A list of all of our luncheons since 2005.
5th floor and 4th floor were/are the surgical ward. Mercy Hall was a small out-patients barracks which closed during the summer of 2014, so we finished the year doing our Thursday luncheons at the USO. 7 East is the Traumatic Brain Injury Ward. We’ve also hosted luncheons at Hunter-Holmes McGuire VAMC in Richmond, Virginia.
We are very grateful to all of our supporters, “Elfs”, “Notes 4 Bethesda” writers, Holiday Cheer supporters, quilt raffle participants, Liaison Staff, hospital staff, our “behind the scenes helpers” and our awesome “hands’ on” volunteers who have made the luncheons possible over the years. Thank you!
Dates with *** are online. Several years worth of posts are missing from when we moved to a new server in 2011.
2016:
***Sunday, May 22, 2016 – 4th Floor
2015: These luncheons were on the 4th Floor on Sundays unless otherwise noted.
***February 22
***March 22, 2015
***April 19, 2015
***May 17, 2015
***June 07, 2015
June – Hope For The Warriors® Dinner @ Pascal’s Farm
***July 19, 2015
***August 02, 2015
***Sept 6, 2015
***October 04, 2015
***November 8, 2015
***December 6, 2015
2014
***4th floor – Sunday, January 26
***Mercy Hall – Thursday, February 13, cancelled due to a snowstorm.
***4th floor – Sunday, February 23
***4th floor – Sunday, March 23
***Mercy Hall – Thursday, April 10
***Sunday, April 20 – 4th floor
***Sunday, April 26 – 4th floor
***Sunday, May 18 – 4th floor
***Sunday, June 8 – 4th floor
June 26 & 27 – Hope For The Warriors® Dinner @ Pascal’s Farm
***Thursday, June 19 – Mercy Hall
***4th floor – Sunday, July 20
***4th floor – Sunday, August 3
Thursday, August 14 – Mercy Hall – Cancelled due to last minute location change.
Mercy Hall had moved to Sanctuary Hall. Food events were no longer allowed in the barracks. So, we toured the USO to see what was available there. It is a wonderful facility!
***Sunday, September 7 – 4th floor
***Sunday, October 5 – 4th floor
***Thursday, October 23 @ the USO
***November 9 – 4th floor
***Thursday, December 4 – USO – Holiday Cheer @ Walter Reed
December 20 – Hope For The Warriors® Dinner @ Pascal’s Farm
2013
Going backwards from here. There are a few dates missing from the rest of this list. In early 2013, we moved to a different host for the website, doing a “do it our-self, knowing just enough to get ourselves in trouble move” to save approximately $4,000.00 and in doing so, a number of the luncheons didn’t get back online. Three years later… they still aren’t back online… working on it… mebbe one day…)
***Dec. 14, 2013 – Hope For The Warriors® Dinner @ Pascal’s Farm***Dec. 5, 2013 – “Holiday Cheer at Mercy Hall”
***Nov. 10, 2013 – 4th Floor
Oct. 24, 2013 – Mercy Hall
Oct. 6, 2013 – 4th Floor
Sept. 8, 2013 – 4th Floor
Aug. 15, 2013 – Mercy Hall
Aug. 4, 2013 – 4th Floor
Jul. 21, 2013 – 4th Floor
June ?, 2013 – Mercy Hall
Jun. 9, 2013 – 4th Floor
Jun. 8, 2013 – assisted with the Patriot Guard Riders HOTH BBQ at Walter Reed
May 19, 2013 – 4th Floor
May 16, 2013 – Richmond VAMC
Apr. 21, 2013 – 4th Floor
Apr. 11, 2013 – Mercy Hall
Mar. 24, 2013 – 4th Floor
Mar. 5 – Richmond VAMC
Feb. 24, 2013 – 4th Floor
Feb. 14, 2013 – Mercy Hall
Jan. 27, 2013 – 4th Floor
2012
Dec. 16, 2012 – 7 East
Dec. 6, 2012 – “Holiday Cheer at Mercy Hall”
Dec. 1, 2012 – “Holiday Cheer at Richmond VAMC”
Nov. 11, 2012 – 4th Floor
Nov. 4, 2012 – 7 East
Oct. 25, 2012 – Mercy Hall
Sept. 30, 2012 – Richmond VAMC
Sept. 9, 2012 – 4th Floor
Aug. 16, 2012 – Mercy Hall
Aug. 5, 2012 – 4 Floor and 7 East
***Jul. 22, 2012 – 4th Floor
***Jul. 8, 2012 – Richmond
***Jun. 21, 2012 – Mercy Hall
***Jun. 10, 2012 – 4th Floor
***May 20, 2012 – 4th Floor
Apr. 26, 2012 – Mercy Hall
Apr. 22, 2012 – 4th Floor
Mar. 25, 2012 – 4th Floor
***Mar. 5, 2012 – Richmond VAMC
Feb. 26, 2012 – 4th Floor
Feb. 16, 2012 – Mercy Hall
Jan. 29, 2012 – 4th Floor
2011
Dec. 2011 – “Holiday Cheer at Richmond VAMC”
Dec. 2011 – “Holiday Cheer At Walter Reed”, 4th Floor
***Nov. 13, 2011 – 4th Floor
***Oct. 16, 2011 – Richmond VAMC
***Oct. 9, 2011 – 4th Floor
***Sept. 11, 2011 – 4th Floor with Easton Rotary Club, Easton, MD, and Touch of Relief. This was our first luncheon on the newly remodeled 4th floor.
In September 2011, Bethesda Naval Hospital officially combined with Walter Reed Army Medical Center through BRAC.
***Aug. 21, 2011 – Richmond VAMC – PTRP unit.
***Aug. 18, 2011 – Mercy Hall
***Jul. 24, 2011 – 5 East
***Jul. 10, 2011 – 5 East
***June 23, 2011 – Mercy Hall
***Jun. 19, 2011 – 5 East
***May 22, 2011 – 5 East
***April 30, 2011 – 5 East
***April 21, 2011 – Mercy Hall
***Mar. 27, 2011 – 5 East
***Feb. 17, 2011 – Mercy Hall
***January 30th, 2011 – 5 East
2010
***Dec. 2010 – “Holiday Cheer at Mercy Hall”
***Nov. 14, 2010 – 5 East
***Oct. 28, 2010 – Mercy Hall
***Sept. 26, 2010 – 5 East
***Aug. 22, 2010 – 5 East
***Aug. 19, 2010 – Mercy Hall
***Jul. 29, 2010 – Mercy Hall
***Jul. 25, 2010 – 5 East
***Jun. 27, 2010 – 5 East
***June 10, 2010 – Mercy Hall
May 23, 2010 – 5 East
May 5, 2010 – Mercy Hall
***Apr. 15, 2010 – Mercy Hall
***Mar. 28, 2010 – 5 East
***Feb. 18, 2010 – Mercy Hall
***Jan. 24, 2010 – 5 East
2009
***Dec. 2009 – “Holiday Cheer at Mercy Hall”
***Nov. 2009 – 5 East
***Oct. 29, 2009 – Mercy Hall
***Oct. 18, 2009 – 5 East
***Sept. 13, 2009 – 5 East
***Aug. 13, 2009 – Mercy Hall
***July 12, 2009 – 5 East
***June 2009 – Mercy Hall
***May 17, 2009 – 5 East
***April 5, 2009 – 5 East
***Feb. 15, 2009 – 5 East
***Jan. 29, 2009 – Mercy Hall
2008
***Dec. 2008 – 5 East
***Nov. 15, 2008 – 5 East
***Oct. 12, 2008 – 5 East
***Aug. 23, 2008 – 5 East
***June 28, 2008 – 5 East
***May 28, 2008 – Mercy Hall – This was our first Mercy Hall luncheon.
***March 29, 2008 – 5 East
***Jan. 2008 – 5 East
2007
***Dec. 29, 2007 – 5 East, “Operation Santa 2007”
***Sept. 2007 – 5 East
***Aug. 26, 2007 – 5 East
***June 2007 – 5 East – 5 East
***April 22, 2007 – 5 East
***January – 2007 5 East
2006
2006 – Janelle and Jane did a few “pop-in” visits between August and December.
2005
***November 2005, 5 East – A Visit With Nate and His Family
October 2005 – two pop-in visits by Janelle and Jane, the first to visit a Marine Mom from Washington State, and the second, two weeks later, to bring lunch.