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PURPLE HEART TRAIL - In case you haven’t noticed the Purple Heart Trail project has a real success.  Tim Haley and Chuck Ward have a great job in making this happen.  We must be amid a period of increased public support for the US Military forces; everyone Tim & Chuck talk to wants to jump aboard to support the installation and maintenance of the stream of “Purple Heart” road signs that are now stretching from San Miguel to the SLO County border at Santa Maria.

Check their own PHT website at:  www.purpleheartCA101.org



                                VETERANS RECOGNITION LUNCHEON, May 28, 2010

Hosted by Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee of the 33rd District at Mitchell Park in San Luis Obispo
to recognize our local veterans and to highlight the new Purple Heart Trail on highway 101

 
Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee addresses crowd   Tim receiving Veteran of the year award from Sam

 

 
Tim's acceptance speech   MCL 680 presenting an award to Sam for his PHT efforts

Vets had a free lunch....others paid a modest fee with all proceeds going to the Purple Heart fund.

and the Veteran of the Year award was made official in Sacramento:

Sam Blakeslee and Tim Haley at the Sacramento State Capitol Assembly Floor for the presentation of the Veteran of the Year Award..  Honoree dinner at the Capitol was June 23, 2010
   


 PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
 OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH
PRESENTED AUGUST 4, 2008
  Left to right:
Karen Bright Grover Beach city council person, Lou Barnes, Claudia Barnes, Pam Forister T4T coordinator, Tim Haley, Janet Haley, Sonny Lopez
News Release:

The City Council of the City of Grover Beach has presented Marine Corps League Detachment 680 a proclamation honoring and thanking its 147 members for actively working in the community since 1999 providing assistance to one another and the community through their worthy acts and deeds, as well as supporting troops overseas, away from their homes and loved ones.

The group was specifically honored for participating in the Marine Corps Scholarship Fund and the Central Coast Veterans Memorial Museum, and for operating Toys for Tots which provided more than 18,000 toys for children in 2007. Other actions sited included in the proclamation: assisting with the erection and maintenance of the flag pole on the hill at KSBY, providing the flag pole for the U.S. Marine Corps flag at the Atascadero Veterans Memorial and for the Honor Guard which has provided military honors at the burials of more than 575 area veterans. The award also thanked the detachment for conducting Memorial and Veterans Day services at Los Osos Valley Cemetery and Memorial Park for 10 years.

The detachment was formed in 1999 and is one of the largest in the state. It has been named State Detachment of the Year on several occasions.

California Legislature
Sam Blakeslee
AssemblyMEMBER, THIRTY-third District

Resolution from the California Legislature Assembly presented to Detachment 680 in recognition of our distinguished service to;  Country,Community,and Compatriots

Presented by Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee
May 9, 2008

 
 
Commandant Tim with the Resolution   Resolution


May 2008: Resolution from San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors honoring the Detachment for all their good works over the years.
 
 
Board and Detachment Reps   Tim and John with the honored award





Patrick Henry Award, May 2008:

Military Order of World Wars presenting the detachment with their highest national award given to organizations, "The Patrick Henry Award."
 
Don Smith, Chuck Ward, Tim Haley, Jim Hawkins, Chuck Perriguey, Bill Houston (Navy Chaplain)