If you need to be driving tonight, remember…children are focused on Halloween fun. You need to be focused on THE UNEXPECTED. From all of us at MN DAV Chapter 39 and Auxiliary Unit 39, have a fun and safe Halloween.
On November 4th, our Honor Guard, will present the Colors to kick-off the 7th Annual Omni Brewing Veteran Fundraiser at 4:45 PM. Volunteers are needed at this event as there will be a Clothing Drive and Forget-Me-Not Flower Drive. From 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM there will also be Raffle Prizes, Veteran Services Mobile Van, JI Joes Food Truck, Live Music, and lots more. Sign up to VOLUNTEER at our October Meeting. Omni Brewing is located at 9462 Deerwood Lane, Maple Grove, MN 55369. GREAT EVENT TO INVITE PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBERS, supporting our Membership Drive! Event details at https://www.omnibrewing.com/…/7th-annual-veterans…
MN DAV Chapter 39 & Auxiliary Unit 39 will meet on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 6:30 PM at the VFW located at 919 Coon Rapids Blvd., Coon Rapids, MN 5543.
The Golf Tournament Committee will meet prior to the Chapter/Unit Meetings at 5:30 PM. With the Holiday Season around the corner, we will be sharing ideas how to make this year a special one for Veterans and their Families. If you know a Vet/Veteran Family in NEED, call our Chapter Adjutant at (763) 245-2585, to provide name, address, number of Family members and a phone number. The County Veterans Service Office has had a difficult time identifying Vets/Veteran Families in need over the past few years.
Membership drive continues with a lifetime membership at a discounted cost of $50.00.
On November 4th, our Honor Guard, will present the Colors to kick-off the 7th Annual Omni Brewing Veteran Fundraiser at 4:45 PM. Volunteers are needed at this event as there will be a Clothing Drive and Forget-Me-Not Flower Drive. From 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM there will also be Raffle Prizes, Veteran Services Mobile Van, JI Joes Food Truck, Live Music, and lots more. Sign up to VOLUNTEER at our October Meeting. Omni Brewing is located at 9462 Deerwood Lane, Maple Grove, MN 55369. GREAT EVENT TO INVITE PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBERS, supporting our Membership Drive! Event details at https://www.omnibrewing.com/…/7th-annual-veterans…
Auxiliary members are encouraged to reach out to the Unit Adjutant to volunteer with the distribution/presentation of Adopt-A-Vet gifts in the month of December. Call (763) 427-3544.
Per CDC, wear of masks at indoor gatherings is currently “optional”. If you feel ill, please do not attend the meeting. There is nothing more important than your health and the health of your fellow members. If you do not feel well, please do not attend the meeting.
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MN DAV Chapter 39 Chaplain Dan Lynch shared today that Leo Luskey’s obituary appeared in the Star Tribune, yesterday, Oct, 1, 2023. Leo was born Nov. 12, 1942 in LeSueur, MN and passed away Aug. 26, 2023 in Roseville, MN. A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. at Saint Paul’s Catholic Church, 1740 Bunker Lake Blvd, Ham Lake, MN. Lunch will be served at the church after the service. Leo is survived by his wife, Madeleine, sister, Geraldine, brother, Fenton, four daughters, and seven grandchildren. Private interment is at Fort Snelling.
Luskey grew up on a farm in the township of Tyrone, Minnesota. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam. Following his military service, he became the owner of a bar and in 1983, founded and managed Tyrone Transportation, Inc., and retired in 2021. The Vietnam Veteran was a founding active member of Spring Lake Park School District’s Panther Foundation. He also served on the Metro North Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and was named its 1998 Business of the Year.
Six years ago, Luskey, a lifetime DAV member, conceived and chaired the first MN DAV Chapter 39’s Golf Tournament. The event would become one of Chapter’s largest fundraising events, supporting veterans in Anoka and surrounding counties. The Chapter honored the Marine Corps veteran, by renaming the event after him, The Leo Luskey DAV Golf Tournament.
Luskey’s volunteer work in support of MN DAV Chapter 39’s mission was recognized on Independence Day 2021, as he was featured in the Chapter’s ”Member Monday” social media campaign. The idea of the campaign came from a comment Leo Luskey made to Ken Plant, (MN DAV Chapter 39’s webmaster). “While we certainly help a lot of Vets,” Leo shared with Plant while displaying and wiggling his ten fingers, “Like many other organizations, you can count the number of active members who end up doing most of the work on two hands”.
Luskey’s selfless service to veterans and his community was recognized in a feature story on WCCO-TV. Officer Reggie Larson, Blaine Police Department, was interviewed with Leo Luskey, who donated the funds to purchase and train Blaine’s new K9, Tyrone. Watch the story at
At the 7th Annual Leo Luskey Golf Tournament held on July 13, 2023, at the Refuge Golf Course, sponsors and participants were welcomed to the event with a pictorial display exhibiting highlights of the previous six tournaments and outlined the years of support achieved to help local Veterans and their families.
“Leo Luskey will indeed be missed. What resonates with me is his last interview, in which he shared, ‘As you grow older, you will discover you have two hands. One for helping yourself, and the other for helping others,” shares Plant.
