Veterans Coffee
aka Patriot Grounds

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Meetings are at 10 am on the third Saturday of each month in the Fireside Room at the Heritage Church. Open to all veterans and their significant others/families. The goal is to bring veterans together for fellowship and to recover from their time in service. It is also a time to learn about veteran benefits. The meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Coffee and donuts are compliments of the Brainerd VFW. Eusebia (hAy-You-Say-Bee-Yah) "Chappy" Rios is the event coordinator. 

​Patriot
Grounds
Newsletter

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​​Connect, Communicate and Network

Heritage Church, 13242 Berrywood Drive, Baxter, MN, just off College Drive in the Baxter Industrial Park.

Always a time to learn more.

Third Saturday each month 10 am to 11 am at the Heritage Church. Signs and boots mark the ALPHA door entrance. We are planning another round of veteran talk and comradery.

There are PATRIOT GROUND T-shirts and more information about a program called Band of Veterans: Honoring veterans' Final Flight. 

​I'm keeping you in prayer as you pray for the Veteran Projects as we continue to Connect, Communicate, and Network with our veteran Brothers and Sisters. Chappy Rios.

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March 21, 2026: Veteran coffee and donuts. Veteran issues were discussed. Then it was time for the quarterly BINGO event! Prizes were given to the lucky winners. It was a fun group for 1-3/4 hour instead of the planned one-hour. As you can see, Mike Williams was behind the 8-ball.

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Saturday, February 21, 2026: Chaplain Rios could not be at the meeting because of a prior commitment. Jeff McArthur took over as moderator talking about a story in the press that indicated veteran benefits might be taken away. The VA responded by saying this is not true.

There was a video story of the sinking of the troop ship Dorchester in 1943. Learn more about the story in a radio interview with Chaplain Rios recently.  

​All veterans are invited to attend. There is no charge and no obligation of any kind. Every third Saturday at 10 am.