Coffee4VETS Morning Breakfast – April 4, 2023

Coffee4VETS April 4, 2023 Announcements. COFFEE4VETS RECOGNITION – Donors received recognition for providing Coffee 4 Vets with Java and snack support at the recent Air Show and Stem Exhibition at Edwards Air Force Base and Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home in Palmdale. Coffee4Vets Secretary and Honorary Edwards Commander Atherine Blanco presented recognition plaques to community leaders who donated, including McDonalds proprietor Marlon Lim Samson, Ventura Graphix owner Jorge Ventura and Sam Roman Silk Screening. Airborne veteran Juan Moreno was cheered for making two military parachute jumps from a C-47 with Liberty Jump Team and Airborne brother Dennis Anderson in Corsicana TX the first week of Spring 2023. Trooper Moreno has doing in his step showing veteran coffee buddies he could make it happen at 82. “It was on my bucket list,” Moreno said. Educator and Vietnam vet R Michael Dutton Sr. Continued tradition of late Korean War veteran Edward Galindo in distributing pocket copies of U.S. Constitution. Aerospace retiree and Vietnam veteran Jerry Vega shared his photo from Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. on recent Honor Flight. All at Coffee4Vets at Crazy Otto’s Restaurant on Avenue I every Tuesday 7-9 a.m. where host Jin Hur provides coffee for free and discounts breakfast for veterans. Click on the images to view gallery.

Youths that Volunteered at the Edwards AFB

Our Youths that Volunteered at the Edwards AFB 2022 Air Show and STEM Expo got an opportunity to tour the Base on Thursday. We hosted our Young Marines and Palmdale Sheriff’s Explorer’s and our tour guild; Danny “Sketch” Bazzell, Community Engagement Chief, Edwards AFB Public Affairs. We all had a great time and it was very educational. This was also an opportunity to introduce our youths to the possibility of a career in our Military service. Coffee4VETS President Juan Blanco sends his Congratulations to everyone and he’s very proud of your services to our community. Click on the images to view gallery.