Marine Corps League
Fred Cochran #151
MCL Detachment #151 — Grand Rapids, MI. Marine Corps League Detachment 151, meeting — Grand Rapids, MI.
Meetings: 3rd Monday, 6:30 PM SUMMER, 4:30 PM WINTER.From public listings; confirm before attending.
- MCL Detachment #151
- Grand Rapids, MI
- 3rd Monday, 6:30 PM SUMMER, 4:30 PM WINTER
In 1956 a handful of veterans chartered Detachment 151 — Grand Rapids, MI. From that first meeting the detachment grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
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.
The meeting line says 3rd Monday, 6:30 PM SUMMER, 4:30 PM WINTER, 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 — Grand Rapids, MI.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — Grand Rapids, MI. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Detachment 151 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Grand Rapids, MI.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Grand Rapids, MI.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Grand Rapids, MI.
70
Years on the calendar — Grand Rapids
Charter story set in 1956
150 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
14
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of Fred Cochran #151. The public directory lists it as 3rd Monday, 6:30 PM SUMMER, 4:30 PM WINTER. 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 — Grand Rapids, MI. |
| Fri, Apr 10, 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 — Grand Rapids, MI. |
| Sat, Jun 6, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Detachment 151. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
Fred Cochran #151. 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 winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Grand Rapids, MI.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Grand Rapids
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Detachment 151 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 — Grand Rapids.
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 Monday, 6:30 PM SUMMER, 4:30 PM WINTER. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — Grand Rapids, MI.
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 151 — Grand Rapids, MI. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is 3rd Monday, 6:30 PM SUMMER, 4:30 PM WINTER.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Grand Rapids, MI.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Grand Rapids, MI. Fred Cochran #151. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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