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From the CEO and Founder of the 545th MP Co. Association
I AM LOOKING FOR DONATIONS!!
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
If you are now or intend to be a member of the 545th Military Police Company Association and enjoy our web site as much as I do please send a donation. It costs money to operate and maintain this site. Not only did we have to pay to have it set up, but it costs money to keep it up and running. The domain name cost us. The attorney does work for us on a “PRO BONO” basis, but he too has expenses and fees have to be paid to register the association and obtain a tax exempt status. There are many out there who have no computer and they must have their rosters and other association information snail mailed to them so the US Postal service also needs money. Now we discover that in order to obtain a tax exempt status, we also need an accountant. Our veteran “Jar Head” attorney recommended an ex Air Force Accountant that will work for us at cost since he too likes our site and is very patriotic, but he also has expenses and needs a few dollars now and then. Then there are the ink jet cartridges and envelopes and tons of other little things that it requires to keep us up and running. Our Web Master is an ex Navy Master Chief that is doing this for us at an extremely good price because it is a labor of love for him. He could have easily charged us $2,500 or more for his fantastic work, but no – he too is doing it basically at cost. I own and operate a small mom and pop construction company and am always out of pocket for this project and I don’t mind it at all, but a little help now and then would be greatly appreciated. So – the next time you reach in your pocket for change for a newspaper or cigarettes or a pack of gum and discover that you have $4.00 or $5.00 worth of change jingling around in there, ask the cashier to turn that change into bills and put them in an envelope and mail them to me. When you rub off those numbers and discover that you’ve won $25.00 in the lottery – send $5.00 of it for the association. Don’t mortgage the farm or sell the house, just send what you can easily afford. How about that penny jar or drawer at work? Roll up those pennies and turn them in for bills and send them to our association.
COME ON DOWN – LETS MAKE A DEAL! You give me what’s behind the curtain and I’ll keep our great site up and running!
There are other expenses as well – I’ve mailed out 14 different operating system CD’s in one week alone so that some of our members could up grade their computers to be able to open their rosters and other documents the association sends out on a regular basis. None of these items alone is very costly, but add them all up and it is sometimes a considerable amount. I’ve mailed out books and photos that were loaned to the association for their 545th content and historical value, The National Archives wants money for some photos of the 545th in WW II as well as other historical documents pertaining to our beloved unit.
So – let’s dig down to the lint in the bottom of our pockets and send in those nickels and quarters. You active duty MP’s – when you’re at the club at happy hour put the price of one beer aside for the association and you’ll walk out of the club a little more sober than you would have.
You old-timers remember the old 1st Sergeants bowl in the pay line for the unit slush fund. Well – its payday and you have drawn your pay and it’s now time to contribute to the slush fund! Only this money is not going for Bourbon to put in the coffee urn in the mess hall! (Those were the days) Or – to buy curtains for the day room! It’s to keep our site and our association up and running!
We’ve got the best damned web site on the internet for the best damned MP Company in the US Army up and running – now lets keep it up and running! Send your donations to:
Sam Reinert
626 ½ South 9th Street
Richmond, Indiana 47374Photo is of 1LT Sam Reinert on the Tank Gunnery Range in Graffenwohr, Germany 1965, looking for a drunken AWOL tank driver who had stolen a tank!
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