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Mar 22 2019

VFW’s Annual Youth Scholarship Competition Opens

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is now accepting entries for its 2019-20 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. The announcement comes just two weeks after the VFW’s 2019 Legislative Conference concluded in Washington, D.C., where the top national winners were recognized. Dedicated to encouraging a better understanding and appreciation of America, the VFW’s Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay competitions...

Mar 21 2019

Veterans ‘Most Deserving’ of Education Rewards

A VFW scholarship program has helped one Navy veteran work toward his goal of earning a higher education. Sean Sexton, who currently is stationed at Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., is one of the most recent recipients of VFW’s Sport Clips Help a Hero Scholarship. He learned of the scholarship through a Google search and ultimately was awarded $5,000 for the spring 2019 semester. Sexton currently is attending Park University and studying...

Mar 18 2019

Florida VFW 'Active' in Community

For one of Florida’s District commanders, reaching out to the nation’s youth and teaching honor and patriotism is of utmost importance. On Nov. 11 last year, Jose Rosa, then-Post 3282 commander, included pre-kindergarten students at Spruce Creek Elementary School in the Post’s annual Veterans Day event. “At the start of our event, the children [were] marching, waving flags and singing ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ to the center of the event,” said Rosa, now Florida’s District 19...

Mar 15 2019

VFW Members 'Adapt and Overcome' to Provide Disaster Relief

From Hurricane Florence in North Carolina to Hurricane Michael in Florida, the VFW offered support during hurricane relief efforts last year. ‘Started with a Social Media Post’ Before Florence made landfall in September, the Department of North Carolina designated six Posts across the state as staging areas for receiving and distributing donated items, such as bottled water, diapers and food. One of those Posts was VFW Post 7383 in Cary. Post 7383 Junior Vice Commander T...

Mar 12 2019

President Releases FY 2020 Budget Request

WASHINGTON – The president’s federal spending plan for fiscal year 2020 adds 30,000 more troops and proposes a 3.1-percent military pay raise. It would also increase the Department of Veterans Affairs overall budget by 9.6 percent to $220.2 billion, which would enable the VA to implement the MISSION Act, strengthen mental health access and treatment programs, increase women’s health services, boost electronic health record interoperability with the Defense Department, an...