Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States |
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Many
of you already know that we are working on building a new building. What we
aren't sure everyone knows is why it is such an important project. Veterans
organizations over the years have given our veterans a stronger voice when
they needed it most. When a war or conflict is on the front page of every
newspaper and on the news every night, we are all thinking about it on a daily
basis. After it is over and the men and women who fought that war come home,
there is less focus on their needs. Veterans organizations are who goes to
the aid of the soldiers who may not get the benefits that they are entitled
to. They lobby for the passing of bills that ensure that our veterans are
properly cared for after they are home and going back to their own lives.
It is more difficult than it may seem to come home and go back to life as
it was. The V.F.W. is there to help make sure the newly returning soldiers
know that others understand and can help. All over the country veterans organizations
are unable to keep their buildings due to the overwhelming expense of maintaining
them. We are fortunate to have been able to sustain our building, but its
state of disrepair is making it difficult. We ask for your donations for a
building, but more importantly for our cause. The hope is that we will be
able to help keep the V.F.W. strong nationally
and locally so that
every service man or woman is treated with the care and respect that their
service to their country has earned them. Thank-you for any help you are able
to give.
Click here to make a donation or for information
on the progress of our plans.


Here
is Principal Michael Biddle with a group of children from Guilford Lakes School.
These kids have a whole pile of boxes behind them that contain items to be
mailed Iraq. Maj. Daniel Smith is in Iraq and he and his unit are working
with the civilian population of Baghdad. Guilford students collected items
for the kids who come to the community center that the troops are helping
to support. Items included backpacks, notebooks, pens & pencils and much
more. The pictures they are holding are Thanksgiving cards that each student
in every grade made to be sent along with the packages. Up to this point we
have been able to mail over 70 packages because of the kids at Guilfird Lakes,
Melissa Jones and Calvin Leete. A.W. Cox also wrote letters to veterans to
be distributed by the V.F.W. Anyone who is interested in helping with this
project can contact us by email
or at (203) 467-2868.
Commander:
Larry Santamaria
Larry Santamaria
Past
Commanders
Ladies
Auxiliary President: Gayle Molloy-Barbour
Mens Auxiliary President: Thomas Montuori
Click here
for a list of Current Officers of VFW and its Auxiliares
Remember
that The V.F.W. motto is
"Honor the dead by serving the living"
Click below to see how you can help us to do this.
Click
icon below to make a
donation to the Guilford V.F.W.
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