Tag: military

WWII veterans welcomed home from Honor Flight

Signs welcome home the vets.

Janice Pell Fifteen members of TWOQC joined a crowd estimated at over three hundred—the largest turnout ever—on June 27 to enthusiastically welcome home twenty three WWII veterans from a three day Honor Flight to Washington D.C. The women were excited to have the chance to not only show their support to all the veterans, but…

July 4th events benefit military families

Chaplain Mestler, Barb Gavre and A1C Tellez

  Major Steven Abel, GV MOAA The week of July 4, 2014, Quail Creek held events which benefited the Green Valley MOAA’s (Military Officers Association of America) Military Assistance Food for Families charity. This charity donates nonperishable food items and Commissary gift cards to the Tucson National Guard for distribution to the needy families of…

Unit 12’s Coupon Party helps our troops

Left to right: After several hours of clipping and sorting coupons, Sheila Wyllie, Susan Simpson, Christy Caldwell, Kathi Krieg, Lois Connell, Gail Emery, Mary Beth Schmidt, Carolyn Walters, Lee Crombie and Janet Connell take a well deserved lunch break.

Peggy McGee and Christy Caldwell For four years members of The Women of Quail Creek have been clipping, sorting and counting coupons and sending them to our troops in Italy and Japan and also giving them to Air and Army National guard units in the Tucson area. The club needs about $46,000 more in coupons…

Baby shower

Janice Pell TWOQC thank everyone who has already made contributions to the baby shower in August for expectant mothers of military families. If you are leaving for the summer and would like to make a donation of money or any baby items, you may drop them off at 1908 E. Longspur Place at any time.…