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May 12 2021

235 Volunteer Hours

Since 2019, Robbie Harkabus has been on a mission to help feed veterans who are food insecure in Ashtabula County, Ohio. The VFW Post 2836 Junior Vice Commander volunteers with Feed Our Vets Ashtabula each month. In January, Post 2836 Commander Jim Jones presented Harkabus with a certificate recognizing him for 235 hours of volunteer service to the food pantry. “I was totally shocked by this,” Harkabus said. “I didn’t expect anything like that.” Feed Our Vets is opened ...
May 12 2021

Ace Hardware Honors Fallen Heroes with 1 Million American Flags

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Ace Hardware is collaborating with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) once again this year to honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country by giving away 1 million American flags nationwide on Saturday, May 29, 2021. Consumers who visit a participating Ace store on May 29th will receive a free 8” x 12” American flag.* A second flag will be donated to a local VFW Post to be used for marking and honoring veterans’ graves t...
May 12 2021

A ‘Thank You’ to Troops

A VFW Post in Traverse City, Michigan, in March hosted Michigan National Guard troops whose mission was to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the public. Nearly 50 Guardsmen attended the “thank you” dinner at VFW Post 2780. Post Auxiliary President Vicki Luckey said she heard about the troops being housed in a nearby hotel with no laundry service available. She hooked them up with a local launderer which offers discounts to military personnel. But it made her think that th...
May 11 2021

'Here to Help with Anything'

A Post in Springfield, Missouri, in March organized an event that aimed to help veterans. Members of VFW Post 3404 hosted the Veterans Resource Fair, an open house event, at their Post. The goal, according to Post Adjutant Brian Fisher, was to give veterans assistance in their daily lives. Fisher said the event was postponed from last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We decided now was a good time to hold this open house,” said Fisher, who is a retired Air Force veter...
May 09 2021

Why Go to Church?

Why should you go to church? I have heard a lot of odd reasoning about this over the years. Consider a few common objections. Some people say the church is full of hypocrites – well of course it is. If people were all perfect, we could shut down the operation. People go to church because they are sinners. We church goers are pretentious, jealous, greedy and so on. We are here because we need help, and our world needs help. If there are any perfect people out there, per...

 

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