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Ryan Funeral Home, located in De Pere, Wisconsin, has been a longtime supporter of veterans. Since its inception in 1926, the Funeral Home has provided services to veterans and their families. However, owner Scott Baeten wanted to take their support a step further. Baeten reached out to VFW Post 2113 to find the best way the funeral home could prop...
For the last four years, one Post in Myrtle Beach has been partnering with the Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOV) to award its members with handcrafted quilts designed to honor their service, as well as provide a source of healing. Post 10804, located near one of the Quilts of Valor chapters in Myrtle Beach, awarded more than 120 quilts to its member...
On the night of Jan. 21, 2025, tragedy struck the Village of Ovid, New York. A devastating fire consumed a significant portion of the town's Main Street, reducing to ashes the only grocery store, a beloved diner, a laundromat, an Italian restaurant, and the Seneca County STEPS office. Apartments also were destroyed, displacing 16 residents and leav...
Raised between Scotland and Canada, Colin Anderson now lives in Hamburg, New York, with his wife, Sue. He has three grown daughters: Heather, Elizabeth and Colleen. Anderson joined the U.S. Army after he moved to the United States in 1991. He served at eight duty stations, one of which was in Germany. Anderson also was deployed to Bosnia for Operat...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce the fourth annual VFW Day of Service — a dedicated day of service led by veterans throughout the country and the world — will kick off the first Saturday in May (May 3), marking the start of veteran-led community service projects to take place throughout th...
The 2025 VFW Day of Service launches on May 3. As a part of the VFW’s #StillServing campaign, the Day of Service aims to unite VFW members to illustrate to the world the positive impact they make in their communities. While the Day of Service officially kicks off on May 3, events are encouraged to take place throughout the remainder of the m...
Being the largest Navy base in the world, Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia is home to a vast number of sailors and Marines, and VFW’s Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) site on the base provides an essential service to those military members. VFW National Pre-Discharge Claims Representative Abigail Heffernan said that a common concern amon...
From honoring the legacy of its namesake, Robert Jack, to starting modern initiatives such as a monthly hiking program, a 100-year-old VFW Post in Arkansas continues to carry on Post traditions of community service and fellowship. Founded on Feb. 13, 1925, VFW Post 1322 in Van Buren, Arkansas, is the oldest VFW Post in the state and in recent years...
When members of VFW Post 1828 and their families gathered at the Veterans Memorial in West Plains, Missouri, to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the end of Operation Desert Storm last year, it marked an historic first for the “Show-Me State” Post. Led by Gulf War veteran and Post 1828 Junior Vice Commander David Scott Buennemeyer, th...
VFW Post 6445 in Harlem, Georgia, held a blood drive in celebration of January’s National Blood Donor Month. The event was held at the Harlem Branch Library Jan. 25, in an RV from The Blood Connection, who the Post partnered with for the event. “We are thrilled with the outcome of our mobile blood drive event,” VFW Post 6445 Jr. V...
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