For their Day of Service this year, VFW Post 10519 members spearheaded a community blood drive that helped provide for 81 patients across the Milwaukee area. The Post, 11 miles southwest of Milwaukee in Greendale, Wisconsin, had been deciding on its second-annual VFW Day of Service project when members were contacted by representatives from Versiti,…

A VFW Post in San Antonio is doing their part when it comes to fighting food insecurity in its community. Since July, VFW Post 8397 in San Antonio has distributed about 43,000 pounds of groceries to food-insecure families in the San Antonio area. In partnership with Humana, the Post holds a food distribution drive for…

Long before becoming commander of the first VFW Post established on an active-duty U.S. military installation last year, Willie Keller had seen the possibilities with a credulous eye. Joined by other founding members of Post 12209 on Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) near Killeen, Texas, Keller set out to serve as an example of how…

Fabian Lee Martinez served in the Navy from 2001 to 2012 to pursue two of his goals. “I wanted to serve my country and be a firefighter,” he said. “I was able to do both by joining.” Today, Martinez is #StillServing in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, as a member of VFW Post 2466. He…

“I claim Inverness, Florida, as my hometown because I went to high school there, but I was born in Germany and lived a very ‘military-brat’ life,” veteran Chris Ajinga said. Ajinga’s father served in the Army, and his stepfather served in the Navy, which meant he grew up in Hawaii, Georgia, California, Virginia and Florida.…

Athena McDowall decided to join the New Jersey Army National Guard while she was in high school, and she went on to serve for four years. “I did it to pursue my educational goals but also to do something different from those around me,” she said. “I wanted to have a new experience to give…