In anticipation of the 2025 VFW National Convention in August in Columbus, Ohio, the VFW and Humana are continuing the Uniting to Combat Hunger (UTCH) program which has provided more than 5.6 million meals for food-insecure families since 2018. Last year, at the 125th VFW National Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, volunteers participated in a UTCH seed-packing event aimed at helping families affected by food insecurity. Those seeds were sent across the country to distr...
The Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOV), in collaboration with the “Just-a-Stitch” quilt guild, recently made a pit stop at VFW Post 4912 in West Point, Neb., where 14 members of the Post were presented with quilts. “Just-a-Stitch,” based out of West Point, designed, sewed and presented the quilts that the Post members received. The guild has been collaborating with the QOV since 2018 and has awarded more than 150 quilts. The hand-made quilts serve both to comfort those who...
On July 5, VFW Post 2205 in Denton, Texas, hosted a “Call of Duty: Warzone” tournament at their state-of-the-art esports' suite, which includes high-speed internet connections, noise-canceling insulation and 10 NCAA-level gaming computers. This is the first gaming tournament the Post has held since the suite’s grand opening on April 23. Excerebus, a veteran-founded company based in Fort Worth, Texas, sponsored the tournament, which Regiment Gaming hosted. A total of $1,0...
Creating your own personalized apparel at the VFW Store is easy as one, two three. One, pick your apparel. You will find a variety of options, from button-ups to polo shirts and jackets, in a wide range of colors to choose from. For men’s apparel, go to vfwstore.org/category/apparel/personalizedmensapparel?page=1&size=50. For women’s apparel, go to vfwstore.org/category/apparel/personalizedladiesapparel?page=1&size=50. Two, choose your embroidery option, listed online be...
WASHINGTON – Last week in Hanoi, Vietnam, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Past Commander-in-Chief Larry Rivers and VFW Executive Director Ryan Gallucci took part in a series of events surrounding key anniversaries in U.S.–Vietnam relations. The visit coincided with the 30th anniversary of reestablishing diplomatic ties between the United States and Vietnam, as well as the 40th anniversary of the first American recovery mission for those missing in action from the Vietnam ...
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