VFW MO District 7

Dept of Mo November General Orders

Posted at 08:32 PM on Friday, October 23, 2009 by Chet Tweten

Mo November General Orders -

VFW WASHINGTON WEEKLY, October 23, 2009

Posted at 01:35 PM on Friday, October 23, 2009 by Chet Tweten

In This Issue:
1. President Signs Advanced Funding Bill
2. Retroactive Stop Loss Payments Begin 
3. VFW Urges Russia to Support POW/MIA Commission
4. FY11 IB Critical Issues Now Online
5. VFW Testifies on Key Senate Bills
6. House VA Subcommittee Action

To read the full text go to: Mo Legislative Updates

Recruiting School and more held at Monett Post 4207

Posted at 03:27 PM on Sunday, September 6, 2009 by Chet Tweten

     State Senior Vice Commander Bob Wonnell, Certified National Recruiter Robert Harmon and District 18 Veterans Service Information Officer Ed Hawley teamed up to teach Recruiting, VSIO Referrals and Yellow Ribbon to the volunteers from District 7. The event was hosted by Monett VFW Post 4207.  Six of the District 7 Posts were in attendance  and three guests from Dept were there for the session.  The District 7 Recruiting Team members are:  Charles Patrick, Richard Smith,
Richard Edwards, Bill Breedlove, Dale Beckman, Brian Denney, Jim Hammond, Terry Clay and Richard Banks.

    First to speak was Dept of Mo Sr-Vice Commander Bob Wonnell who talked about the "Yellow Ribbon" events and the importance of VFW posts being involved in the events


    Sr-Vice CDR Wonnell was followed by Certified National Recruiter Bob Harmon of DeSoto VFW Post 1831.  Recruiter Harmon spoke at length on recruiting new members and ways to retain the members.  It was a very interesting talk full of many useful ideas.


    Ed Hawley, District 18 Veterans Service Information Officer and member of Mtn Grove VFW Post 3770 finished the session with a short talk about the VSIO Program and the need of having "Veterans Information Benefit Fairs" and how to properly fill out and use the "Referrals".

     The photos below were taken at random during the event.

	To view the images in a larger size - "right click" and then choose "view image" - after viewing hit the "back button" to return here.

    These photos were supplied courtesy of Sr-Vice Commander Bob Wonnell and Dist 18 VSIO ED Hawley

August New/Reinstate Kick-off Month

Posted at 06:53 PM on Friday, August 7, 2009 by Chet Tweten

Start the VFW year right with a membership drive.  Start August 1st.

Get those unpaid lists from your Post Quartermaster.  (Quartermaster you can find those lists on VFW e-membership.)

Form calling teams and call comrades on the list and ask them to come back to the best Veterans organization in the free world.  Go pick up their dues if they can’t bring them in.  If they actually can’t afford to pay their dues use money from your relief funds.

Get your Post Recruiter and your Post Service Officer and set up a recruiting booth in town.  If you have left over Buddy Poppies take those along with you.

Let your local newspaper, radio and TV stations know and have a notice put in your church bulletins.  The VFW is having a membership drive.  .

We are asking each Post to get a minimum of five (5) new or reinstated members during the month of August.

Once this is accomplished you are well on your way to becoming an All State Post.

While you are out there, ask every veteran you talk to whether he or she has filed for VA benefits.      If they haven’t or if it’s been a long time since they filed, fill out a referral form and let them know one of our VFW Service Officer will call them in a few days.  The only thing keeping you from being successful is YOU.

Recruiting, retention and Veterans Service all in one package.  We can make it happen if we work together!

Dave Morgan                                  Bob Wonnell                                    Olin Parks
State Commander                          Sr. Vice Commander                     State Surgeon

VFW Washington Weekly, August 7, 2009

Posted at 06:45 PM on Friday, August 7, 2009 by Chet Tweten

In This Issue:

1. VFW Protects Health Care Programs

2. Vet Bills Update

3. New GI Bill Benefit Begins

4. Senate Hearing on Disability Compensation

5. Congress on Recess

Full Text Can be found at: VFW MO Legislative Updates

Proposed Changes to the By-Laws and Manual of Procedure

Posted at 08:14 AM on Monday, July 27, 2009 by Chet Tweten

    The final version of the proposed changes to the By Laws and Manual of Procedure are out.  I have uploaded them to DocStoc and you can follow the links to read them and even save to your computer for further study.

VFW Washington Weekly, June 12, 2009

Posted at 02:25 PM on Friday, June 12, 2009 by Chet Tweten

In This Issue:

1. VA Committees Hold Hearings on CARES

2. House Committee Clears Advanced Funding/Other Vet Bills

3. Defense Bill Update

The full text can be found at: Mo Legislative Updates

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