The American Legion, Silver Lakes Post #855, Helendale CA

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The American Legion, Silver Lakes Post #855, Helendale CA

This is the Official page of the Silver Lakes Post #855 of the American Legion. Located in Helendale CA.

07/31/2025

It is with great pride and gratitude that American Legion Post 855 thanks our Sponsors, volunteers, committee members, and players for the successful Independence Day Golf Tournament that we played here at Silver Lakes Golf Course on July 4th.
The weather cooperated and we had a beautiful day for the Tournament, which started with the National Anthem presented by Kipp Wagner. The tournament was a 6 person scramble that kicked off with a 0800 shotgun start. There were refreshments on all the Par 3’s and burgers and more refreshments at the turn. The tournament moved well and finished up in the Silver Lakes Restaurant for hanging out with friends and then a great dinner served by the Restaurant staff. During dinner we had the distribution of prizes for winners, closest to the pin, and best decorated cart. Raffle winners were picked during dinner and winners picked up their prizes after dinner.
We are grateful to the many companies and individuals who donated prizes and baskets for the Raffle. Additionally we would like to thank the following companies that Sponsored our Tournament - Longhorn Electric, Barkley Andross Corp, District 25 American Legion, Yeghoian Paving, Janis Hilke Attorney at Law, Able to Help Services, Silver Lakes Association, Silver Lakes Market, Helendale CSD, IGM, Silver Links, McDonalds/Sanchez Family Corp, and San Felipe Brewing. A special thank you to Silver Lakes Restaurant for all their help and a great dinner.
Tournament Winners-
1st - DiTulio, Issacs, Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Tarranco, McClure,
2nd - Johnson, Bourgeois, Rudd, Thomas, Macy, Henderson
3rd - White, White, Straatsma, Sturgeon, Gibson, Roy
Best Decorated Cart - Vanessa Walker

The results of the Tournament were phenomenal. The proceeds for the Tournament were $21067.87. Each of the three local sports organizations, Helendale Little League, Helendale CSD Athletic Dept, and ACE Athletics, will each receive a check for $7022.62. All proceeds will be distributed to our local youth sports teams at the Association Open Board meeting on August 27th. Thank you again to all who donated, helped and participated.

Photos courtesy of Jerry Nichols

02/03/2025

What a great turnout for our 1st meeting of 2025. We were pleased to report that we have 80 members signed up for this year, and also signed up another new member. We welcomed guest Thomas Windsor. He has a home here in Silver Lakes, but is a member of Philippines Post #4. In addition to lending his experience with fund raising, he also donated several items for our 4th of July Tournament raffle. After a very productive meeting, many of us gathered in the bar for a great meet and greet with new and old members.Thanks to our Historian, Jerry Nichols, for the great photos! In addition , Veterans, please take advantage of a free ticket for you and your spouse to see our Silverlakes Players show here in Silverlakes at the Ballroom. All you need to do is reserve your seats for the show and tell them you are a veteran's party of 2. * For Tickets and show dates, see the Orange flyer included in the photos.

08/29/2024

Post meeting on 8/27/24 under the leadership of our newly elected Post Commander Tony Wiggins. We had a busy agenda for the evening that included incentives to get new members, and raising funds to support Post activities. Additionally we voted to sponsor the "Walk, Run and Golf Tournament", which is a local event to raise money for Cancer awareness and support of City of Hope. 1st Vice/Service Officer Larry Keen reminded all about the updates in availability of support/disability ratings for PTSD and Agent Orange issues, along with Veterans Crisis Hotline support. Thank you for the participation and continued support of our members. Don't forget to join our Raffle at our next meeting, You could have your choice of items from the foot locker, some great knives to choose from, see photo.

07/26/2024

Our Post Historian Jerry Nichols Had The Honor of Escorting The Bio's of Two KIA Soldiers Durring Run For The Wall and Wall to Wall Missions in May of this year. SFC Elmer Robert Lee Ables Jr. KIA in P**c Long South Vietnam, on 27 Oct. 1967. Uncle of our Post Member Rob Roberts. A Memory of His Loss resides at The Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. Panel Number 28E Line 71
Also CWA Randy L Billings. Who Died when His Blackhawk Helicopter went down in Southern Afganistan 17 Dec. 2013 His 5 Crew Members also lost thier Lives. CWA Randy Billings and His Crew are Memorialized at The Middle Eastern Conflicts Wall in Marseilles IL. Also Jerry Nichols carries a Dog Tag and a Bio of Lance CPL Kareem M. Nikoui who was Killed at Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul Afghanistan on Aug 26 2021. He is one of The 13 Fallen U.S. Service Members Supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Kareem and The rest of the 13 Fallen's Names are Memorialized in Bold white at The Mideastern Conflicts Wall in Marseilles IL.

07/26/2024

Thank you to our sponsors, contributors, volunteers and players for making our Independence Day Golf Tournament such a huge success. The real winners are our Silver Lakes Youth Sports Organizations that will receive a total of $17064. Additionally, Pat Oschner, a charter member of the Post, retired as the Post Financial Officer. We thank him for his many years of service to the Post. Pat will remain active with the Post as a Trustee.

11/25/2023

It is with great pleasure that American Legion Post 855 and the Chili Food FestivalCommittee announce the results of the Dempsey’s Chili Food Festival held on November 4th.Thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Committee, Sponsors, Volunteers and RaffleContributors, the proceeds of this event are in excess of $12,000, all of which will go directly tohelp the Veterans at the Barstow Veterans Home. All of the Veterans on the Angel Tree wereadopted, so every veteran at the Veterans Home will receive a gift from their sponsor along witha card from the Committee and a card from Jen Nelson and Janice Plazola’s third grade classes atHenderson Elementary School. The remainder of the proceeds are used for gift cards for theirmonthly BINGO games, monthly doughnuts for all the residents, Pumpkins for the Veterans todecorate at Halloween, and an event at the Home put on by the Committee. This past year wehad a Taco Vendor for an outside Taco Tuesday, along with entertainment provided by localmusicians.The winners of the Chili Contest were: 1st Place - Joe Sciannameo2nd Place - John DarvelPeoples Choice - Tina & Ken SmithThe winner of the Corn Hole Tournament was:1st - Ben Dunigan & Tom FerratoWe want to give a special thanks to our sponsors - Dempsey's Pub, Silver Lakes PropertyManagement, Bereaved Fathers and Brothers, Daisy’s Cleaning Services, Invest Tax Advisory,C & C Kountry Cafe, Helendale CSD, and Jeremiah & MJ Brosowske. Additionally we want tothank the many people who gave generously to the Raffle that made it bigger and better thanever. And thank you to Jerry Nichols for the hundreds of photos he took of the event, many ofwhich you will see on Facebook. Also a huge thank you to all the volunteers that pitched in andhelped us bring it all together. And last but not least, thank you to this great community for yourgenerosity! Without everyone's help and support we could not make this event so successful!You can follow us on Facebook at “Dempsey’s Veterans Chili Cook-off Committee” and on both“Life In Helendale” pages.Photo credit to Jerry Nichols & Marigail Brosowske.

11/13/2023

Our Post had a successful meeting in October. Topics of discussion were the upcoming Veterans Chili Food Festival, the Raffle to support our Post, and the status of the funds to build our Post. Additionally Jerry Nichols presented the biography of one of the Veterans that he carried for the Ride for Run For the Wall this year.

08/27/2023

It is with great pleasure that American Legion Post 855 announces the distribution of proceeds from the recent Independence Day Golf Tournament. Because of the generosity of our Sponsors, Contributors, Players and Committee, we were able to clear $14,488 for the Tournament. At our Post meeting on Tuesday, Commander George Butterfield presented checks for $4,829 to Helendale Silver Lakes Little League, ACE Athletics, and Helendale CSD Parks & Rec.
Thank you again to this great community for your generosity!

07/27/2023

July meeting-
Kicked of the new physical year with a report to the membership on the successful Independence Day Golf Tournament, and a reminder to get our dues paid for the new year. Additionally there was discussion of what properties are available here in Silver Lakes for our new Post. Looks like this is going to happen soon!

07/26/2023

For the Tournament-
Thank you to all our sponsors, contributors, volunteers and players for making our first Independence Day Golf Tournament such a huge success. Fun was had by all, but most importantly, we were able to raise over $13,000 that will go directly to support our youth sports right here in Silver Lakes!

07/26/2023

For the June meeting-
A very successful year when our Post #855 was rewarded by State for reaching 114% of its membership goal. Additionally, member Jerry Nichols, who participated in Run for the Wall, presented one of the bios he carried to the Wall Featuring one of The Fallen 13 soldiers from The attack outside Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul Afganistan Aug 26 2021, His Name was Kareem M. Nikoui from Norco CA Remember Him 🇺🇸

04/14/2023

Air Force Veteran Reco received His Chair. Article is in the first photo. Another feel good day for our Post #855 Happy to Serve. 🇺🇸

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