April

4/1 Fox Valley Veterans Club Breakfast

Veterans meet every other Thursday morning at 7 a.m. at Grandma’s Table, 1700 Douglass Rd., in Montgomery to shoot the breeze and eat breakfast.

4/3 Operation Welcome You Home-Illinois

Operation Welcome You Home for Dan Steele. Contact Donna at Donna@welcomeyouhome.org for more information.

4/8 Fox Valley Marines #1233 Monthly Meeting

The monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the AMVETS Hall located at 1194 Jericho Rd. in Aurora. Included in the meeting will be the presentation of a fundraising check to Honor Flight Chicago.

4/15 Fox Valley Veterans Club Breakfast

Veterans meet every other Thursday morning at 7 a.m. at Grandma’s Table, 1700 Douglass Rd., in Montgomery to shoot the breeze and eat breakfast.

4/19 Batavia Loyalty Day Parade Application Deadline

Entry applications for the 2010 Batavia Loyalty Day Parade are due on Friday, April 19. Entries can be turned in to Batavia VFW Post 1197. For more information, call (630) 879-9630 or e-mail LoyaltyDay1197@sbcglobal.net.

4/24 IL Warrior Summit & Welcome Home Celebration
The IL Warriror Summit & Welcome Home will be held at the UIC Forum at 725 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Chicago, IL. It starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. For more information, contact Robert Malnick at (773) 414-5888 or by email at robert.malnick@studentveterans.org.

4/30 Fox Valley Veterans Club Breakfast

Veterans meet every other Thursday morning at 7 a.m. at Grandma’s Table, 1700 Douglass Rd., in Montgomery to shoot the breeze and eat breakfast.

May

5/2 Loyalty Day Parade in Batavia

Batavia’s annual Loyalty Day Parade will start on the corner of Wilson and Raddant at 1 p.m. For more information, contact the Batavia VFW Post 1197 at (630) 879-9630 or LoyaltyDay1197@sbcglobal.net. Visit the website at www.bataviavfw.org

5/13 Fox Valley Veterans Club Breakfast

Veterans meet every other Thursday morning at 7 a.m. at Grandma’s Table, 1700 Douglass Rd., in Montgomery to shoot the breeze and eat breakfast.

5/14 “115 Bourbon Street” Fundraiser for Honor Flight Chicago

Held at 3359 W. 115th Street, Merrionette Park, IL 60803, this fundraiser will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Honor Flight Chicago is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping veterans, especially WWII veterans, visit the National World War II memorial in Washington D.C.

5/16 Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

A Pancake Breakfast fundraiser will be held by the Fox Valley Marines League #1233 at the AMVETS Hall located at 1194 Jericho Rd. in Aurora.

5/27 Fox Valley Veterans Club Breakfast

Veterans meet every other Thursday morning at 7 a.m. at Grandma’s Table, 1700 Douglass Rd., in Montgomery to shoot the breeze and eat breakfast.