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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce its “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” has been named a Silver Award Winner of the Support Our Veterans Award by the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Franchise Education & Research Foundation. Established by a generous donatio...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. joins in celebrating the 70th birthday of the U.S. Air Force, who continues to protect and defend our country by air, space and cyberspace. Originally organized as part of the U.S. Army in 1907, the Air Force became a separate military department on this da...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Friday, Sept. 15, on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. calls on every American to join us as we salute the men and women who served and sacrificed to keep America free, while supporting the families of the missing who continue to keep the candle of hope alive. Today there are 83,...
Statement of John Towles, Deputy Director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect to: H.R. 1721, H.R. 1900, H.R. 3122, H.R. 3656, H.R. 3657, and Draft Legis...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce its Unmet Needs program set a new record by awarding more than $2 million in financial assistance grants to nearly 900 military and veteran families during its 2016-2017 program year. The new record shatters last year’s program record of $550,000 being dist...
The emotional toll of a cancer diagnosis is overwhelming in any circumstance. Sadly, so many parents grapple with the additional stress of coming up with the money to pay for chemotherapy. Kenneth Vaughn, a former Army Specialist of Trenton, Ga., said he “felt he was drowning” when his ten-year-old daughter was diagnosed with bone cance...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – September 11, 2001, is a day Americans will never forget, and this Monday, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., will pause to remember and reflect on a day that began just like any other, but ended with 2,977 Americans tragically losing their lives in an attack that forever changed our nation. The terrorist attacks ...
Efforts from a Rhode Island VFW Post have provided Afghanistan War veteran Tim Underwood with an all-terrain wheelchair, improving his quality of life. Underwood, who served in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 with the 3rd Sqdn., 61st Cav, 4th BCT, 4th Inf. Div., was wounded in April 2010. He was shot three times (once in the throat/jaw, once in the s...
VFW Life member Rob Riggle hit the green with the VFW magazine staff in June during a visit to Kansas City, Mo., for the annual charity event, Big Slick Celebrity Weekend. Riggle, originally from Overland Park, Kan., posed for photos along the Oakwood Country Club Golf Course, shared his favorite Kansas City restaurants and chatted casually with ma...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Harvey continues in Texas and Louisiana, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. stands ready to help affected service members, veterans and their families. While the full extent of Hurricane Harvey’s level of destruction is still being evaluated, the VFW knows from its pas...
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