WELCOME to Silver Star Families California
WELCOME Silver Star Families in California
State Coordinator Kathy Landess
I serve as SSFOA State Coordinatore for California and have been involved with military support activities for over 26 years. My support of our troops began as a way to honor my fiance who was KIA in VietNam. Through the years I have had hundreds of penpals, ranging from raw recruits up to Colonels, in nearly every service branch.
Besides SSFOA, I belong to and am associated with: StarSupportMilitary Group, Adopt-a-Soldier/Adopt-a-Platoon, Operation Military Pride, Soldier's Angels and co-coordinate of Operation: Mail Support, a penpal program.
I happened to find SSFoA's website by accident and very soon realized that I wanted to belong to this organization. Supporting our military is important, but supporting/honoring our wounded/our vets is even more so. I feel very privileged to be part of the SSFOA cause and all the wonderful people in the group.
Please use the form to contact me. I will be happy to help you honor our wounded and ill service members of California.
Respectfully,
Kathy Landess
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Silver Star Banner Presentation for AJ Debuno
by CA SSFOA Joyce Orrell
I attended the Porterville City Council Meeting to receive the SSD Proclamation. The Mayor personally presented the proclamation to me and allowed me to make a presentation. I briefly told about SSFoA and our mission, displayed the banner and distributed some brochures. Things were very well received by the Council and approximately 30 members of public attending the meeting. During my presentation, I spoke about working on getting the banner recognized by Congress and made the comment "as we all know, working with Congress can be challenging". After I was through with my presentation, the Mayor said "well, besides the proclamation, we can help you a bit with the Congress part as Congressman Devin Nunes' (21st District) representative is in attendance tonight and I'm sure he will be happy to give you his card." Sure enough, this individual popped up out of his seat and I know have Nunes' Director of Constituent Services' contact info. Another individual in the audience, told me who the best person is to talk to in Nunes' office, too. So it was a very productive evening.
SILVER STAR BANNER DAY CALIFORNIA CITIES
Governor signed at State level
City Level
Alameda *
Albany
Antioch
Arcadia
Atwater *
Barstow *
Brentwood
Burbank *
Camarillo *
Capitola
Carson City
Cathedral City *
Chino Hills
Clovis *
Concord
Coronado
Costa Mesa
Covina *
Cupertino
Dana Point *
Danville *
Del Mar
Dixon
Dublin
Encinitas *
Fairfield *
Fontana
Fountain Valley *
Fremont
Fresno
Fullerton
Gardena
Garden Grove *
Gilroy
Glendora
Grover Beach
Haywood
Healdsburg
Hercules
Highland *
Huntington Beach *
Indio
Lafayette
Laguna Hills
Laguna Niguel
Lake Elsinore, *
Lancaster *
La Palma
La Puente *
LaMesa
Lemon Grove *
Lemoore *
Livingston
Los Angeles
Madera *
Manhattan Beach
Maywood *
Millbrae
Milpitas
Monterey
Mountain View *
Murrieta
Newport Beach *
Newark
Novato *
Orange
Pacifica *
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
Palo Alto
Paso Robles
Petaluma
Pico Rivera
Pleasant Hill
Pleasanton *
Porterville
Port Hunememe
Poway *
Red Bluff
Redlands
Reedley *
Redondo Beach
Redwood *
Ridgecrest *
Ripon *
Riverside *
Roseville
Salinas *
Santa Clara
San Clemente
San Diego
San Gabriel *
San Pablo *
San Ramon
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Santa Rosa *
Seal Beach *
Signal Hill *
Simi Valley *
South El Monte *
South Pasadena *
Suisun City,
Temecula
Ten Thousand Lakes
Tustin
Upland *
Victorville *
Vista
Walnut Creek
Wasco
Watsonville
Westminster *
Whittier *
County Level
Butte *
Calaveras
Colusa
Glenn *
Inyo
LA County
Lassen
Marin *
Mariposa
Merced *
Modoc *
Mono
Napa
Nevada
Orange *
Placer
Sacramento
Shasta
Sonoma
Stanilaus *
Tehama *
Ventura
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SILVER STAR FAMILIES CALIFORNIA
STATE COORDINATOR
KATHY LANDESS
Rear Adm. Mike Shatynski, Vice Commander, Naval Surface Forces joined the Whittier City Council Feb. 24 in proclaiming the first of May as Silver Star Banner Day, recognizing local combat-wounded veterans. Shatynski said the sacrifices that military members continue to make every day ensure the safety and security of the nation. “It’s that sense of service to our country that makes us strong,” he said. “They’re just carrying on a legacy passed to them by our veterans.”
SIT REPORT
Military Retiree Appreciation Day
Clovis, CA - March 7th
Well, the day didn't start off the best. I went off and left my display board at home. But it worked out OK. After the results of the day, I decided I need to redo the display. Plus I made notes of things I want to do differently with the next event like this.
Got my work cut out for me here in this state - spoke to 75-100 veterans/spouses and NO ONE had ever heard of SSFoA before. Guess I could call it "job" security, huh? ;-) The only person who had heard of us was the rep from NAS Lemoore and she had us a bit confused with Operation Life Transformed.
Our PTS(D) Awareness Campaign brochure engendered quite a bit of interest. Had some very positive conversations with a few veterans and their spouses.
Met alot of local reps of MOPH, VFW, NAUS, NAS Lemoore, etc.
I'm pretty sure I will be getting further communication from the VFW chapter in Atwater, plus from the rep from NAUS, as well as the rep from NAS Lemoore. Also, we'll probably get at least a couple of banner requests judging by the conversations I had. The coordinator for this event asked us back for next year so I would say the day was a success.
Kathy
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