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Jan 31 2020

1,500 Toys

Students in the Garfield, N.J., school district were in for a treat at Christmastime thanks to VFW Post 2867 in Garfield. Pre-k, kindergarten and first-grade students had the opportunity to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Post home. Each child walked away with a gift and a tummy full of snacks. Post Commander Irwin Wasserman said this was the Post...

Jan 31 2020

CDW Presents 10000 Donation to the VFW

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Representatives from CDW presented a $10,000 donation on behalf of its CDW Gives program to VFW Quartermaster Debra Anderson today in support of the vital programs and services the VFW offers to our nation’s service members, veterans and their families, free of charge. “The VFW was thrilled to receive this donat...

Jan 31 2020

VFW Celebrates African-American History Month

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) celebrates African-American History Month throughout the month of February. “Our African-American service men, women and their families have made, and continue to make, remarkable impacts on our military,” said VFW National Commander William “Doc” Schmitz. “Th...

Jan 31 2020

A 'Just Cause' Succeeds in Panama

U.S. Staff Army Sgt. Bill Foulk was happy to get home from another training exercise, turn in all his stuff and cut loose. In December 1989, as he was settling in at his home in Tacoma, Wash., just outside of Fort Lewis, he got the call. “I thought it was a joke,” Foulk said. “We had been doing rehearsal missions for Panama all ye...

Jan 27 2020

Iraq War Veteran Spreads Knowledge of Martial Arts

Re-introducing a Vietnam War veteran to martial arts set the course of one future veteran’slife and spurred his desire to help others. Clay Worley, who discovered the ancient art form in his youth, served in the Army from 1997-98 with the 1st Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division in Bosnia and from 2003-04 with the 82nd Airborne Division...

Jan 24 2020

VFW Expects Apology From POTUS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – "In light of today's announcement from the defense department that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of Iran's retaliatory strike and President Trump's remarks which minimized these troops’ injuries, the Veterans of Foreign Wars cannot stand idle on this matter. TBI is a serious inj...

Jan 23 2020

Golden Retriever Has Healing Powers and a Surfboard

Iraq War vet Randy Dexter remembers when he thought about suicide all the time. But then he met a golden retriever named Ricochet, who would forever change his life. A certified therapy dog living in southern California with her owner, Judy Fridono, Ricochet met Dexter during a six-week Canine Inspired Community Re-integration (CICR) session. Frido...

Jan 22 2020

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt

Four Purple Heart recipients participated in the 37th annual VFW magazine-Donnan Gulch Outfitters Disabled Veterans Antelope Hunt this past October near Broadus, Mont. Doonan Gulch Outfitters is owned and operated by Russ and Carol Greenwood. The couple started hosting the annual hunt in 1982 because they didn’t like the way Vietnam War veter...

Jan 21 2020

‘Lending a Helping Hand’

The VFW’s Unmet Needs program helped keep an Army veteran and his family warm in the wake of calamity during the winter months of 2019. Army veteran Dennis Rooney used VFW’s $1,353 Unmet Needs grant to replace a broken water heater in his home, a necessity that intensified after the passing of his 32-year-old daughter left him and his w...

Jan 17 2020

Lawrence, Gallucci, Eshenbaugh Named to HillVets 100 Class of 2019

WASHINGTON – Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Washington Office Executive Director B.J. Lawrence, National Veterans Service Director Ryan Gallucci and VFW Department of Texas Service Officer Terry Eshenbaugh were named to the HillVets 100 Class of 2019. “I wouldn’t expect anything less from B.J. Ryan and Terry, three dedicated and c...