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During the dog days of summer last year, kindness found its way to several struggling veterans in Chico, California, who had fallen on hard times and ended up homeless. As if snatched from the pages of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations,” it all began with an anonymous benefactor who in early July approached VFW Post 1555 member...
The idea came to Nathan Moran and his girlfriend, Michelle Decker, while on a date. The VFW and Auxiliary members of Post 7581 in Wayland, Mich., often had their date nights at VFW or American Legion halls, basking in the company of veterans and family members sharing stories in the spirit of camaraderie. During this time, about two years ago, the ...
Members of a VFW Post in a Kansas City, Missouri, suburb have dedicated their efforts to conducting honors for veterans who have passed away. Members of VFW Post 10906 in Gladstone, Missouri, have spent more than two decades conducting funeral honors. Joe Lyles, the coordinator of Post 10906’s honor guard, recalled that the Post’s honor...
A decade ago, while driving in his home state of Oregon, Dick Tobiason, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, realized that none of the highways in the state recognized or honored veterans. He wanted to change that. Tobiason, a member of VFW Post 4108 in Redmond, Oregon, founded the Bend Heroes Foundation in Bend, Oregon. On June 20, 2017, the Vietnam...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce the second annual VFW Day of Service kicks off May 6, marking the start of veteran-led community service projects to take place throughout the month. The VFW Day of Service was born from the organization’s award-winning #StillServing campaign launched in 2020 to ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Corporate & Community - Community Engagement Event category for its inaugural VFW Day of Service campaign in The 21st Annual American Business Awards® yesterday. The American Business Awards (ABA) is the nation’s premier...
Having completed his first marathonin 2015 at 78 years old, Bob Gravley had an idea. A Korean War veteran, Gravley crossed the finish line of the OBX Towne Bank Marathon that day in Outer Banks, North Carolina, with a notion of hosting a marathon back home in Salem, Missouri. Salem, in all its rural splendor, is exactly 26.7 miles south of Rolla, M...
When Hurricane Ian ravaged parts of Florida in late September, VFW’s Department of Florida relied on its Emergency Response and Recovery team to channel adequate disaster relief in a hurry. VFW member Don Pearsall formed the team in 2018 after Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm, ripped through the Caribbean and parts of Florida. Even befor...
Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 limitations, the anticipation surrounding the 13th annual Frank H. Martin Car and Truck Show last June at VFW Post 7155 in Trappe, Pennsylvania, led to its most profitable year ever. Named in memory of Martin, a Post 7155 member who began running shows in 2007 to help raise money for children in need befo...
On May 3, 1970, an Army staff sergeant and West Virginia native was KIA during a battle in Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province. Almost five decades later, a man from his unit helped memorialize the late soldier in his hometown. Thomas Hess, who went by “Tommy,” was an Elkins, West Virginia, native. He was serving on his second tour in th...
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