We need help Comrades. Our Veterans Day Buddy Poppy drive is on the 8th and 9th of November at five locations. We have place a SIGNUP SHEET (Check mark a slot box and click on red “Submit and Sign Up” button on the bottom. Not necessary to register to sign up.) at our website www.vfw8870.org to allow you to go online and pick your date, time, and location where you can assist. We have some folks that pull all the shifts for both days to make up for the fact that others don’t help out. The proceeds raised are placed in our Relief Fund and used to support a variety of organizations. To date this fiscal year here are the organizations and amounts contributed:
- Fisher Houses $2,000
- National Home for the Children $1,000
- National Military Services $1,000
- Assisting Vets in Need $ 573
- Special Olympics $ 500
- USO $1,000
- Wound Warriors Project $ 500
- Fallen Heroes Project $ 50
- Youth Essay Scholarships $ 300
- Freedom Scholarships $4,000
- Veterans Homes $2,000
- Chaplain’s Offices (assist active duty) $2,000
- Santa’s Castle (JBLM ) $1,000
- Summer Camp—Veterans’ Children $1,000
So you can see we can only do good if we raise funds to assist these worthy organizations. If you can’t sign up due to health or other issues, that’s ok. Our Post understands that many of you have given hours and hours of time when you were able. However, if you are able and simply chose not to volunteer, I would suggest you seriously consider a donation to our Relief Fund. Simply make the check payable to VFW Post 8870 and indicate it is a donation to our Relief Fund. Since the average volunteer raises in the neighborhood of $200-$300 per shift I would suggest a $100 donation. However, any thing you would like to give would be gladly accepted and, as you see, put to good use.