Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Manning the grill at Family Day are, from left, Brian Thompson, (a Vietnam veteran who has two sons in the Marines), Ed Dowling, Joseph Angel, Ed Greenman, Chuck Bacik, and Daryl Beakley. Angel is from Corona; the rest of the men are from Fallbrook.
Enjoying Family Day on Camp Pendleton are, from left, Colonel Kurt Kempster, Commanding Officer Combat Logistics Regiment 1; Frank and Joan Hainey from Fallbrook; Lt. Colonel Brian Ecarius, Commanding Officer of CLB5, and Mary Ann Hillery, volunteer organizer.
Fallbrook resident Donna Parker paints camouflage on a Marine during the Family Day Feb. 7.
Forty volunteers gather at Lake O
Raffle winner Marine Cpl. Smith, left, wears her prize, one of the camouflage aprons donated for the raffle by Mary Ann Hillery, right.
FALLBROOK – On Feb. 7, residents from both North San Diego and Southwest Riverside counties joined forces to put on a military family day for families of Combat Logistics Battalion 5 at Lake O’Neill on Camp Pendleton. At least 40 volunteers met in the Fallbrook Albertsons grocery store parking lot to travel to the base, taking lots of food with them.
Donations included drinks, cookies, guacamole, salsa, chips, and potato salad. Groups and businesses that participated included Albertsons, Your Light Church with pastor Roger Rodriguez and the men’s ministry from Menifee as well as Military Order of the World Wars president Chuck Palmer and member Howard Lewis from Oceanside.
Brian Thompson, a Vietnam veteran with The Other Guy Barbeque, started barbecuing the pulled pork the day before the event, in the rain, and he stayed the night at Lake O’Neill. The other volunteers helped grill food, serve it, and pass out stuffed animals to the children. They also did face painting and held a raffle drawing.
Organizer Mary Ann Hillery said, “What a great day for all to enjoy the sunny day and the games and camaraderie between the volunteers and the Marines and families.”
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