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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For students looking for scholarships to help lessen the financial burden college brings, it’s not too late to participate in the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Penessay competitions. Open to eligible high school students, the Voice of Democracy program is one of the top p...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is now accepting entries for its 2020-21 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. The announcement comes just weeks after the VFW’s 2020 Legislative Conference concluded in Washington, D.C., where the top national winners of both contests were recogn...
There’s an icy sanctuary for honorably discharged and disabled veterans in the blossoming community of Cranberry Township in Pittsburgh. Within the confines of an ice rink at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Lemieux Sports Complex, veterans who skate for the Pittsburgh Warriors get a dose of active therapy, the kind that pr...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) tonight proudly presented more than $200,000 in scholarships and awards as it named the national winners of its 2020 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. The awards were presented during the Parade of Winners ceremony, sponsored by Twisted X, at the VFW&rsqu...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce Twisted X has signed on to become the title sponsor of its annual Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen winners’ trip. Twisted X, a longtime supporter of the VFW, initially announced its $130,000 multi-year commitment while presenting a $100,000 donation at ...
With the new membership year well under way, VFW Commander-in-Chief William “Doc” Schmitz has a message for all members: “Retention, retention, retention.” With the VFW attaining more than 100 percent membership for the first time in 27 years, culminating in July at the VFW’s 120th national convention in Orlando, Fla.,...
Homeless veterans in Missouri found helping hands in VFW and Auxiliary members. During the Department of Missouri’s Council of Administration community service event at Branson’s Chateau on the Lake in September, members filled 172 “Comfort Rucks” for homeless vets. Post and Auxiliary members, as well as corporate sponsors a...
For a classroom of young students in Maryland, school begins like every other day — by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to members of Auxiliary 8509 in Baltimore, these students got to feel these words recently — by reading them in Braille. They study at the Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) in Nottingham, Md., where Cynthia ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is still accepting applications for its popular Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions, as well as its Teacher of the Year award. Inspiring patriotism within our nation’s youth has long been a top priority for the VFW, but with the Oct. 31 de...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie will be joining more than 10,000 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary at the 120th VFW National Convention as it convenes this Saturday through July 24 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla....
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