Honored and recognized as a key component to our community’s future and wellbeing.
- Meetings are the second Tuesday of the month, 4-530pm Pavilion Conference Room 10 Municipal Dr, Fishers, In 46038.
Website is – https://www.fishers.in.us/1419/Fishers-Armed-Services-Commission where you will find this info and links to make comments, suggestions and see the members of the commission.
Hope to hear some of your ideas on this newsletter soon. Look forward to working together.
Sincerely,
Bill Doss