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Post 2280 Giving Back
Members of Post 2280 Host a cookout for residents of the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home. We provided a dinner of hamburgers, bratwurst, hotdogs, chips and soda. We also took time to just sit with, talk to and listen to the residents. It is a nice time of comradery.
VFW Voice of Democrays, Patriot's Pen, Teacher of the year
VFW Post 2280 continues to Support the VFW Community Education/Scholarship programs. Here we are awarding certificates and checks for those that placed during the post competition
2023 Christmas Shopping
Post 2280 partnered wit the local Blue Knights chapter to help local veterans that needed a little extra help this holiday season. The children were taken Christmas shopping followed by a pizza party. Each family was also provided a gift card to help with additional gifts and a Christmas meal.
2019 National POW/MIA Day
Today, September 20th is the 2019 National POW/MIA remembrance day.
Please take a moment today to reflect upon the sacrifices made by many to ensure the freedoms that we have and to remember those that have still not yet been accounted for. According to the DPAA website, the number of service members still unaccounted for is staggering. We still need to press for a full accounting of those that are still missing and/or being held.
For a listing of the Missing and Unaccounted-for by name, please visit the DPAA website: http://www.dpaa.mil/
The numbers for our local area are as follows:
NE – 793
IA – 1488
MO – 2296
VFW National Home
As a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, you have most likely heard of the VFW National Home for Children, if by no other means than the pray that is said during normal post meetings.
But what is the VFW National Home for Children? The National Home is just one way the the Veterans of Foreign Wars help keep it’s commitment to help our fellow service members and their families. It is more than just a home for children. It is a support facility for the entire family. The effects of war can take it’s toll on not only the veteran, but also the members of their family. The can include emotional wounds, financial stress, fractured family relationships, hopelessness and more can often be the outcome now, recently or from earlier generations.
There are many ways to help support the VFW national Home – one of which is becoming a member. There are other ways as well. The Senior Vice Commander for the State of Nebraska has initiated a fund raiser to help the home. Many people have commented that as a State Commander, he should not have a ponytail. So to that end, Joe has decided to Auction off the right to cut off his Ponytail. The winning bidder, gets the right to snip off the ponytail immediately following his installation as the Nebraska State Commander in June 2019. All the money raised will be donated to the national Home.
You can read about this fundraising event and others at the VFW national Home for Children’s website.