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WV SC and AVVA Distribute Bears to Deployment Families

The West Virginia State Council and AVVA have teamed up for Operation Sweet Dreams, a project giving each child of a deploying service member a Build-a-Bear with a recorded message from their parent p...

Chapter 1073 Pays Respects to All Veterans

Morristown, TN, Chapter 1073 has been working diligently for more than two years to honor veterans with special memorial services at funeral homes prior to their full funeral services. The ceremony...

Chapter 1030 Leads Memorial Rebuild

Chapter 1030 is partnering with other veteran service organizations in Forsyth County and Cumming County, GA to refurbish the Cumming-Forsyth County Veterans War Memorial. The memorial to the local...

Chapter 242 Member Presents Quilt to WWII Vet

Roger McGill, a member of Jefferson Park Chapter 242 in Chicago, IL presented a quilt to World War II veteran Eugene Polejewski, 93, at the Smith Village retirement community on April 11. The quil...

Chapter 32 Replaces Stolen Casket Flag

In late June, Queens, NY Chapter 32 replaced a World War II veteran’s casket flag after the original was stolen during the funeral service. Gilbert “Gene” Delawder served in the U.S. Navy during W...

Chapter 196 Gives VA Vets a Day of Golf

For the third year, Chapter 196 of Lynchburg, VA supported a day of golf for 30 veterans, including five who served in Vietnam, from the Salem VA Hospital. The day of golf at the London Downs Golf...

Chapter 310 Shares Stories with HS Baseball Team

Members of Washtenaw County Chapter 310 recently spoke to the baseball team of Dexter High School in Ann Arbor, MI. Sixteen chapter members talked with the team one-on-one about their stories in t...

NJ State Council Hosted Traveling Wall

The New Jersey State Council presented the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall in West Orange, NJ during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. West Orange was selected to host Traveling Wall because the...

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