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May 28 2020

'Helping Veterans and Communities'

VFW Post 626 in Bellaire, Ohio, donated 50 brand-new U.S. flags to the village of Bellaire to display on Memorial Day weekend. VFW Post 626 Commander Tom Collette said that earlier this year, he was asked by Bellaire Councilwoman Nikki Liberatore if the Post was willing to donate 50 U.S. flags to display in downtown Bellaire during holidays, such as Memorial Day and Independence Day. She told him that the village’s flags were aged and worn out. Collette said that Post 62...

May 25 2020

‘We Need to Do Our Part’

VFW Post 3701 Commander Stacey Roberts said her membership understood the urgency in preparing for a possible COVID-19 outbreak in their rural town of Lakeview, Mich. Roberts and her members planned ahead of government officials, crafting a plan to assemble volunteers willing to create masks for essential businesses around the Lakeview community, some 50 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, Mich. “When we first planned a mask-making assembly, Michigan had not yet been shut d...

May 22 2020

VFW Pays Its Respects to the Fallen During Memorial Day

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In recognition of Memorial Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) honors the legacy of the men and women who served in our nation’s military and made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom. While many Americans signal Memorial Day as the start of the summer, the less than one percent who have donned the uniform and military families worldwide understand the true meaning and significance of this sacred day. “Comrades, many of you have walked the...

May 22 2020

Doing What They Do Best

“We carry on with what we know we do best,” explained Post Commander Barry VanEngelen of VFW Post 7310 in Grosse Ile Township, Michigan. What they do best is serve veterans and the community—and that hasn’t stopped with the COVID-19 crisis. Post 7310 helped facilitate Stock Up for Seniors Day with the Community Recreation Department to collect high demand items like hand sanitizer and canned goods to distribute to seniors and veterans in care packages. Stock Up for Senio...

May 21 2020

#StillServing VFW Post in Arizona gets ‘All Hands on Deck’

A VFW Post and its Auxiliary in south central Arizona opened a food bank amidst the COVID-19 crisis to help feed those most susceptible to hardship. Post 1677 in Casa Grande, Arizona, about 47 miles south of Phoenix, opened a food bank in late March to safely provide food and water twice a week for the elderly, homeless and 19 patients at a local VA cancer treatment center. By May, Post and Auxiliary members had raised $29,000 and delivered more than 6,000 care packages...