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When Autumn Bridgman left the Navy after four years, she set her sights on giving back to the veterans' community by embarking on a degree that would allow her to impact military families. Enrolling at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Bridgman was soon introduced to the VFW’s "Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship”...
Families in the Tar Heel State gathered on June 3 in the state’s High Country for an event aimed to entertain families of the area. The inaugural Family Fun Day event, hosted by Boone, N.C.’s VFW Post 7031, the Wounded Warrior Project and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, featured live music, arts and crafts, and other children’s act...
Statement of Meggan Thomas, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairwoman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and ...
On April 16, 2023, Post 10826 in Verona, Virginia, surprised Post Commander Eugene Chavis with a gathering to celebrate his many years of service to veterans. Chavis, a charter member of the Verona Post, has been part of the VFW for more than 30 years. Serving as Post Quartermaster for 21 years before taking the reins as Commander for the next 15 y...
Watching his aging World War II veteran father neglect his cane because it made him appear “vulnerable” in public, VFW Life member Tom Ashmore set off on a journey that led him to Cane-Fu. With an extensive martial arts background dating back to formal training in judo at 14 years old, Ashmore, 78, contacted Grand Master Mark Shuey, a U...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce SSG Jonathan Dozier Memorial Post 2894 in Chesapeake, Virginia, has been selected to receive the 2023 VFW Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award, a prestigious award that recognizes VFW Posts for notable and exceptional community service projects....
Members of VFW Post 10380 Green Township, Ohio, held their ninth annual “Cars and Courage” car show on April 29 to raise funds for their veterans’ programs. The car show, a blend of more than 85 vintage and exotic cars lined across the parking lot of the Diamond Oaks Career Campus in Cincinnati, Ohio, helped the Post raise more th...
VFW has made great strides this year in membership. At press time, the organization was on track to hit 102 percent in membership. VFW’s Membership Department offers congratulations to everyone helping to make this possible. To keep this trend going, VFW Membership Associate Director of Post Development and Revitalization CoreyHunt urges Post...
In its 10th year, the annual VFW Department of Pennsylvania’sWomen Veterans Conference boasted its largest turnout during Women’s History Month in March. Hosting more than 165 women veterans from across Pennsylvania at the Pittsburgh Marriott North on March 24-26, the conference provided everything from seminars and workshops to VFW ser...
It had been 15 years since Michael Polsley rode a motorcycle, feeling the rush of wind hiss as he traveled fast and steady down an open road. A Vietnam War veteran, Polsley’s favorite pastime had been stripped from him by the utterance of a name given to symptoms he was beginning to experience in his later years, that of Parkinson’s Dis...
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