VVA draws a bead on annual shoot

File photo by Patrick McCallister  The VVA 1041’s third annual Veterans Fun Shoot — South Florida Shooting Club, Palm City — drew 172 participants last year. From left to right are Frank Tidikis, Steve Dame, Joe Howard and Lew Jones. Tidikis and Jones are VVA Chapter 1041’s treasurer and secretary, respectively. Dame was the shoot co-chair in 2014.

File photo by Patrick McCallister
The VVA 1041’s third annual Veterans Fun Shoot — South Florida Shooting Club, Palm City — drew 172 participants last year. From left to right are Frank Tidikis, Steve Dame, Joe Howard and Lew Jones. Tidikis and Jones are VVA Chapter 1041’s treasurer and secretary, respectively. Dame was the shoot co-chair in 2014.

Patrick McCallister
For Veteran Voice
PALM CITY — The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1041 is taking aim at raising record dollars at its annual Veterans’ Fun Shoot. It’ll be on March 7 at the South Florida Shooting Club, 500 S.W. Long Drive, Palm City.
“This is the fourth annual fun shoot, and it’s our biggest fundraiser of the year,” George Mittler, president, said. “A hundred percent of that goes back to the veterans.”
Mittler took the chairman’s seat at the Veterans Council of Martin County on Jan. 14. The council is made up of 13 veterans’ organizations. Among other things, it raises money for buses volunteers use to take about 2,000 elderly and indigent veterans to medical appointments at the West Palm Beach Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center annually. Mittler said the council will get a share from this year’s Veterans’ Fun Shoot for its transportation fund.
“The bus needs to be replaced in Martin County,” he said.
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