2026 Gallery
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September
AMVETS Tiny Houses (Green Bay)
Commander Kevin Gunderson and friends finishing up the AMVETS Tiny House in Green Bay Wisconsin.
Fall SEC & Commander's Tour
2026 Started with a tour of the Commanders and Ladies Auxiliary Presidents project Sofa's for Service Tour. The tour was Friday night with Brats and Hamburgers being service at the facility. Despite the rain the night was a huge success with a Tour and explanation of what Sofa's for Service does and how they impact Veterans lives they come in contact with. The main goal is Homeless to Home providing Veterans everything they need to get back on their feet. This event was a great way to kick off the 2026-2027 season.
The Fall SEC was a huge success with all the committees being set by Commander Gunderson as well as dates for upcoming SEC's and the AMVETS State convention being set as well. The ladies Auxiliary also had a very great start to the new year under the leadership of Mary Woiack, and Riders President Chris Salzer shared the success of Wisconsin AMVETS Riders at National convention including Chris being the National Rider of the year for 2025-2026.
2026-2027 holds some wonderful and positive things moving forward. The next SEC and Winter Dance will be in Waupaca in December event details are on the main page. Cannot wait to see how this upcoming year transpires as Wisconsin is doing some great things for AMVETS , Auxiliary and Riders.
June
Convention and New Leadership
June 18,19, 20,and 21 was the annual State of Wisconsin Department of AMVETS convention. With Kevin Gunderson elected the new AMVETS Commander and Mary Woiak elected the Ladies Auxiliary President. Both are ready to lead their groups into 2026-2027. They also both picked Sofas for Service as their project for the upcoming year.
The new White Clover Princess for 2026-2027 is Lily Krueger. Lily has an amazing voice and her gown was adorned with little Clovers making it the most fitting element for her upcoming reign as White Clover Princess The convention was a great success and fun was had by all with Ralph Beck being the big winner of the AMVETS raffle. We would like to thank PDC Ron Griffin for his service and attention to detail during his reign as Commander. Ron now will be the new Admin board chair.
Good luck to our new leadership and we look forward to a wonderful 2026-2027.
January
Post 1032 Charter Banquet
On Saturday, Jan, 10, 2026 AMVETS Post 1032 of Reedsville held their Charter Banquet, celebrating 55 years of helping veterans. The celebration was held at Cobblestone Creek and Banquet in Brillion.
After posting the colors the Manitowoc Lutheran High School choir led all in the Pledge of Allegiance and Our National Anthem. They also entertained during dinner, including the Armed Forces Medley. Chaplain Dan Rabideau led all in the opening invocation and Post Commander Rod Bubolz welcomed all guests, which included present Dept. WI Commander Ron Griffin, White Clover Princess Noel Rataichek, Past State Commanders, Brian Svacina, Gene Wagner, and Ted Sterletske, PNC Duane Miskulin as well as Auxiliary Presidents Joan Sirek, Darlene Hempel, Marvil Ruppel and Deb Suchon. Other are Post Commanders were also in attendance. Lt. Col. Julie seated guests and presented the flag to the Missing Man table. Following the program all were entertained by the Tom Enneper Old Time Memories Band.
