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Aug 20 2019

VFW, Sport Clips Haircuts Surpass $6.4 Million in Scholarships for Veterans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Together with longtime supporter Sport Clips Haircuts, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce its “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program has surpassed awarding $6.4 million in scholarships to more than 1,450 military and student veterans. The latest fall semester award of nearly $762,000 will help to ensure 165 student veterans attending colleges across the country are one step closer to achieving their educational goals. ...

Aug 19 2019

The VFW Helps Veteran Keep Eye on the Prize

Veteran Adam Lawrence sees a bridge between his devotion to the military and his love of mathematics and computer science. This Valencia, Calif., native joined the Army directly out of high school without giving it a second thought. He had watched both his father and grandfather devote their lives to the military so it felt natural to him, even though neither of them ever pushed him toward enlisting. Lawrence was a light infantry team leader and sergeant, stationed at Fo...

Aug 14 2019

Motivated Veteran Chases Dreams with VFW Scholarship

Veteran Tyler Walsh, 30, of Middlebury, Conn., believes higher education is incredibly important for veterans. “The military teaches us lessons that cannot always be cleanly transferred into the civilian world. Higher education allows us to truly integrate all of the life lessons we learned in the military to our civilian careers,” he said. And he doesn’t take the bridge to better his civilian life for granted. Walsh thanks everyone who supports the VFW because it makes...

Aug 12 2019

VFW Members and Their Families Are on the Way to Better Hearing Health

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce it is working to restore the sounds of life for VFW members and their families with significant savings on hearing care through its new relationship with Amplifon Hearing Health Care. This newest member benefit is one of several the VFW has recently rolled out, to help ensure its members have the best access to meaningful savings and benefits. Currently, one in nine Americans suffer from he...

Aug 07 2019

Veteran Strengthens Hope of Her Community with VFW Scholarship

Veteran Portia Bethea of Neptune, N.J. values community. She first found the value of the VFW community when she exhausted her GI Bill benefits, but still had three semesters left at St. Thomas University School of Law. “The VFW’s ‘Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship’ definitely affected my life. I didn’t have full knowledge of our community and once I did, it made me want to give back more — and give back to other veterans around me,” Portia said. She is committed to sp...