Operation KP (Kitchen Project)
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Operation KP (Kitchen Project) has officially launched! The KP fund raising committee has distributed information about the renovation project, which we all know is much needed, since the last renovation was in 1945! Keep your eyes open at Post dinners for folks in camouflage aprons, they're happy to answer questions about Operation KP. Our goal is to raise 75% of the total cost ($200K) before breaking ground, in January 2020! We have raised 158K as of December 5, 2019. We are scheduled to break ground in January!!
At the membership meeting on December 3rd it was announced that Commander Janet recently applied for a grant through the Home Depot Foundation. The Home Depot Foundation awarded our Post with $20,000.00 (twenty-thousand dollars) towards Operation KP! Our Post is blessed and we can't say enough for the Home Depot Foundation and their support of all veterans! Our fundraising efforts will continue to ensure all costs of our new kitchen will be covered. |
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operation "KP" Frequently Asked Questions
Why Now?
Our Post Building has been here more than 80 years! The last kitchen renovation was in 1945….74 years ago! As our membership has grown, so have the number of weekly dinners served.
What Needs to be Done and Why?
We discovered the kitchen needs new equipment -- including a new exhaust hood -- over our ovens. Health and safety codes have changed significantly over the past 74 years and Post 28's kitchen has kept up with the times. However, remodeling the kitchen is now needed for contemporary times. We will do it the right way and no other way.
What’s in it for the Post?
More room to accommodate increased meal service to our members and the public. The updated kitchen will enhance dinner service functionality and benefit all kitchen staff and volunteers. Heading into the next century, we need to accommodate changes in tastes. As Don "Chops" Rescorla and his wife, Ruth taught us in the 1970s, changes in food preferences, require changes in food choices.
What’s in it for me as a donor?
Pride, honor, and continued commitment to our mission of "veterans still serving veterans." For decades, our kitchen has raised proceeds for numerous veteran programs -- including Wilwin at Cygnet Cove -- and the Goodfellow’s program for children in need. American Legion Posts around the country look to us as a role model in serving veterans, veteran's families, and local communities.
What happens if we pass the $200K Goal?
Like our Post forefathers had the foresight to do, funds raised above the $200K goal will go into a Building Fund for anticipated upgrades -- including our roof -- which will soon need replacing. Our beloved building has been here for us for more than 80 years. And just like our homes, we need to update, renovate and maintain our Post building.
Together, we can ready our Post kitchen for the next century!
Our Post Building has been here more than 80 years! The last kitchen renovation was in 1945….74 years ago! As our membership has grown, so have the number of weekly dinners served.
What Needs to be Done and Why?
We discovered the kitchen needs new equipment -- including a new exhaust hood -- over our ovens. Health and safety codes have changed significantly over the past 74 years and Post 28's kitchen has kept up with the times. However, remodeling the kitchen is now needed for contemporary times. We will do it the right way and no other way.
What’s in it for the Post?
More room to accommodate increased meal service to our members and the public. The updated kitchen will enhance dinner service functionality and benefit all kitchen staff and volunteers. Heading into the next century, we need to accommodate changes in tastes. As Don "Chops" Rescorla and his wife, Ruth taught us in the 1970s, changes in food preferences, require changes in food choices.
What’s in it for me as a donor?
Pride, honor, and continued commitment to our mission of "veterans still serving veterans." For decades, our kitchen has raised proceeds for numerous veteran programs -- including Wilwin at Cygnet Cove -- and the Goodfellow’s program for children in need. American Legion Posts around the country look to us as a role model in serving veterans, veteran's families, and local communities.
What happens if we pass the $200K Goal?
Like our Post forefathers had the foresight to do, funds raised above the $200K goal will go into a Building Fund for anticipated upgrades -- including our roof -- which will soon need replacing. Our beloved building has been here for us for more than 80 years. And just like our homes, we need to update, renovate and maintain our Post building.
Together, we can ready our Post kitchen for the next century!
