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MarieAnn C. Raguso is a multi-time recipient of VFW’s Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship. The assistance she has received in order to pursue bachelor’s and master’s degrees in anthropology, she said, has been “life-saving.” “It’s helped and has been a game changer in my life and made it possible for me to ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tomorrow, on Patriot Day the more than 1.6 million members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary will pause to honor and reflect on a day that began just like any other, but ended in an attack that forever changed our nation. For most, the memories of what happened that day are still as vivid and pai...
An Army veteran received a grant of more than $1,300 from VFW’s Unmet Needs program when she wasn’t able to keep up with her home mortgage. Amelia Escobedo, of Lakewood, Wash., served with the 2nd Bn., 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) from May 2013 to February 2014. She was discharged in November 2018 after eight years of active-duty...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary will be out in force Sept. 15-21, 2019, in an effort to show their support and appreciation for Sport Clips Haircuts team members as part of the VFW’s first #SportClipsSalute appreciation event. Sport Clips worked with the VFW to establish the VFW&...
Every time a “catastrophically wounded” veteran takes the stage, a standing ovation ensues. When the vet finishes speaking, a standing ovation ensues yet again. But to the founder of Tiger Team 7, that’s no surprise. “America loves our troops,” said Paul McKellips, who launched the motivational speaking group earlier t...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars is now accepting entries for its annual "Return to Vietnam" trip drawing. If you received a Purple Heart for being wounded in Vietnam, you could be one of nine* lucky veterans to win this in-country tour from April 16-29, 2020. The trip will include visits to Hanoi,Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), the DMZ, ...
A Los Angeles-based dance company spent two weeks earlier this year working with veterans in Manhattan, Kan., in what one participant called “medicine for the soul.” DIAVOLO, created by Jacques Heim, received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct a two-week residency at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Heim st...
While many college students were focusing on final projects, essays and tests during the spring 2019 semester, student veterans at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Va., made time to serve their community in April. For the group’s final community service project of the school year, Mason Veteran Patriots — the Student Veterans o...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is mourning the loss of Past Commander-in-Chief John A. Biedrzycki, who passed away yesterday, August 29, 2019. John A. Biedrzycki was elected national commander of the VFW on July 22, 2015, at the organization’s 116th national convention, held in Pittsburgh, Pa. John served in...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars is very concerned that the dependent children of U.S. service members and government employees stationed overseas, and who are also legal permanent residents of the U.S., may face difficulty returning to the United States. The concern arose from an update published Wednesday by the U.S. Citizenship an...
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