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Along the Gulf Coast of Florida, VFW Post 9236 in Hernando Beach celebrated the back-to-school spirit by donating more than 850 backpacks to its community this summer. The Post, about 52 miles west of Tampa, Florida, spread the wealth of backpacks across several avenues to help a wide variety of families in need by providing them with something as ...
For more than a decade, VFW Post 7059 members in Farmville, Virginia, have devoted themselves to honoring all veterans spending their twilight years within the confines of local hospice care. Unwilling to let their predecessors sit in obscurity, Post 7059 members in 2013 began visiting The Woodland, a local hospice housing several veterans, where t...
VFW Post honor guards conducting three-volley salutes at funerals for veterans and service members has been a time-honored tradition practiced since the organization’s founding in 1899. While many know that VFW Post honor guards use firearms to salute their dearly departed fellow veterans, most may not know where those firearms and ammunition...
In December 2020, one of Alabama’s best-kept secrets was brought to light when signs honoring Escambia County’s two Medal of Honor recipients were unveiled. Held at the Atmore City Hall Auditorium in Atmore, Alabama, the unveiling and dedication revealed the signs, to be placed along U.S. Highway 31, as part of joint resolutions by the ...
Last year, the idea struck Karl Erickson, who carried it to his VFW Post 246 in Minneapolis for financial help in lifting the idea off the ground. An ambitious project impacting thousands of kids in and around the Twin Cities, Post 246 quickly voted on funding Erickson’s magnum opus: bringing free woodworking and birdwatching workshops to 10,...
For the past 12 years, family after family has asked, “Why are they so kind?” The question refers to the community welcome and supportexperienced by combat-wounded veterans and their families during a week spent at a cabin in Custer, South Dakota. The cabin experience, offered by the 501(c)3 non-profit called Operation Black Hills Cabin...
A battle-worn Marine of 30 years, Sgt. Maj. Lance Nutt cannot tell the story without tearing up. He and members of his Sheep Dog Impact Assistance team, a group of war veterans and retired police, fire and emergency response officers, were helping clean up the devastation of a tornado that ripped through Wynne, Arkansas, in March. The EF3 twister w...
A VFW Post in New Jersey will show why it is called the Garden State. VFW Post 7925 Commander Brian Gallagher announced in July that the Post and community are coming together to build a “green space” for Fairfield residents to enjoy. The garden is named Schlapfer Gardens in honor of Warren Schlapfer, a late World War II veteran and VFW...
Since 2019, VFW Post 2667 and its Auxiliary members have donated canned food and peanut butter and jelly to the One Roof Ecumenical Alliance Outreach in their hometown of Newnan, Ga., as well as Bridging the Gap, the Salvation Army and The I-58 Mission. According to Janet Alford, secretary/historian of Post 2667 Auxiliary, members are encouraged to...
Blain Bertrand enlisted in 1989 out of a desire to serve his country. He spent four years in the Army and was stationed in Nuremberg, Germany. Three decades later, the Texas native is #StillServing as the commander of VFW Post 3885 in Erlangen, Germany. Even before becoming their official leader, Bertrand offered guidance to Post members. “Be...
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