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The VFW is gearing up its second annual VFW Day of Service scheduled for May 6. More than 400 Posts worldwide engaged in activities benefiting communities during last year’s inaugural event. Nearly 100 percent of Posts participating last year have already said they will host events again, according to VFW Communications Director Randi Law. &l...
In Wisconsin, the New Richmond City Council chambers were filled with veterans and their family members along with city staff and representatives from T-Mobile to celebrate the donation of $50,000 to VFW Post 10818’s Freedom Park Center project on Thursday, Dec. 15. The donation is one of 100 Hometown Grants awarded by the telecommunications ...
Recently, VFW launched a new website to help veterans connect with a VFW-Accredited Service Officer. The VFW official website, PACTActInfo.org, provides a streamlined referral process to veterans wanting to submit a disability claim related to the Honoring Our PACT Act. Visitors of PACTActInfo.org can expect a simple screening process that only req...
VFW Post 2598 members and its VFW Riders in Cleveland, Tennessee, combined their efforts during a benefit ride to help raise more than $16,000 for children’s medical research on Sept. 3. With 34 motorcycles and several cars belonging to Post 2598 members, the VFW Riders trekked more than 190 miles across the state in true volunteer fashion to...
VFW Post 7248 members in Sparta, New Jersey, welcomed more than 160 visitors to their hall in support of the second annual Frankie’s Toy Drive on Dec. 11. The event, named after 5-year-old Frankie Volpe, who at four months old was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Langerhan Cell Histiocytosis (LCH), helped collect more than 200 unwr...
When active-duty Navy veteran Andrea Forero began searching online for scholarships available to service members, all search results and websites guided her toward the VFW's "Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship.” “I was searching for scholarships available for service members on the internet,” said Forero, an aviation structural m...
WASHINGTON — In a letter sent to the White House, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Commander Tim Borland urged President Biden to support the repeal of concurrent receipt policy, which denies veterans receiving both retirement pay and VA compensation if they were forced to retire early from military service because of battlefield injur...
HOUSTON (Jan. 17, 2023) – Sport Clips Haircuts held an event at VFW Post 8790 today to offer free haircuts to veterans and present a check to the VFW Foundation for $1.5M toward veterans’ scholarships. This marks the sixth year in a row that Sport Clips has donated at least $1M to the Sport Clips VFW Help A Hero Scholarship program. Adm...
WASHINGTON — Today, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary joins the millions of Americans in honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pioneer who would ultimately lay down his life for the cause of civil rights. Born on Jan. 15, 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a minister and activist who championed the...
Four Vietnam War veterans were each presented the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden at a July White House ceremony some 50 years after their heroic actions duringthe war. Following are the Vietnam War soldiers who each earned the Medal of Honor: Spc. 5 Dwight W. Birdwell 25th Infantry Division Birdwell was born in Amarillo, Texas, and grew up n...
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