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Sep 22 2023

‘It Was Really an Outstanding Transformation’

Mark Little had been thinking about renovations for some time, but he hadn’t considered a Home Depot grant until a fellow VFW member from a different Post brought it up. Little, commander at VFW Post 4736 in Greenfield, Ohio, took it upon himself to follow through with the suggestion last year by contacting his local Home Depot. “It was out of curiosity, but I reached out and asked the manager how I would go about applying,” Little said. “They instructed me on how to app...

Sep 21 2023

How Will You Celebrate VFW Day?

In just a few days, it will be time to celebrate the Veterans of Foreign Wars on VFW Day. The VFW’s story began 124 years ago this month – Sept. 29 to be exact – in Columbus, Ohio. There, in a tailor shop, 13 veterans from the Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection gathered to create an organization that would lead the way in advocating for veterans’ health and benefits. While the faces and wars have changed, the mission has not. VFW members stand ready to take...

Sep 20 2023

A Full Accounting of All Missing Troops

A priority goal since 1929, VFW is committed to the noble mission to account for all missing U.S. veterans from past wars. The VFW’s influence in Washington, D.C., made possible the formation in 2015 of today’s Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and its mission to recover U.S. troops listed as POWs and MIAs. VFW delegates saw first-hand the recovery efforts by DPAA in Southeast Asia during a visit in March. Then-VFW Commander-in-Chief Timothy Borland, then-Senior V...

Sep 20 2023

Youth Scholarship Contest Entries Due Oct. 31

Middle and high schoolers wanting to be part of VFW’s national scholarship contests need to finish their essays and apply for the Voice of Democracy or Patriot’s Pen by the end of October. The deadline is set for Oct. 31 at midnight. The Voice of Democracy competition is open to students in grades 9-12. It was established in 1947, and an average of 25,000 high school students participate in the audio essay each year. The national winner receives a $35,000 scholarship, wh...

Sep 19 2023

Help-A-Hero

While serving with the Air National Guard based out of the 133rd Airlift Wing in St. Paul, Minnesota, since 2019, Abbey Berg has remained dually committed to her educational pursuits. Approaching her third year of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Bethel University in St. Paul this fall, Berg began applying for scholarships when her husband, an Air Force veteran, told her about VFW’s "Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship.” “He opened my eyes to it,” said Berg, who dep...