{"id":26,"date":"2024-08-17T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T12:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:14:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Chapter Officers<br>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/contact-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Deborah O. Fisk<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/contact-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cindy Graunke<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/contact-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lynn Osborne<br>\nTreasurer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ed Heflin<\/h5>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Executive Committee<br>\n<\/span><\/strong>Past President\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cindy Graunke<br>\nAlzheimer\u2019s Chair\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Faye McKay<br>\nMembership Chair\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Vacant<br>\nNARFE-PAC Officer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bob Zombron<br>\nNational Legislation\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Vacant<br>\nNet Coordinator\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Deborah O Fisk<br>\nParliamentarian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lynn Osborne<br>\nService Officer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Virginia Bozarth<br>\nState Legislation\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Steve Stastny<br>\n4th District CDL\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Deborah Fisk<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Appointed Committees<br>\n<\/span>Audit\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Steve Lemanowicz &amp; Ann Simpkins<br>\nGreeters\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ann Simpkins<br>\nHistorian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Vacant<br>\nHospitality\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cathy Dorsett &amp; Ann Simpkins<br>\nNewsletter Editor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Lynn Osborne<br>\nPublic Relations\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Cindy Graunke<br>\nSpecial Activities\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lynn Osborne<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-268 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ann Simpkins showing her mother's NARFE badge\" width=\"194\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-1359x1536.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-1813x2048.jpg 1813w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/04\/NARFE-Charter-Member-Badge-300x339.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Current member shows badge of her mother Yvonne Oakley who was the first chapter Treasurer<\/p>\n<p>NARFE Midlothian Chapter 2265 received its Charter on November 23, 1992 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.\u00a0 The original officers were George R. Rodericks, President; Nancy F. Gee, Secretary; and <strong>Yvonne H. Oakley<\/strong>, Treasurer.\u00a0 To complete the original charter directors, we remember:\u00a0 Maggie G. Beattie, Judge H. Eugene Behage, <strong>Sarah Boettger<\/strong>, Raymond L. Brodie, Christeen G. DeBruyn,\u00a0 Susie Kyle, Maurice Meyer, Sterling N. Monk, Sr., and Orville Overboe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_283\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"wp-image-283 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chapter 2265 Secretary and last surviving Charter member of Midlothian Chapter 2265\" width=\"176\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/05\/IMG_1079-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapter Secretary and Sarah Boettger, the last surviving charter member of the chapter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our chapter serves a a local hub for active and retired federal employees, as well as spouses and survivors.\u00a0 For those in the Midlothian area and beyond seeking to connect with fellow federal employees and retirees, Chapter 2265 provides a welcoming community focused on advocacy, education, and camaraderie.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Chapter 2265 list of officers, history, and year-round special projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter2265\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}