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A Texas VFW Post held a ceremony on April 13 to thank and honor a 10-year-old boy who helped raise more than $5,000 for the Post. VFW Post 1514 in Village Mills presented an award to Spencer Speegle, the grandson of Post Quartermaster J.W. Kern. Post 1514 members gave Spencer a special 8-by-10-inch plaque to thank him for his volunteer work. Kern, ...
Darin Combs, Supreme Commander of the Cooties, is on a quest to grow membership in VFW’s venerable ancillary organization. He encourages VFW members who are interested in becoming a Cootie to contact the suborganization’s Headquarters or a local Pup Tent, the Cooties’ version of a Post. “Last year, we started with 9,368 memb...
For four years, Persian Gulf War vet Jason Wenton couldn’t sleep in the same room with his wife, Georgette, in their home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He was confined to a wheelchair which wouldn’t fit through their bedroom door or into their master bath. That all changed last summer when Jim Rose with the Rose Family Charitable Trust ...
When Tiffany Deen gave birth to her son, Jude, on April 25, 2020, after an emergency C-section, she wasn’t allowed to hold him. Having been born without an esophagus, Jude was whisked away to a hospital two hours away. Deen’s husband, Juan, was deployed with the Navy at the time. For nine months, Tiffany lived out of a hotel in Macon, G...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) are proud to announce they are teaming up with the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, Feeding America®, to kick off the start of the 2021 “Uniting to Combat Hunger” campaign. Established in 2018, the “Uniting to C...
U.S. Army veteran James Reese Beaty is #StillServing with VFW Post 6089 in Anderson, South Carolina. Beaty is a VFW Life member who serves as Post 6089 Adjutant, Quartermaster and Service Officer. He’s dedicated to caring for veterans and being a positive influence in his community. For more than 20 years, Beaty has worked with young people t...
Michael Eason retired from the U.S. Army in 2015 after serving for more than 40 years. Now, he is #StillServing as Post Commander of VFW Post 9376 in Clinton, Maryland. As a VFW Life member, and All-State and All-American Commander, Eason understands the important role a Post can play in their local area. When COVID-19 began to spread, he and his f...
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 fre...
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 ...
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 t...
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