As of January 26, 2012

Photo is of 1LT Sam Reinert on the Tank Gunnery Range in Grafenwohr, Germany 1965, looking for a drunken AWOL tank driver who had stolen a tank!

From the President and Founder of the 545th MP Co. Association
I AM LOOKING FOR DONATIONS!!
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If you are now or intend to be a member of the 545th Military Police Company Association and enjoy our web site as much as I do please send a donation. It costs money to operate and maintain this site. Not only did we have to pay to have it set up, but it costs money to keep it up and running and to maintain it. The domain name cost us as well.

We are incorporated in the State of Indiana as a Non-Profit Corporation and as such your donations are tax deductable. No matter if you send funds or artifacts or equipment or even donate a vehicle, it is all tax deductable.

There are many out there who have no computer and they must have their rosters and other association information snail mailed to them so the US Postal service also needs money. Then there are the ink jet cartridges and envelopes and tons of other little things that it requires to keep us up and running. Our Web Master is a retired 545th MP that is doing this for us at his own expense because it is a labor of love for him. He could have easily charged us $2,500 or more for his fantastic work, but no – he too is doing it basically at cost. I am retired and spend my entire effort and time in the running of this association and web site. So – the next time you reach in your pocket for change for a newspaper or cigarettes or a pack of gum and discover that you have $4.00 or $5.00 worth of change jingling around in there, ask the cashier to turn that change into bills and put them in an envelope and mail them to me. When you rub off those numbers and discover that you’ve won $25.00 in the lottery – send $5.00 of it for the association. Don’t mortgage the farm or sell the house, just send what you can easily afford. How about that penny jar or drawer at work? Roll up those pennies and turn them in for bills and send them to our association.

COME ON DOWN – LETS MAKE A DEAL! You give me what’s behind the curtain and I’ll keep our great site up and running!

There are other expenses as well – I’ve mailed out 14 different operating system CD’s in one week alone so that some of our members could up grade their computers to be able to open their rosters and other documents the association sends out on a regular basis. None of these items alone is very costly, but add them all up and it is sometimes a considerable amount. I’ve mailed out books and photos that were loaned to the association for their 545th content and historical value, The National Archives wants money for some photos of the 545th in WW II as well as other historical documents pertaining to our beloved unit.

The association also maintains an Old Timers Honor Guard which wears period uniforms from the 1950’s and it costs money for the uniforms and equipment and we are currently in the process of standing up a MP Mounted Troop which will take a lot of money for horses, uniforms and tackSo – let’s dig down to the lint in the bottom of our pockets and send in those nickels and quarters. You active duty MP’s – when you’re at the club at happy hour put the price of one beer aside for the association and you’ll walk out of the club a little more sober than you would have.You old-timers remember the old 1st Sergeants bowl in the pay line for the unit slush fund. Well – its payday and you have drawn your pay and it’s now time to contribute to the slush fund! Only this money is not going for Bourbon to put in the coffee urn in the mess hall! (Those were the days) Or – to buy curtains for the day room! It’s to keep our site and our association up and running!We’ve got the best damned web site on the internet for the best damned MP Company in the US Army up and running – now lets keep it up and running!

FINALLY – GREAT NEWS!! After almost 6 years of trying to obtain Federal Tax exempt status it has been approved for the 545th MP Company Association, Inc. Next April 15th you can now claim your donations in your itemized tax return and we can now aggressively pursue Corporate Donors. My profound thanks to all of you who have made this possible with your donations for legal and filing fees and all the advice from you legal beagles out there who have done this before with other organizations. Please see here below -----

 

Send your donations to:

 
CPT Sam Reinert
545th Military Police Company Association
626 ½ South 9th Street
Richmond, Indiana 47374 USA

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Sam Reinert
CPT MP USAR (Ret)
Founder
545th Military Police Company Association
626 1/2 South 9th Street
Richmond, Indiana 47374 USA
(765) 962 4627 phone & FAX
http://545thmpassn.com/