Meeting times and event locations will be published in our Clarion Newsletter or the Web-page and its crawler at the top of the splash-page.

We hold four scheduled events every year: 1) May's Scholarship Dinner; 2) July's Summer Activity; 3) September's Pig Pick'n; and 4) December's Toys-for-Tots Luncheon.

CCMOAA participates in several organization and community events such as Memorial Day, MumFest, Veterans Day Luncheon, and Wreaths Across America. This information is on the website and in our Newsletter as well.

Meeting and event locations can always be found in our Clarion Newsletter (by request). In addition, locations plus points of contact for specific events will also be included on a RSVP flyer that can be downloaded or printed.

Coastal Carolina MOAA was again awarded the MOAA Foundation Community Outreach Grant in 2024. The grant will be used to pay for the Train the Trainer program. The grant, administered by the Coastal Carolina Board is able to the extend the geographic reach of the program and more than double the number of veteran and dog teams we could train. We are able to meet all of the program goals of saving dogs in local shelters and matching them with the veterans. The dogs are trained by the veteran to deal with their individual needs whether it is severe physical or psychological trauma (night terrors or PTSD).

Thank you, Malcolm Roberts, for organizing the 5oth Anniversary and Toys-for-Tots luncheon Friday, December 6, 2024, at the New Bern Country Club. Also, thank you to all our members who supported Toys for Tots by dropping off Toys at the luncheon and other locations.

Attending the luncheon were Dena Kilgore, CAE, MOAA's Program Director for Council and Chapter Affairs, Jay Garbus President, North Carolina Council of Chapters (NCCoC), Jim Brumit, Immediate Past President, North Carolina Council of Chapters, Marine Corps Representatives Captain Nicolas Solomone and Lance Corporal Perry Industrious.

Christmas cards, including well wishes to the veterans of the Kinston Veteran’s Home were completed by the attendees. Randall Ramian and Karen Baskin delivered and distributed the cards to our veterans. Thank you to all who assisted.

In the future, get togethers will be called “jump-ball events”. The idea is to piggy-back onto events that are already planned and organized. CCMOAA would advertise that we are attending these events and anyone who wishes to join in, along with their civilian guests, are welcome.

The Sunset Cruise, which was very successful and was used as a working model. As you recall it was just a general invitation to the Chapter with over 25 of you showing up. It was successful as all we had to do was board the ocean catamaran and have an adult beverage and we were underway.

Future examples might be:

- Freedom Classic baseball game between the USNA and USAFA – with tailgate

- USNA vs. ECU football game – with tailgate

- Parades (4th of July, Veterans Day, etc.)

- Winery or Distillery events and tastings

We can use these events as an abbreviated membership meeting. If you have a suggestion, let our President or 2nd Vice, Randy Bogle know, and we’ll try and get it on the calendar.

Check back often, as we will be posting events monthly.