Colorado post receives a $91,000 donation

Honor guard members from the John Harold Buckley Post 32 of Longmont, Colo., recently received an unexpected $91,000 donation from an anonymous donor – a 2015 Chevrolet 15 passenger bus that’s wheelchair accessible.  

The anonymous donor was aware of Post 32’s honor guard services, and he asked a few members what the post was in need of. The honor guard members “jokingly said that our 20-year-old bus was in need of replacement,” said Dennis Sindelir, Post 32’s honor guard captain and senior vice commander. The new bus was delivered six months after the conversation took place.

Sindelir said the bus will be used to transport the 30 honor guard post members to several annual events. The members conduct services at military funerals, post colors at local events, educate youth at schools about Americanism and flag etiquette, participate in Memorial Day and Veterans Day services, drive veterans to VA clinics when medical services are needed, visit with veterans at assisted living facilities, and more. Sindelir said the honor guard members volunteer more than 3,500 hours annually.

“The new bus is a welcome sight,” Sindelir said.