Marine Corps League
Northwest Suburban #80
MCL Detachment #80 — Arlington Heights, IL. Marine Corps League Detachment 80, meeting — Arlington Heights, IL.
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #80
- Arlington Heights, IL
- 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 PM
Northwest Suburban #80. Its detachment has met since 1969 — Arlington Heights, IL. 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.
Over the years the detachment has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The members keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
The meeting line says 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the detachment writes its own — Arlington Heights, IL.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Arlington Heights, IL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Arlington Heights, IL.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Arlington Heights, IL.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Detachment 80 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — Arlington Heights, IL.
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Years on the calendar — Arlington Heights
Charter story set in 1969
130 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
18
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 7, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Northwest Suburban #80. The public directory lists it as 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 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 — Arlington Heights, IL. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the members bring the food. |
| Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The detachment installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Northwest Suburban #80. 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 a Saturday of hall repairs on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Arlington Heights, IL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — Arlington Heights
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 80 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 — Arlington Heights.
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 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Arlington Heights, IL.
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 80 — Arlington Heights, IL. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Arlington Heights, IL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Arlington Heights, IL. Northwest Suburban #80. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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