2022
Glenlakes Veterans
Memorial Wall Project
Please help support the GLVFA Veterans Memorial Wall
Click button below to download above donation flyer and pass along to your family, friends and neighbors to gain their support for this worthy cause!
Click button below to download above donation flyer and pass along to your family, friends and neighbors to gain their support for this worthy cause!
GLVFA Memorial Wall - Core Values
REFLECTION – “serious thought or consideration”
This memorial will hopefully provide a place of solace for the veterans, their relatives, and visitors to reflect on the service and duty of those we honor.
HONOR – “a privilege”
Most Veterans consider it a high privilege to have served our nation. It becomes our privilege to honor the servicemen and women represented by this monument and memorial. Honor also alludes to “fulfilling an obligation”. Since our veterans fulfilled and are continuing to fulfill their obligations, this memorial will serve to satisfy our obligation to them.
REMEMBRANCE – “a thing kept or given as a reminder or in commemoration of someone”
How we remember is important. How we memorialize our veterans is critical. This memorial will provide a permanent and positive habitat to enshrine in our memory the lives of our veterans.
RECOGNITION – “appreciation or acclaim for an achievement, service, or ability”
Saying our veterans deserve acclaim for their achievements are one of the great understatements of our time. Our very existence as a nation has depended upon our armed services. This memorial will echo the deep appreciation of our community to our service men and women
This memorial will hopefully provide a place of solace for the veterans, their relatives, and visitors to reflect on the service and duty of those we honor.
HONOR – “a privilege”
Most Veterans consider it a high privilege to have served our nation. It becomes our privilege to honor the servicemen and women represented by this monument and memorial. Honor also alludes to “fulfilling an obligation”. Since our veterans fulfilled and are continuing to fulfill their obligations, this memorial will serve to satisfy our obligation to them.
REMEMBRANCE – “a thing kept or given as a reminder or in commemoration of someone”
How we remember is important. How we memorialize our veterans is critical. This memorial will provide a permanent and positive habitat to enshrine in our memory the lives of our veterans.
RECOGNITION – “appreciation or acclaim for an achievement, service, or ability”
Saying our veterans deserve acclaim for their achievements are one of the great understatements of our time. Our very existence as a nation has depended upon our armed services. This memorial will echo the deep appreciation of our community to our service men and women
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Memorial Project Activities
March 2022: The project is in the design phase. GLVFA leadership is working hard to finalize plans for the memorial. Project manager Dickie Keane is working on finalizing the engineering plans for the memorial. Please reference the conceptual design picture on the left side of this page.
April 2022: GLVFA association, led by Ron Ford, Denny Blum, and George Friel along with other association members has secured a physical location for the memorial. The engineering design for the memorial is nearly complete. The project flyer has been created and is now being distributed.
May 2022: GLVFA project manager Dicky Keane has been working towards securing finalized costs with contractors. Due to several specific memorial design requirements, this is a long process.
5/20 Initial project costing from the vendor has been received. Details of the line-item costs will be reviewed and discussed with the vendor prior to end of moth. Dicky Keane is leading this effort and will be meeting with the vendor later this month.
5/21 Dicky met with another local community to discuss their ongoing memorial project effort. Knowledge transfer of construction specifics along with lessons learned were the focus of the visit. This visit will aid in developing the GLVFA memorial.
5/24 Dicky Keane and Mike Cummings met with contractor and their design staff to discuss engineering specifics including wall facing material, flag positioning, military service flags' lighting, walkway, U.S. flag lighting, donor paver design, and other details of the project. Next steps will be to update draft design and adjust materials and labor costs associated with changes. Contractor will also review onsite lighting options, metering, and light unit options. Meeting with GlenLakes ownership will be required to discuss electrical and lighting requirements. That meeting will occur next month given the upcoming Memorial Day holiday.
Jun 2022: GLVFA project manager Dicky Keane continues to work hard on a number of fronts to aid in supporting the association as well as move the memorial wall project along.
6/1 Dicky Keane has been working diligently in getting a number of local publications to include information (articles) that highlight the work and efforts of the GLVFA as well as highlighting the memorial wall project. When these publications go "live" with the association's information, further details regarding them will be posted here.
6/9 Dicky Keane submitted the final version of the GlenLakes Annual Golf Event and Memorial Wall project flyer for an upcoming GlenLakes Eagle publication. He has worked with GL management to get the associations flyer hopefully into the July edition of the Eagle. Worst case, it will make the August edition. For those interested in what the flyer, which Paul Simcock and Mike Cummings worked to create, click on the button below.
6/28 The GlenLakes Annual Golf Event and Memorial Wall project flyer was included in the July issue of the Eagle, in the form of a full-page insert. Dicky Keane's efforts in working to get the flyer published this upcoming month paid off. The flyer looks really good
Jul 2022: GLVFA project manager Dicky Keane and other members involved in the memorial wall project will continue to work to move the ball forward on this project. Ron Ford sent out a membership email requesting membership support for the memorial wall project, this email campaign will be the focus for the month in hopes of increasing member support for the project as well as other sources of support through various donations beyond the membership.
7/2 A second memorial flyer has been completed and submitted to the GlenLakes Eagle for publishing in the August issue. Same message, but different wording and overall look. Be sure to check out the July issue of the Eagle and pass along to your family and friends!
Aug 2022: Summertime has slowed down efforts in overall focus on fund raising and project efforts for the memorial wall. However, project manager Dickie has continued to engage in awareness efforts including numerous publications (Weeki Wachee Buzz, Hernando Sun, etc.). These publications have continued features to help spread the word regarding GLVFA projects such as the SAVES, Memorial Wall and Annual golf programs. Also, hopefully everyone saw the group's memorial wall flyer in the August edition of the GlenLakes Eagle. The donation flyer has helped awareness of the memorial wall project and has proven helpful in GL homeowners support for the wall.
8/5 Dickie Keane and Mike Cummings attended the national DAV convention held in Orlando, FL. Visited with one of our sponsors Nuerolumen, the folks who have done demonstrations of their pain therapy device at recent GLVFA monthly meetings. Neurolumen also presented a large donation to GLVFA as part of their continued support of veteran groups and veterans pain management needs. In addition to meeting other conference attendees including Ford (auto company), main purpose of the visit by Dickie and Mike was to meet with the editor of the DAV magazine to engage in an interview with the editor to discuss all of our GLVFA programs, with a 2+ hour discussion detailing the purpose of the organization as well as to highlight out memorial wall effort. The editor was impressed with our group and its purpose and will be reaching out shortly for more details that hopefully will end up in an upcoming piece on GLVFA in their national DAV magazine.
8/10 Dickie Keane and Mike Cummings were onsite at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp with an effort to help spread the word regarding the GLVFA projects and purpose in aiding veterans organizations. We met with numerous officials of the Bucs organization although no opportunity to talk to Tom Brady regarding our group (he was busy on the practice field!). However, Dickie and Mike had an opportunity to meet with the Bucs Chief Operating Officer Brian Ford (no relation to Ron Ford). Mr. Ford can be an excellent champion for GLVFA and will be further engaged.
More information for July will be forthcoming...
April 2022: GLVFA association, led by Ron Ford, Denny Blum, and George Friel along with other association members has secured a physical location for the memorial. The engineering design for the memorial is nearly complete. The project flyer has been created and is now being distributed.
May 2022: GLVFA project manager Dicky Keane has been working towards securing finalized costs with contractors. Due to several specific memorial design requirements, this is a long process.
5/20 Initial project costing from the vendor has been received. Details of the line-item costs will be reviewed and discussed with the vendor prior to end of moth. Dicky Keane is leading this effort and will be meeting with the vendor later this month.
5/21 Dicky met with another local community to discuss their ongoing memorial project effort. Knowledge transfer of construction specifics along with lessons learned were the focus of the visit. This visit will aid in developing the GLVFA memorial.
5/24 Dicky Keane and Mike Cummings met with contractor and their design staff to discuss engineering specifics including wall facing material, flag positioning, military service flags' lighting, walkway, U.S. flag lighting, donor paver design, and other details of the project. Next steps will be to update draft design and adjust materials and labor costs associated with changes. Contractor will also review onsite lighting options, metering, and light unit options. Meeting with GlenLakes ownership will be required to discuss electrical and lighting requirements. That meeting will occur next month given the upcoming Memorial Day holiday.
Jun 2022: GLVFA project manager Dicky Keane continues to work hard on a number of fronts to aid in supporting the association as well as move the memorial wall project along.
6/1 Dicky Keane has been working diligently in getting a number of local publications to include information (articles) that highlight the work and efforts of the GLVFA as well as highlighting the memorial wall project. When these publications go "live" with the association's information, further details regarding them will be posted here.
6/9 Dicky Keane submitted the final version of the GlenLakes Annual Golf Event and Memorial Wall project flyer for an upcoming GlenLakes Eagle publication. He has worked with GL management to get the associations flyer hopefully into the July edition of the Eagle. Worst case, it will make the August edition. For those interested in what the flyer, which Paul Simcock and Mike Cummings worked to create, click on the button below.
6/28 The GlenLakes Annual Golf Event and Memorial Wall project flyer was included in the July issue of the Eagle, in the form of a full-page insert. Dicky Keane's efforts in working to get the flyer published this upcoming month paid off. The flyer looks really good
Jul 2022: GLVFA project manager Dicky Keane and other members involved in the memorial wall project will continue to work to move the ball forward on this project. Ron Ford sent out a membership email requesting membership support for the memorial wall project, this email campaign will be the focus for the month in hopes of increasing member support for the project as well as other sources of support through various donations beyond the membership.
7/2 A second memorial flyer has been completed and submitted to the GlenLakes Eagle for publishing in the August issue. Same message, but different wording and overall look. Be sure to check out the July issue of the Eagle and pass along to your family and friends!
Aug 2022: Summertime has slowed down efforts in overall focus on fund raising and project efforts for the memorial wall. However, project manager Dickie has continued to engage in awareness efforts including numerous publications (Weeki Wachee Buzz, Hernando Sun, etc.). These publications have continued features to help spread the word regarding GLVFA projects such as the SAVES, Memorial Wall and Annual golf programs. Also, hopefully everyone saw the group's memorial wall flyer in the August edition of the GlenLakes Eagle. The donation flyer has helped awareness of the memorial wall project and has proven helpful in GL homeowners support for the wall.
8/5 Dickie Keane and Mike Cummings attended the national DAV convention held in Orlando, FL. Visited with one of our sponsors Nuerolumen, the folks who have done demonstrations of their pain therapy device at recent GLVFA monthly meetings. Neurolumen also presented a large donation to GLVFA as part of their continued support of veteran groups and veterans pain management needs. In addition to meeting other conference attendees including Ford (auto company), main purpose of the visit by Dickie and Mike was to meet with the editor of the DAV magazine to engage in an interview with the editor to discuss all of our GLVFA programs, with a 2+ hour discussion detailing the purpose of the organization as well as to highlight out memorial wall effort. The editor was impressed with our group and its purpose and will be reaching out shortly for more details that hopefully will end up in an upcoming piece on GLVFA in their national DAV magazine.
8/10 Dickie Keane and Mike Cummings were onsite at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp with an effort to help spread the word regarding the GLVFA projects and purpose in aiding veterans organizations. We met with numerous officials of the Bucs organization although no opportunity to talk to Tom Brady regarding our group (he was busy on the practice field!). However, Dickie and Mike had an opportunity to meet with the Bucs Chief Operating Officer Brian Ford (no relation to Ron Ford). Mr. Ford can be an excellent champion for GLVFA and will be further engaged.
More information for July will be forthcoming...
