Department of North Carolina

VFW Commander-in-Chief Visits Fort Bragg

Posted at 08:23 PM on Monday, October 6, 2008 by State Blogmaster

VFW Commander-in-Chief, Glen M. Gardner, Jr., paid a daylong visit to Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina on October 6, 2008 visiting XVIII Airborne Corps and the Wounded Warrior Program.

Shown with Commander-in-Chief Gardner is Colonel Buddy Ballard, Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg.

North Carolina VFW Leader Newspaper

Posted at 09:30 AM on Monday, October 6, 2008 by State Blogmaster in VFW Leader

Click the link to read the leader: (Must have Adobe Reader)

 To view the June Leader, click: June 2008 Leader

 

 To view the September Leader, click: Sept 2008 Leader

(Note: The 3 pages of advertisements in the mailed Leader are not posted.)

October 2008 CofA is in the History Books

Posted at 09:01 AM on Sunday, October 5, 2008 by State Blogmaster

As photos come in and they are processed, they will be posted in the State Photo Album. Click on the Quick Links "Photo Album" and then the "Oct 08 CofA" folder.

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. Invite VFW Members to Honor Fallen Heroes

Posted at 08:28 AM on Friday, October 3, 2008 by State Blogmaster

  Dear NC Members Veterans of Foreign Wars:

 North Carolina Blue Star Mothers Triad-Piedmont Chapter 3 invites you to be our honored guest at our Blue to Gold Service to honor the families of our Fallen Heroes on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 2:00 pm at Westover Church, located at 505 Muir’s Chapel Road, Greensboro, N.C. 27410. 

 President George W. Bush signed a proclamation on September 21, 2007 designating a day of  recognition for Blue Star Mothers of America to honor Gold Star Mothers and their families of our Fallen Heroes across the United States of America. Blue Star Mothers of America is a national service and outreach organization, charted by the United States Congress in June of 1960. Blue Star Mothers of America is non-partisan and has no particular religious affiliation.  We are outreach and service organizations in communities all across America. The sole mission of each BSM Chapter is to serve any and all of our military troops and their families. A Blue Star Mother is a Mother of a son or daughter who is presently serving active duty or has had a son or daughter that has served and has been honorably discharged from any branch of our military branches. A Gold Star Mother is a mother who’s son or daughter has come home as a Fallen Hero.

 For a copy of the complete letter, click: HERE

Posts and Districts, Claim Your Space

Posted at 06:04 AM on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by State Blogmaster in Membership

Post and District Commanders,

As of 30 September 2008 only 50 Posts and 4 Districts in North Carolina have started active WebLogs (Blogs). That leaves 155 Posts and 13 Districts that have not. 90 percent of the younger, eligible, and prospective members are computer literate. They scan the internet at least weekly if not daily. (After all, it was the military who invented the internet). Post/District Commanders, Post/District Quartermasters, or Post/District Blogmasters wishing to claim their blogs or anyone wishing to offer articles or photos for submission of State interest, or any one  with questions may contact me at:  blogmaster@nc.vfwwebmail.com  .

"Snail Mail" can be sent to: VFW, Department of NC, P.O. Box 25337, Raleigh, NC  27611-5337.

Office Phone: 919-828-5058, Office Fax: 919-261-6771

 

1. WHO READS THESE BLOGS?

You do! The Blog you are reading is part of the VFW WebCOM system. The state of North Carolina, VFW, and its posts are the most read blogs in the US. We have a large daily readership. Keep up the good work and keep passing the word to your friends.

Not counting United State cities, our state blog is viewed by over 265 cities throughout the world as well.

The following is a sample of readership for the months of July, August, and September  2008:

	Page	Unique	First Time	Returning
	Loads	Visitors	Visitors	Visitors
Jul 2008	13,689	6,084	4,870	1,214
Aug 2008	12,007	4,807	3,618	1,189
Sep 2008	11,588	4,914	3,750	1,164
Daily Average	Jul 442	Aug 387	Sep 386

 Visitor data is based on "cookie" information.

General Order, 2008-2009 Series

Posted at 10:00 AM on Thursday, September 25, 2008 by State Blogmaster

 Department General Orders are available in PDF format. Click on the link for the GO you wish to see.

 To view General Order #1, click: HERE

 To view General Order #2, click: HERE

 To view General Order #3, click: HERE

Current VA News

Posted at 05:58 AM on Monday, September 22, 2008 by State Blogmaster

For current VA News, go to

www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/vahospitals

Senator Elizabeth Dole Speaks at POW/MIA Dinner

Posted at 07:22 AM on Saturday, September 20, 2008 by State Blogmaster

Senator Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina honored ex-POWs and those Missing in Action at a POW/MIA Dinner held at Post 670 in Fayetteville.

For complete story, Click on:   www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post670

 

Home Repair Scam Appears to Target Military Families

Posted at 12:48 PM on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 by State Blogmaster

WASHINGTON - The letter that appeared in a Soldier's mailbox promised an offer almost too good to be true: a home improvement loan approved by Congress and backed up by a government agency.

Officials at the Federal Citizen Information Center fear it's a scam targeting military members that uses the center's credibility to lure victims in.

An eagle-eyed Soldier notified the Federal Citizen Information Center after receiving the ad from the "Home Information Center" linked to post office boxes in Dallas and in Owasso, Okla. The letter included a reference to FCIC's Web site in an apparent attempt to show a federal endorsement.

"The thing that immediately sends up a red flag is the fact that [the advertisement] says these loans are approved by the U.S. Congress," said Mary Levy, director of consumer education and outreach in the FCIC's Office of Citizen Services. "Congress would absolutely never approve any particular home improvement loan."

Source: DVIDS-Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System

Read Full Story Here: Home Repair Scam Appears to Target Military Families

Department Programs Links

Posted at 08:33 AM on Monday, September 15, 2008 by State Blogmaster

North Carolina special program links can be found at the left under "DEPARTMENT LINKS". These links will take you to active special programs and individual points of contacts for those programs and forms the programs use (if available)

New Service Announced for Wounded Warriors, Families and Caregivers

Posted at 11:38 AM on Friday, September 12, 2008 by State Blogmaster

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2008--DoD has announced that the Military OneSource service has established a Wounded Warrior Resource Center telephone number and e-mail address for servicemembers and their families, if they have concerns or other difficulties during their recovery process.

Servicemembers and their family members can now call (800) 342-9647 or e-mail wwrc@militaryonesource.com 24/7 to request support. Assistance provided by the resource center will not replace the specialized wounded warrior programs established by each of the military services, but it will offer another avenue of assistance for military facilities, health care services, and/or benefits information.

"The department is committed to aggressively addressing the needs of our service members and their families," said Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.

Specially trained consultants will ensure consistent, quality customer-centric support. The consultants will identify the appropriate "warm hand-off" to either a military service or federal agency with authority to resolve the matter. The resource center consultant will maintain communication with the caller until the issue or concern is resolved.

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VFW WebCOM Department Toolbar Tour

Posted at 11:22 AM on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 by State Blogmaster

What is the VFW WebCOM Department Toolbar? What does it do? Click the video below for a tour or click here for a larger version.

2008 North Carolina Veterans Parade and Ceremony

Posted at 01:17 PM on Thursday, August 28, 2008 by State Blogmaster

North Carolina Veterans Parade and Ceremony
Raleigh, North Carolina
8 November 2008
by
Wake County Council of Veterans Organization, Inc.



Greetings,

This is an invitation to participate in the 2008 North Carolina Veterans Parade and Ceremony. The Parade will be held Saturday, 8 November 2008 in Raleigh and proceed down Fayetteville Street beginning at Davie Street and circle the North Carolina State Capitol. The ceremonies will be held on the Capitol grounds immediately following the parade.

The 2007 Parade had over 100 organizations participating, and we are expecting that amount or more for the 2008 parade. Your participation is very important to the continuing success and growth of The North Carolina Veterans Parade.

The Parade will start at 9:15 and should be finished no later than 10:50, as the ceremony will begin at 11:00. We look forward to your organizations participation.
In order to plan for timing, spacing and line up would you please respond to this invitation with how you would like your organization announced, the approximate number of participants and any vehicles that you may be using. Please submit this information by October 15, 2008 to allow for planning.

The units line up positions will be posted on www.ncveteransparade.com along with other line up information by November 1st.

If you have any questions or comments or we can assist you in any way please contact: Bill Dixon, Chairman 2008 Veterans Parade: Phone 919-434-7345, email ncveteran@nc.rr.com or fax 1-866-511-8130. Please include your contact name and information.

Sincerely,

Bill Dixon
Chairman 2008 Veterans parade and Ceremony
Wake County Council of VeteransG

About this Site and Network

Posted at 12:46 AM on Thursday, August 28, 2008 by State Blogmaster

Welcome to Departments of the Veterans of Foreign Wars' VFW WebCOM Network. This Network is comprised of close to 10,000 pre-built, established sites for each of the 54 state and international Departments, their Districts and all 8,500 VFW Posts.

In support of the Network, we have added Department toolbars, a video-sharing platform, instant WebCHAT, a Membership Forum and pre-built 31,000 VFW Department-specific Officer e-mail accounts which are transferable to the next person filling the position. E-commerce storefronts for each post, online calendars, online forms and much more are in the works.

Each Department, District and Post now has an integrated internal and external communications system at their disposal for consideration of universal deployment in support of existing and planned communication protocols.

All identified product and services are provided at zero cost to the organization with the understanding that costs are to be covered through a revenue sharing agreements through the Departments. The organization retains 100% control of all branding, 100% editorial control of your message on all levels of the Network and final approval authority on all sonsorship and e-commerce opportunities. If the Network should fail to generate enough revenue to cover our service and product-provider partners' cost of doing business, there is no cost liability to organization.

The Network has not been formally recognized by the National level of the organization at this time but is being aggressively rolled out through the eight VFW Departments of North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, New Hampshire, Alabama, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Several other Departments are in various stages of consideration and implementation.

The network provides the organization the ability to push a button and broadcast, or syndicate, the same piece of information, whether it’s text, pictures, video or audio, across every site. Departments also have the ability to push a button and accomplish the same thing across just the District and Post sites within their Department. Most importantly it enables a VFW Post or District to directly manage and publish information to the Internet for their local community and their organization as a whole.

Over 5 years in the making and built with the oversight and to the specifications of VFW Department and Post leadership and membership, its objectives are to foster:

• More efficient organizational communication to your members and potential members.
• More efficient organizational communication to your communities.
• More efficient organizational communication to your legislators.
• Generate revenue and resources for the organization.
  

While you are here take a moment to take a closer look at how you can support these efforts.

1) Do you have a website or a weblog that you could add a link to a local VFW or State site? Do you have a few minutes to write about us and let people know what we are doing?

You can find a list of the 54 VFW Departments here:
http://vfwwebcom.org/departments

You can find a local VFW Post close to you here:
http://vfwwebcom.org/postdirectory

2) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, you can download your Department toolbar. The toolbar has lots of neat features; all the RSS (syndication) feeds for every site in the Network run through them, keeping you instantly connected to all the information moving through the Network.

You can go here to download your toolbar:
http://vfwwebcom.org/toolbars/

3) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, you can join the conversations in the VFW Membership Forum and instant WebCHAT. There’s lots of good information and opportunities to meet new friends there.

You can go to the Forum here:
http://www.vfwwebcom.org/forum

4) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, you can view and start sharing videos at VFW WebCOM Video Network.

You can check out the videos here:
http://video.vfwwebcom.org/

5) If you are a VFW Member or Supporter, do you know of a business that may be interested in supporting your local VFW Posts or Department by sponsoring their site? Prices start at $2.00 a day for one site and scale from there with opportunities to Sponsor all sites in a Department. (At this time advertising and e-commerce opportunities are only available for the eight aforementioned Departments.)

You can go here to browse sponsorship opportunities:
http://www.admemex.com/vfwwebcom/

The invitation is open for all Posts and Districts to claim their VFW WebCOM Network site. If your Post or District already has a web presence this would be a great way to expand it. If your Post or District does not have a web presence this is a no cost way for you to establish one and start sharing with the world what your Post does in the community and Organization and if your Post is in a Departmental Partner Network you could even generate revenue with it...up to and even beyond $3,000.00 per year.

Go here to test drive how easy it is to manage. It's our Demo site, it works the same way yours would:
http://vfwwebcom.org/Demo/

As you can see, there's plenty to see and do on the VFW WebCOM Network with more still to come. We thank you for stopping by and invite you back regularly to support and stay connected with your Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Photos from the National Convention

Posted at 04:54 PM on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 by State Blogmaster

As I receive them from Florida, I will post photos from the National Convention on the "Officers" website.

 To view the photos, click on the "Department Officers' link under the State Commanders photo.

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