The second annual Remembering Women Veterans event at VFW Post 1790 in Valley Stream, New York, celebrated more than 30 attendees for their military service on May 15. Founded by VFW Life members Sheila Irby and Sharran Chambers-Murphy in 2023, the event was created as a safe space for women veterans to share their stories. It also offered help from VFW and other organizations that provide services to navigate civilian life. “We simply wanted to ensure all women veterans...
Background: As we speak, the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services are negotiating their versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025. An important VFW legislative priority, S.2888 / H.R.3933, the TAP Promotion Act, is currently in the House version (Section 563) only. This provision would require that accredited claims representatives such as service officers from VSOs such as the VFW and others, along with state and county serv...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), in conjunction with Student Veterans of America (SVA), is pleased to announce their selection of six student veterans to complete the 2024/2025 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship. Held annually since 2014, student veteran fellows gain invaluable experience advocating in their communities and on Capitol Hill for solutions to pressing veterans’ issues. “Advocacy is a core pillar of the VFW’s mission, and it’s about much more tha...
VFW Post 5423 and its Auxiliary conducted a food drive on Aug. 31 for a school district’s pantry that feeds Mountain Home, Idaho, residents in need. Post and Auxiliary members set out to aid the Bear Necessities Pantry, located at a local alternative school. Volunteers from the Post and Auxiliary collected more than 2,260 pounds of nonperishable goods from patrons of a local Walmart through an eight-hour period. The donations should provide food to approximately 160 fami...
For the past 13 years, a VFW Post in the Hawkeye State has helped raise more than $60,000 for local eighth-grade students who participate in an annual trip to Washington, D.C. To do this, the Post enlists the students to work breakfasts twice a month. In 2023, Post 1977 in Decorah, Iowa, raised more than $9,000 for 63 students who volunteered during breakfasts at the Decorah All Vets Club. Students this year will work on the first and third Sundays of each month during t...
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