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  • Post Members Find Support While Working as a Team

    VFW Post 670 strives to be a good neighbor within its Fayetteville, North Carolina, community. Its members serve on local civic boards, volunteer at different organizations, work to combat hunger and more. Above all else, the Post is devoted to supporting its members and the greater veteran population. “Our Post, although open to the public,…

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  • ‘A Great, Great Mentor’

    For those who knew him, Herb Kieforndorf was a “great man.” A member of VFW Post 3358 in Slinger, Wisconsin, Kieforndorf served his community well. According to long-time friend and fellow VFW member Tom Haase, when Kieforndorf died in May 2020 from brain cancer, the community was hit hard by the loss. “Herb had more…

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  • A Way to Raise a Little Money

    A VFW Post in the Silver State for the second time organized a barbecue contest to help raise funds for scholarship programs funded by VFW. VFW Post 3396 in Sparks, Nevada, a suburb east of Reno, Nevada, hosted the 2nd Annual Armed Forces BBQ Challenge which had 17 total groups of competitors. VFW Post 3396…

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  • Newly Chartered VFW Post Opens at Fort Hood

    A brand new VFW Post in Texas at Fort Hood was chartered in January with its members having a goal in mind: to help military members and their families. VFW Post 12209 members held the installation ceremony on Jan. 7 at Fort Hood’s Phantom Warrior Center. Post Commander Willie Keller said that Post members wanted…

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  • A Hand Up

    When an Auxiliary member in Muncy, Pennsylvania, suffered a near-death experience following a gruesome motorcycle crash in April, his VFW Post 3428 counterparts stepped in to provide assistance. More than 85 people attended a fundraiser at VFW Post 3428 on behalf of Anthony Mitchell in July, helping raise $5,490 towards the Auxiliary member’s hospital bills…

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  • ‘It’s a Wonderful Symbol of America’

    When President Joe Biden signed a law on Oct. 13, 2021, that designates a 1,300-mile trail called the September 11th National Memorial Trail, it served as the culmination of two decades of planning for David Brickley. Brickley, who heard the news while on a business trip in Austria, fused his gratification with the memory of…

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