Vietnam Veterans Of America
Sno-King Chapter #423
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 Officers for 2024 - 2025
President: Jerry Mathison
Vice President: Terry Quick
Secretary: Jim Cornwell
Treasurer: Chris Young
Election Comm: Richard Bianchin
Van Caryl
Dave McFeron
Vice President: Terry Quick
Secretary: Jim Cornwell
Treasurer: Chris Young
Election Comm: Richard Bianchin
Van Caryl
Dave McFeron
New VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 officers for 2024-2025 being sworn in by VVA Wa State Council Pres. Francisco Ivarra
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 Monthly Meeting Minutes:
| vva_meeting_minutes-may_19-2024.pdf |
Chapter Officers, Committee Chairs and Delegates for the upcoming year (April ’24 - Apr ’25):
President: Jerry Mathison
Vice President: Terry Quick
Secretary: Jim Cornwell
Treasurer: Chris Young
Board of Directors:
Jerry Mathison
Terry Quick
Jim Cornwell
Chris Young
Steve Pennington
Earl Shafer
Dennis Gibb
Board Chairman:
TBD
State Council Delegates: (3)
Steve Pennington
Earl Shafer
Dennis Gibb
Membership Committee:
Christopher Young – Chair
Community Affairs Committee:
John Henderson - Chair
Sgt. -at-Arms (appt)
Richard Richter
Ombudsman (appt)
John Henderson
Contact Information:
Sno-King Chapter #423
P.O. Box 423
Edmonds, WA 98020
VVA mission to ensure that "never again will one generation of veterans abandon another" Over 40 years of work.
The chapter was initially formed to provide Military Honors for all veterans since the active services didn’t provide them. Over the years, the Honor/Color Guard has performed over a thousand military burials, memorials, and flag presentations. While this role has diminished over the past couple of years due to the active services being required by law to provide at least two members to fold and present the flag, they still support these men and women whenever asked, usually with a firing detail and/or bugler.
The Chapter has become very proactive in the communities of North King and South Snohomish Counties. They participate in parades, provide color guards for civic functions and veterans’ reunions. They support five high school Jr. R.O.T.C. programs. They help selected families in need during the holidays by providing meals and other essentials along with presents for the children.
They are a very family oriented chapter. While the members are Vietnam-era Veterans, most of their spouses along with a number of WW II, Korean War, and Gulf War veterans as well as several Gold Star Mothers comprise their Associate membership.
Their main program is the annual Memorial Day service at the Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood, WA where they dedicated a veterans’ memorial in 1995. The Memorial was funded from both public and private donations.
Chapter #423 has also been the host for two programs honoring the Traveling Vietnam Memorial drawing some 68,000 and 92,000 visitors respectively and it co-hosted, with Seattle Chapter #102, the Wall at Acacia in 2009. The Chapter also attended and participated in three others within the state.
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 membership roll November 2023
116 active members 3rd largest VVA Chapter in the State of Washington
The Chapter has become very proactive in the communities of North King and South Snohomish Counties. They participate in parades, provide color guards for civic functions and veterans’ reunions. They support five high school Jr. R.O.T.C. programs. They help selected families in need during the holidays by providing meals and other essentials along with presents for the children.
They are a very family oriented chapter. While the members are Vietnam-era Veterans, most of their spouses along with a number of WW II, Korean War, and Gulf War veterans as well as several Gold Star Mothers comprise their Associate membership.
Their main program is the annual Memorial Day service at the Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood, WA where they dedicated a veterans’ memorial in 1995. The Memorial was funded from both public and private donations.
Chapter #423 has also been the host for two programs honoring the Traveling Vietnam Memorial drawing some 68,000 and 92,000 visitors respectively and it co-hosted, with Seattle Chapter #102, the Wall at Acacia in 2009. The Chapter also attended and participated in three others within the state.
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 membership roll November 2023
116 active members 3rd largest VVA Chapter in the State of Washington