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USA Today Highlights VFW Foundation

Posted at 09:20 on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 7, 2008--VFW Foundation is highlighted in today's USA Today "Sharing in the USA" special section.

Approximately 70 charities were chosen nationally and selected based on fundraising and administrative efficiency. The VFW Foundation is one of two charities listed in the Missouri section. The foundation's mission is to manage and distribute resources to support veterans, active-duty personnel, the National Guard and Reserves, their families and communities.

Here is what USA Today wrote:

"The Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation helps military personnel and their families by providing free phone cards, financial assistance and claims assistance for veterans, foundation director Dan Shea says. The foundation has provided 9 million phone cards to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and $2.2 million to nearly 1,600 families for unmet needs, including groceries, rent and home repair."

Charity watchdog groups like the Independent Charities of America gave the VFW Foundation a "Best of America" rating, an honor given to only 1,500 of some 50,000 groups. Charity Navigator provided the foundation with three stars and a four-star efficiency rating, the highest rating possible. The foundation also achieved full inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC #10511), due to low operating costs.

To learn more about the VFW Foundation, visit the website at www.vfwfoundation.org.

October Survey

Posted at 09:29 on Monday, October 6, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

Vets Visits on TV - September 2008

Posted at 07:52 on Saturday, September 20, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

For more Vets Visits on TV programs, visit the VFW WebCOM Network Video Channel.

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Wisconsin Native Helps Iraqi Schools With Support From Home

Posted at 07:40 on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

4-H volunteers and Green Bay, Wisc. radio host John Maino pose while packing school supplies for shipment to Iraq, July 1, 2008.

Date Taken: July 1st, 2008

Location: HORTONVILLE, WI

Photographer: Capt. Casey Plamann
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Read Full Story Here: Wisconsin Native Helps Iraqi Schools With Support From Home

Source: DVIDS-Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System

Texas VFW Establishes Hurricane Relief Fund

Posted at 07:55 on Monday, September 15, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

From: "Phyllis Cale"
To: "_All State Depts"
:
Subject: Department of Texas
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:58:37 -0500

MEMORANDUM
FROM
ALLEN F. "GUNNER" KENT
ADJUTANT GENERAL
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

To: Department Adjutant-Quartermasters
Date: September 15, 2008

As you are aware, homes, businesses and land from Galveston Island to Port Arthur to Beaumont in Texas have been destroyed by Hurricane Ike. However at this time, we do not know if any VFW Posts were lost.

As a result of the devastation, the Department Texas has established a special fund to assist our members who have been evacuated and or suffered a loss due to the hurricane.
The Department of Texas is asking for our support. Please notify the Posts in your Department and ask them to contribute to this immediate relief effort. Monetary donations may be sent directly to;

Roy Grona
Adjutant-Quartermaster
Department of Texas Headquarters
8503 N IH 35
Austin, Texas 78753-5722.

Thank you for all you do for this great Organization.

Sears to Launch "Big Red One" Sportswear Line

Posted at 07:29 on Thursday, September 11, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

Wisconsin VFW Feeds 3,400 Troops at Fort McCoy

Posted at 07:39 on Saturday, September 6, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

Commander-In-Chief Homecoming

Posted at 07:28 on Thursday, September 4, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

New VFW Commander in Chief Glen Gardner's homecoming celebration kicks off this evening in San Antonio, Texas.

Texas, as you hopefully all know is famous for many things, particularly in the San Antonio area. (Certainly, “Remember the Alamo” should be well etched from our history classes in our youth.)

Event activities for the weekend include: "The Homecoming will kick off Thursday night with a Mexican Fiesta buffet...Friday night is a good, old Texas BBQ with live Country Western music (practice beforehand your line dancing)...On Saturday night, we have a formal banquet planned and dress for this event is tux with tails or formal evening gown. OK; maybe not that formal, but please respect the occasion and dress appropriately."

...we have contracted with a local tour company to provide interesting tours in and around the Alamo city for your sightseeing pleasure. For example, there is one where you can eat at the world famous Menger Hotel and drink a beer at the same bar Teddy Roosevelt recruited his Rough Riders.

The information above is included in the 2008 Commander in Chief Homecoming Book made available by the Department of Texas or by clicking the image above.

September Survey

Posted at 07:01 on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

Vets Visits on TV - August 2008

Posted at 07:59 on Saturday, August 30, 2008 by post2925 in VFW News

(via VetsVisitsonTV.org)

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