VFW NC Post 6983 - Angier

ATTN: Post Commanders and Quartermasters-New 2010-2011 QM Kit Procedures

Posted at 04:59 PM on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by post6983

MEMBER DUES PROCESSING:  Quartermaster Kit 2010-2011

 

Attention Quartermaster: The separate mailing of a QM Kit in 2010-2011 is now a needless expense!

 

The VFW Leadership Reference Guide for 2010-2011 will be on-line.

Historically, the Quartermaster Kit has been a very costly yet necessary expenditure to facilitate the processing of a member’s dues. The post roster and printed kit cards alone made up 75% of the material contained in previous year kits and the cost to produce and mail these kits was well over $150,000.00.

 

Last year, we began the process of providing: 1) more timely data, 2) immediate document accessibility to the new or returning Quartermaster, and 3) major cost reduction.

The process began with the “piggyback mailing” of a comprehensive prior year (July 1 thru June 31, 2009) roster with the July Maintenance Journal. This corrected the inherent deficiency in previous year end rosters. As you may know, in previous years the roster was produced in late April, and therefore did not contain members processed by the Post in May and June.

“Piggyback” mailing, discontinuance of the kit cards and the increased utilization of available

technology by our post has allowed us to meet our goal.

 

Membership applications and Benefit Brochures, as always, are available upon request.

Just a reminder to all Post Commanders and Post Quartermasters that you will not be receiving copies of the VFW Leadership Reference Guide CDs this year as part of the Quartermaster Kits. Beginning this year, the VFW Leadership Reference Guide will be available on-line in E-membership. More details to follow in the coming months.

NY Man Attempting 4,500 Mile "Patriot Walk" for Veterans

Posted at 11:23 AM on Monday, March 15, 2010 by post6983

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) -- Mark Klodzinski, a Western New York native, will embark on a cross-country walk to raise money and awareness for American Veterans.

Mark will begin his 4,500 mile journey on March 16th, and hopes to raise over $1 million for the cause.

Mark hopes to travel 25 miles a day, meaning his entire trip will take him about 8 months, stopping at local American Legion and VFW Posts across the country.
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View route and follow on his website here

Follow Mark's Facebook page here

VFW Cites Backlog, Health Care as Top Legislative Priorities

Posted at 04:27 PM on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by post6983

Washington D.C.,March 9, 2010 — In his opening statement today before a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committees, Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., testified about his organization's concern with the national health care debate, and whether or not it will impact the health care programs currently provided to veterans and military retirees by the VA and the military's Tricare system.

"Many promises have been made — by the president and by this Congress — that VA and Tricare will be protected, but a free press and an even freer Internet continue to fuel speculation that both health systems will be lost and/or absorbed into a larger national plan," said Tradewell, who leads the nation's largest and oldest major combat veterans' organization. "America's veterans and military retirees look to you — our champions in Congress — to protect both programs, and to do so vocally at every opportunity."

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"Making Virutual Friends" VFW Blogger Interviews of D.Peirce & IJK

Posted at 08:54 PM on Sunday, March 7, 2010 by post6983

Donald Peirce	Iris Joe Kelley

D. Peirce, a  senior blogger on the VFW Network  says making virtual friends is " better than buying drinks in a canteen."   "It's like a living history." says IJK, one of the first VFW Post bloggers online with VFW WebCOM.* 

Donald Peirce and "IJK," Iris Joe Kelley have been blogging for their VFWs for years.  Recently they responded to email Interviews with MyVFW.  Here's what they had to say:   MORE>

VFW Washington Conference Live Stream

Posted at 06:03 PM on Sunday, March 7, 2010 by post6983

You can also join us for chat while watching the live stream at My VFW WebCOM.

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Donates $100,000 to VFW Foundation’s Voice of Democracy Student Essay Contest

Posted at 12:58 PM on Friday, March 5, 2010 by post6983

Kansas City, MO, March 4, 2010 - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation announced today that it has received a $100,000 gift from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in support of its Voice of Democracy student essay contest.

Each year more than 65,000 U.S. students (grades 9-12) from public, private, parochial and home schools, research write and record an essay based on a patriotic theme.

Winners advance from their local geographic areas to state then national levels, all the while earning money for educational scholarships. The national winner is awarded a $30,000 prize.

Currently, 70,000 teachers/counselors receive informational materials relating to the Voice of Democracy program.

The donation from the Bradley Foundation will be used to increase distribution to approximately 350,000 teachers and school counselors across the United States, thereby dramatically expanding student participation in the scholarship contest.

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Up to the Minute

Posted at 04:03 PM on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 by post6983

Now you can stay on top of all the latest information no matter where you are in the My VFW Network. 


Just look at the bottom of each page in the network.  You'll see a new toolbar which will make navigating around the network much easier.  On the toolbar you can:

• Search the My VFW Network
• Join a chatroom with other network users.
• See how many other users are on the network
• Click on "Network News" and see all the latest news stories from anywhere in the network.
• Keep track of the latest conversations in the VFW Forum.
• Join our My VFW social network.
• See the latest story posted by a random VFW Post.
• Zoom back to the top of the page you are viewing.
• Subscribe to RSS feeds
• Share pages via email, Facebook, Twitter and more.
• Become a fan and join our Facebook community
• and even post to your Twitter account right from the toolbar.

Keeping up to date with the My VFW Network has never been so easy!

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