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San Bruno, California

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July 4th Fireworks Booth

Bay Hill Shopping Center Fireworks Booth

The largest fundraiser of the year is the July 4th fireworks booth in San Bruno. Come by and pickup a few sparklers and other fun surprises. The booth is located in the Bay Hill Shopping Center near the Starbucks.


Bay Hill Shopping Center

851 Cherry Ave

San Bruno, CA 94066


Volunteers are the Post 409 veteran members, VFW & the Marine Corps & Post volunteers and family members. 

Easter Treats for Veterans

Since the cookie baking event for the residents at the Colma Veterans Village was so successful in December, the volunteers organized a similar event for Easter 2021.


5 volunteers collected donations and assembled gift bags for each resident. 9 volunteers baked cupcakes. Contents included:

  • Easter cards authored by special needs adults
  • Shampoo and toiletries
  • Home baked cupcakes
  • Easter eggs filled with candy


Members of Post 409 and Volunteers delivered the goodies to Eric Duncan, the Resident Service Coordinator, at the Colma Veterans Village on April 1, 2021. They were also able to meet one of the residents at the Village (photographed below).

Homemade Cookies for Veterans

Kathy Cole came up with a great idea of baking cookies for Christmas 2020 to give to the Veterans at the Colma Veterans Village. All of a sudden we had 13 volunteers, each baking 5 dozen cookies. After all, we had 65 residents to feed.


Everyone thought baking for others was a good way to focus our energies on Veterans that served our country. As the cookies came in for bagging and boxing, we noticed that there were many more than just 5 dozen. Some volunteers baked closer to 8–10 dozen! Maybe the boxers and baggers could enjoy some cookies as they looked so delicious.


The cookies were delivered and well appreciated. We also put together a small tray for Eric Duncan, the coordinator at the Colma Veterans Village. This possibly will be repeated next year by the Women’s Club as it was so successful. THANK YOU to our volunteers and friends at the Colma Veterans Village.

Cookies for Veterans to Pickup

Cookies for Veterans to Pickup

Cookies for Veterans to Pickup

Cookies on the table for each Colma Veterans Village resident to pickup.

Christmas Tree and Gifts

Cookies for Veterans to Pickup

Cookies for Veterans to Pickup

Christmas tree and between the 2 boys are cookies baked by volunteers in front of the tree – a box and red bag.

Cookies

Cookies for Veterans to Pickup

More Cookies

Volunteers of the Women's Club collected cookies from other volunteers and packaged them for an assortment.

More Cookies

Cookies 'n Cream & Caramel Cookies

More Cookies

Festive boxes were donated.

Cookies 'n Cream & Caramel Cookies

Cookies 'n Cream & Caramel Cookies

Cookies 'n Cream & Caramel Cookies

Giant cookies ready to be packaged.

Sugar Cookies

Cookies 'n Cream & Caramel Cookies

Cookies 'n Cream & Caramel Cookies

Cookies from a cookie gun cooling.

Letters to Veterans

In honor of Veterans Day 2020, special need adults wrote 65 letters thanking Veterans residing at the Veterans Colma Village for their service. Letters were delivered on Veterans Day.

Volunteers Serve Veterans and the Community

Here are some things volunteers at Post 409 do:


  1. Host a veteran & community breakfast on the last Saturday of each month (some exceptions).
  2. Prepare and serve 2 dinners a year for the Palo Alto V.A. Hospital Trauma Unit.
  3. Sponsor a WWII Veteran for the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. – cost of $1000.00.
  4. Arranged a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser which helped buy presents and a full meal for at least 2 needy families in the community.
  5. Help San Bruno Recology use the Post 409 at no cost for the annual coats for children in the community.
  6. 1 week, we had a fundraiser for the People in Paradise, Ca who lost everything and rented a truck to bring all the donations to Paradise.
  7. In 4 days we had a fundraiser for the Coast Guard Unit at the SFO Airport when the government shutdown.
  8. Arrange home cooked meals for the monthly American Legion veterans   meetings.
  9. Host a potluck BBQ for the American Legion members, VFW, and the Marine Corp who helped out at the fireworks booth.
  10. Sponsor 7-10 boys to Boys State each year.
  11. Sponsor an American Legion little league baseball team.
  12. Contribute coffee & donuts at the Golden Gate Cemetery for Memorial Day & Veterans Day services.
  13. Help Avenue of Flags Committee prepare and serve a luncheon on Memorial Day & Veterans Day.


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