Purple Heart/OIF-OEF Membership Campaign

Purple Heart/OIF-OEF Membership Campaign Are you a Purple Heart Recipient or a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom? You may be eligible to have your first year's membership dues paid for by the VFW Department of California. Be part of the oldest combat veteran organization in the nation.

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Stand With Veterans

Help America's veterans by making a generous donation to the VFW. Our programs support our service members while they are on the front line, as they are being discharged and long after they return. Your tax-deductible donation will be immediately directed to the VFW programs where your support is most urgently needed.

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Voice of Democracy

Established in 1947, our Voice of Democracy audio-essay program provides high school students with the unique opportunity to express themselves in regard to a democratic and patriotic-themed recorded essay. Each year, nearly 25,000 ninth through 12th-grade students from across the country enter to win their share of more than $1.3 million in educational scholarships and incentives awarded through the program.

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Patriot's Pen

Each year, nearly 68,800 students in sixth through eighth grades enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of more than $1.4 million in state and national awards. Each first-place state winner receives a minimum of $500 at the national level, and the national first-place winner wins $5,000!

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Camp Lejeune Justice Act

The deadline for filing a Lejeune lawsuit is August 10, 2024. BMBF Law is entrusted by the VFW and stands ready to assist. Do not delay, contact them today!

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We Are The VFW

#Iamthevfw Membership Campaign

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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

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Do you need to renew your membership? VFW.org has made it very quick and easy to renew your membership today!

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WELCOME TO JUAN M. ALVAREZ JR_SAN FERNANDO

No One Does More For Veterans
As yesterday's defenders of freedom, we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.  Our common bond is the battlefield, whether it is service in the Persian Gulf, Korea, Kosovo, the war on terrorism or peace-keeping expeditionary campaigns. Your courage and sacrifice have made a difference in preserving and defending world peace.
 
I look forward to welcoming you to our post.
 
VFW Post 3834 Commander
 
 
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As yesterday's defenders of freedom...

 ...we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.

WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Kosovo, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, War on Global Terror and other Peace-Keeping Expeditionary Campaigns throughout the globe.

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars is dedicated

 to supporting those who sacrifice so much for this country, veterans, service members in the US Armed Forces, and their families and continues to be a voice for returning and currently deployed service members and their families.

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VFW Junior ROTC Award 21-22 Award Winner

Congratulations to Cadet COL JESSICA M. MACDONALD-GONZALEZ!

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GuideStar’s Gold Seal of Transparency

For the first time in its history, All American VFW Post 3834 earned the 2021 Gold Seal of Transparency.

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VFW Celebrates 249 Years of Freedom

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - This Independence Day, as we celebrate 249 years of freedom, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) calls upon all ...

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VFW Action Alert: Vote YES to Keep Veterans in their Homes

On May 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs ended the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which offered veterans a "last-resort" o...

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That the purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies.
 
 

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