Good Day Outpost 1
I hope you all are doing ok after the Hurricane. If any Veteran is in need of assistance, please let us know and we will forward your information to Commanders in the local area to assist you. Commanders Coalition is here to support the flow of information between VSO’s and the local community.
Elections for Commanders Coalition are coming up and we are going to need somebody to consider serving as Outpost 1 Commander. The job is extremely easy. You just have to be reliable, honest, and willing to serve. You will be trained on how to keep sending out the Weekly Report. We use a template so you don’t have to recreate the wheel every week. 30 minutes of your time each week is all you need to commit to.
Requirements
Must have served in a Veteran Organization in a leadership capacity
Honorable Discharge or currently serving in an Active, Guard, or Reserve component
Comfortable with sending out emails
Comfortable using computers and technology or willing to learn
Cannot be currently serving as an officer in any VSO within Outpost 1
In your service,
Edward W. Hood
The Auxiliary is raffling a generator for $10 a ticket; generator is available for inspection. Next month will be the Poppy give away and the Auxiliary will be in the Veerans Day Parade.
Hi, Team
This Monday, Oct 12, the Leon County Veterans Treatment Court will be in open session at 3pm, in the Leon County Courthouse, Courtroom 2E. Hope you can come observe, and may consider becoming a Veteran Mentor for one of the Vets working their way through the program. Several Veterans will be graduating next month on 11/23, same time and place, which is an inspiring day to come to Court!
This past Thursday,10 8 26, our clinic team of 20 Volunteers, including 7 attys, worked with 16 Veterans and family members at the American Legion Post 13. (Housing emergencies, VA hassles, domestic disputes, driver’s license barriers, etc.) Thanks to the Leon Tax Collector’s office for helping Vets that afternoon facetoface, which is always more effective. And a new tabling partner, Comfort Keepers, was able to offer timely assistance for a Marine with intense family needs.
Kudos to Veterans Sam Adams, Eddie McMillian and Lavar Parker for the Quincy farmshare trip, delivering the truckandtrailer load of food to Vets around Leon County Wednesday. And to our TVLC Board and the Commanders’ Coalition which met Wednesday, again introducing new Veteran resources and sharing plans for many upcoming events in our Capital region.
One upcoming legal opportunity NOVEMBER 12 deserves your attention: ANY VETERAN WHO HAS NOT YET UPDATED THEIR VARIOUS “END OF LIFE” DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING WILLS, should plan to come to our legal clinic the day after Veterans Day, as we host SEVERAL OTHER local legal organizations (through the 2d Judicial Circuit’s Pro Bono Committee) who are joining us at the American Legion that Thursday for an expanded service- extra lawyers- so come take advantage of this chance for free legal help.
Redux: Expanded services by TVLC attorneys are available for handling VA cases for local Veterans. But the number of issues with the VA is outstripping our number of attys to keep up with the complications, new claims, and VA delays; so, any other attorneys wanting to join our “VA Law team,” we need you, and have training and national legal resources available to bring you into the fray. Were you a JAG? Have you helped with Social Security or other federal agencies that you already have a headstart on picking up VA law?
What else?
Thank you, Dan Hendrickson, for the Tallahassee Veterans Legal Collaborative www.Tallahasseeveteranslegal.com
PO Box 11091, Tallahassee, Fl 32302, 850/ 570-1967
Toys For Tots
In 2025, Tallahassee Toys For Tots distributed 11,959 toys to 4427 children.
TOY DONATION SITES
America’s Home Place: Kristine Obenour
10/07/2026 - 12/02/2026
2510 N. Monroe St. Ste. B, Tallahassee, Florida, 32303
Chick-fil-A Governors Square: Briana Wise
10/05/2026 - 11/28/2026
1500 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301
CubeSmart Self Storage: Shante’
10/07/2026 - 12/02/2026
3200 W Tennessee St, Tallahassee, Florida, 32304
VFW Post 3308: Kelli Dougherty
11/01/2026 - 12/02/2026
2769 W Tennessee St, Tallahassee, Florida, 32304
Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Craig Benner
Donation boxes will be out October 26 – November 24.
We CAN NOT distribute Play-Doh, realistic looking weapons (even with orange tips) nor any items containing food.
LAST PICKUP DATE IS: DECEMBER 2nd, 2026
We don’t receive much news from the Military Order of the Purple Heart, if anyone knows where we can obtain news and events we would be happy to share it in the Weekly Report.
WVU is holding a fundraiser at Fazoli’s on November 19 from 5-9 pm. 20% of proceeds support WVU. WVU will hold a retreat at the At Ease Campground on October 16-18.
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