Or at least we hope to be. As of now, we are planning three fishing tournaments for our combat wounded veterans in 2021. The first one will be held on April 17th with a welcome dinner on April 16th at the VFW in Port Lavaca.
There will be a dinner for participants after the fishing at the beautiful 5D Steakhouse after fishing where awards will be given out. This is for pre 9/11 combat vets such as Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Somalia, Grenada and so forth. Of course, World War II vets would be more than welcome if there are some around that can still go fishing. If not, they can just come hang out with us and enjoy the festivities. In order to qualify, you must have served in a combat zone prior to 9/11/2001. We will address those vets later as we have always done. We just believe that these earlier heroes deserve their just do also.
We are looking for these vets to sign up on our website, www.warriorsweekend.org; click on events and sign up or call me at 361-935-7414. We are also looking for boat captains for this and our other tournaments. You can send an email to warriorswknd@yahoo. We will respond to you.
As of this writing, there will be a Warrior’s Weekend on May 22nd in POC although it will be scaled down this year because Covid has cause us to miss two scheduled Musters-our biggest fundraiser – by the time this comes out. We have been trying as best we can to raise funds at various festivals, flea markets, BBQ Cookoffs, etc., mostly through raffles and have been fairly successful.
We are looking for boat captains for that tournament plus the one we plan for our Purple Heart recipients in August. Some of you know we had a Purple Heart tournament in November of 2020 and it turned out to be a hit. We plan to expand this one.
So, if you see us around, please stop by and chat, buy a raffle ticket or sign up as a boat captain. Follow us on Face Book or on our webpage. We also have an app you can download for free and keep up with what is going on.
Don’t hesitate to call if you are lacking technologically (as am I) but we’ll get it done. Let us hear from you.
Ron Kocian, President
Warrior’s Weekend
