Marine Corps League
St Joseph Valley #95
MCL Detachment #95 — South Bend, IN. A detachment since 1973 — South Bend, IN.
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 PM.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #95
- South Bend, IN
- 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 PM
St Joseph Valley #95. Its detachment has met since 1973 — South Bend, IN. 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 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 PM, at the hall — South Bend. 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 — South Bend, IN. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The detachment leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — South Bend, IN.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 95 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — South Bend, IN.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — South Bend, IN.
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Years on the calendar — South Bend
Charter story set in 1973
130 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
46
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of St Joseph Valley #95. The public directory lists it as 2nd Wednesday, 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 — South Bend, IN. |
| Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — South Bend, IN. |
| Wed, Jun 10, 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
St Joseph Valley #95. 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 — South Bend, IN.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — South Bend
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 95 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 — South Bend.
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 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — South Bend, IN.
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 95 — South Bend, IN. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — South Bend, IN.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — South Bend, IN. St Joseph Valley #95. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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