Marine Corps League
Coastal Valleys #1340
MCL Detachment #1340 — Santa Maria, CA. Service and a meeting hall — Santa Maria.
mcl1340.org · listed in public directories. orgpage.org is not this group’s official site.
Meetings: 4th Tuesday, 6:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #1340
- Santa Maria, CA
- 4th Tuesday, 6:30 PM
Coastal Valleys #1340. Its detachment has met since 1960 — Santa Maria, CA. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, and the members who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the members hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
Meetings are 4th Tuesday, 6:30 PM, at the hall — Santa Maria. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the detachment might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Santa Maria, CA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Veteran support
Coastal Valleys #1340. Each year the detachment sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Santa Maria, CA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 1340 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Santa Maria, CA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Santa Maria, CA.
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Years on the calendar — Santa Maria
Charter story set in 1960
80 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
25
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Coastal Valleys #1340. The public directory lists it as 4th Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Confirm before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The members read the names they have been given — Santa Maria, CA. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The members spend a Saturday on the small repairs the detachment has been putting off. |
| Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 1340. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Coastal Valleys #1340. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the detachment already knows. The members voted to keep the Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Santa Maria, CA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Santa Maria
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 1340 set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — Santa Maria.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the detachment looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is 4th Tuesday, 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Santa Maria, CA.
Officers
Officers
Commandant
Senior Vice Commandant
Adjutant
Paymaster
Chaplain
Sergeant at Arms
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Detachment 1340 — Santa Maria, CA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 4th Tuesday, 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Santa Maria, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Santa Maria, CA. Coastal Valleys #1340. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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