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Adopt a resolution recognizing the Vanden High School Air Force JROTC for 15 years of service to area veterans organizations and the community
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Chair Vasquez requests that the Board adopt a resolution recognizing the Vanden High School Air Force JROTC for 15 years of service to veterans organizations and the community.
SUMMARY:
For 15 years the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps at Vanden High School has gone above and beyond the call to provide community service to local veterans organizations. Approximately 1,200 cadets have participated in the JROTC program since its inception in 2001 at Vanden High School. That first year, 35 cadets participated in the Travis Air Force Base POW/MIA Retreat Ceremony and were also part of a formation to welcome President George W. Bush to Travis Air Force Base. Their first dinner event was in support of the Brotherhood of Vietnam Veterans in 2002. Community service hours from the Vanden High School JROTC have reached nearly 31,000 hours since 2001. Their community service has included participation in the 9/11 Patriot Walk, Veterans and Memorial Day observances, support dinners, color guards, and the annual Wreaths Across America wreath laying at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. Cadets also make and send holiday cards and goodie-bags to service members overseas. Vacaville veterans organizations, including the American Legion Post 165 & Auxiliary, AMVETS Post 1776, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 84, United Veterans Memorial Association and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7244 and Auxiliary, paid tribute to the Vanden High School JROTC cadets at their Celebration of Service on April 8, 2017.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this resolution.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose not to adopt this resolution. This is not recommended ...
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