Greetings from the California Bay Area, Chapter CA-3.  In October, CA-3 was able to meet face to face for the first time in over a year and a half.  What a welcome sight to see sisters and friends face to face.  Also in October, Loyal Escort Vern Smith, stated that the Marine Corps League Detachment 919 restarted in person membership meetings.  The Detachment worked with Toys-4-Tots at the Fourth Force Recon Marines in Alameda, California.  They worked ...

Greetings to all from the San Francisco Bay Area.  CA-3 continues to meet monthly via Zoom meetings, hosted by Marine Corps parents Elaine Vallecillo-Miller and Greg Miller.  Our normal meeting location is still operating under restrictions.  However, we plan to meet in person in October, following all required protocol for the Bay Area. In addition to our monthly Zoom meetings, CA-3 also keeps in touch via weekly emails. This has been a quiet quarter for CA-3. On the 2n...

Greetings to all from the San Francisco Bay Area.  CA-3 continues to meet monthly via Zoom meetings, hosted by Marine Corps parents Elaine Vallecillo-Miller and Greg Miller.  Our normal meeting location was still operating under restrictions. In addition to our monthly Zoom meetings, CA-3 also keeps in touch via weekly emails. During this period – CA-3 member Kathleen Wright attended the funeral of Marine Alice Eloise Gunnerson in Santa Clara.  As was previously reported, A...

Greetings to all from the San Francisco Bay Area.  Hope everyone is staying safe.  California is moving towards reopening – depending on the County you live in.   My County – San Joaquin – continues to be in the strictest California tier – with the tightest restrictions.  Neighboring counties are moving to less restrictive tiers.  CA-3 continues to meet monthly via Zoom meetings, hosted by Marine Corps parents Elaine Vallecillo-Miller and Greg Miller. In additio...

Greetings to all from the San Francisco Bay Area.  Hope everyone is staying safe.  Not much to report again this quarter.  California continues to ‘shelter in place’.  The Bay Area has some of the strictest shelter in place directives.   We do meet monthly via Zoom meetings.  Loyal Escorts  Elaine Vallecillo-Miller and Greg Miller host the Zoom meetings. In addition to our monthly Zoom meetings, CA-3 also keeps in touch via weekly emails. With the s...