National Military Services (VFW Support)

The VFW provides numerous services to military service members and their families.

The three main efforts of the VFW Military Services department are:
 

  • the Military Assistance Program (MAP),
     
  • Operation Uplink, and
     
  • Unmet Needs.

    Each program has a focus of support:
     
  • MAP has helped fund Farewell and Welcome Home gatherings for military units worldwide.
     
  • Operation Uplink provides free, pre-paid phone cards to service members.
     
  • Unmet Needs can give a one-time grant up to $2,500 for qualifying service members and their families experiencing financial hardship.

    •                       LADIES AUXILIARY VFW      

                         Veterans & Family Support Program

    To assist veterans and their families outside the hospital, to ensure a suitable standard of living, whether it be through financial support, moral support, or by simple acts of kindness.

    2010-2011 Initiatives:
    - Buddy Poppy Campaigns
    - Continuing Education Scholarship (See below for application)
    - VFW's National Military Services, which includes Operation Uplink TM,           Unmet Needs, www.unmetneeds.org and the Military Assistance Program.
    - VFW National Home for Children, www.vfwnationalhome.org

    History:

    The founders of the Ladies Auxiliary VFW placed the greatest emphasis on a program developed to assist veterans returning from battle and assimilating back into to civilian life. Today the organization continues to help those coming directly from the battlefield or from the hospital as they try to re-establish themselves and maintain normal, happy lives with their families and their communities.

    One of the most successful projects under this program is Operation Uplink. VFW and Ladies Auxiliary members across the country raise money to purchase long-distance telephone cards for veterans and overseas soldiers. Thousands of cards go to deploying units to Iraq, into care packages and to VA Medical Centers to help heroes call home. www.operationuplink.org

    For the third year, the Ladies Auxiliary VFW will be offering four Continuing Education Scholarships in each Membership Conference. Members, their spouses and their children are eligible for one of four $1,000 scholarships. Print out an application here.

  • Continuing Education Scholarship Application

    The Ladies Auxiliary is now trying to make this scholarship self-sustaining. Here are the most current donations to the fund.

  • Continuing Education Scholarship Fund Donations

     

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