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VFW and VETERANS NEWS - VFW POST 2015
Adopt-A-Unit' Means More Now Than Ever
Courtesy of Dave Goeldner, Wisconsin VFW News.
The VFW program that I feel impacts more lives than any other program we have is the Adopt-A-Unit.
This program affects the lives of each and every member of the deploying National Guard, Reservist, and regular military, each of their families and every member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
By adopting one of the deploying units we, the members of the VFW step back into the arena of camaraderie that bonded our membership together during our own conflicts in our past. By adopting our young comrade’s we send our spirit, our hopes and our fears along with them in our hope for their safe return and also allows us, the VFW members, to know that we are doing our best to see to the needs of those families that are left at home during that families’ time of separation and fear for their loved ones.
The Adopt-A-Unit is only as successful as the adopting Post allows it to be. It requires a dedication to the belief that we are members of an organization that stands ready to help all our brothers and sisters that stand in harms way.
To be a part of such an important undertaking is not only an honor but also a duty no matter what age, what branch of service or when and where we served. By committing ourselves to this effort we again can feel the closeness and brotherhood that sustained us during our own service to our country.
To adopt a unit go to Adopt-A-Unit on our National website. In the right hand column in the gray shaded area there is a link for the Adopt-A-Unit application. Click on the link and then choose either the Word or PDF format, click on that link and download the application. Complete all the information required and mail or fax it to the address on the form. It takes about 6 weeks to process and mail out the certificate.
While you are at the link for the Adopt-A-Unit application, please note there is also a form entitled Adopt-A-Unit Activity Report. By using this report and sending it to National they will know of each Post’s effort with the unit they adopted.
Remember more than one post can adopt the same unit. This is really very beneficial to all concerned. It increases the resources, both in the number of members to get the job done and funds available.
VFW Post 2015 adopted Charlie Company, 579th Engineer Battalion. Several of their ranks have joined our post.
Due to our continued support of them including a Welcome Home Party in September of 2008.
The primary goal of the Adopt-A-Unit is to provide the best support available to our troops. The Guard and our VFW National asks that the major emphasis be placed with the families at home. By supporting the Family Readiness Group (FRG) in their fund raising, becoming acquainted with the Unmet Needs program and forming volunteer groups, both from the posts and the community, of trades persons (plumbers, electricians, etc.) to help when emergencies arise we will accomplish the primary goal of the VFW, “To honor the dead, by serving the living”.
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Troops really need our support
Do our troops need and deserve our support? Absolutely! Regardless of your political
affiliation and your position on the war in Iraq, our combat troops need your support.
These young men and women, members of the all- volunteer military force, understand their
duty and believe in their mission. They operate under conditions that are impossible for most
Americans to visualize. Just imagine, if you can, spending Christmas thousands of miles away
from your loved ones, eating prepackaged food instead of a turkey dinner, risking being gunned
down or blown up by a roadside bomb. That is Christmas for our troops.
Although they are "on the other side of the world" the troops hear and see through Armed Forces
Radio and Television what American media are saying about them and the war. They see the TV news.
If that news is disheartening to the American public, can you imagine how demoralizing it is to the
soldiers "in harms way?"
As a veteran of perhaps the most unpopular war in American history, I understand how important support
of the "folks back home" can be. Sometimes the only encouraging word comes in an infrequent letter from
mom and dad or maybe a spouse left back home. The troops in this increasingly unpopular war have to be asking
themselves, as we did in Vietnam back in the 60s and 70s, have the American people abandoned us? Have they once
again grown weary and ready to quit?" You can help.
Send a letter, a greeting card or package to a member of the military. Don't know how?
Here are two suggestions:
VFW Post 2015 Treats for Troops Project
Visit the website http://anysoldier.com/
Herman W. Hughes, Ph.D.
Captian, USNR (Retired)
Lakeport
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VFW POST 2015 MARKS 75th ANNIVERSARY
KANSAS CITY, MO. -- James R. Mueller, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, has announced the presentation of a Diamond Jubilee Award citation to VFW Post 2015 in Lakeport. The Post will celebrate its 75th anniversary on February 6.
"This is a very significant milestone for a VFW Post," Mueller said in announcing the award. "This Diamond Jubilee Award recognizes dedication, determination, hard work and a lot or patriotism. And it recognizes 75 years of serving the needs of local veterans and their families; and 75 years of service to the local community, and 75 years of contributing to the strength, power and influence of our national organization. In presenting this award, I send my sincere thanks and appreciation to the members of VFW Post 2015.
There are 2.4 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliaries located in approximately 9,000 Posts world-wide. The VFW, founded in 1889, assists all veterans and their families in obtaining veterans entitlements and other services. In addition, the organization works for the well being of those serving on active duty, in the National Guard and the Reserve.
JOY MADEIROS VFW POST 2015
Post Office Box 744
Lakeport, CA 95453
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