VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The VFW Department of Michigan regularly receives requests for volunteers of various kinds. Here is a list of volunteer opportunities you can get involved with. 
 
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April 13, 2024 - Great Lakes National Cemetery Headstone Cleaning

Each year, the Great Lakes National Cemetery hosts volunteer headstone cleaning days. Volunteers are vital to ensuring the final resting places of military service members are maintained and properly honored. Please consider joining them as they continue to honor the lives, sacrifices and service of those who came before us.

 

Where: Great Lakes National Cemetery, 4200 Belford Road, Holly Michigan 48442

Check-in and Registration: 9:30am, registration tables will be at the maintenance building
Online Pre-Registration or Questions: Please email Sue Ellen Andrews at greatlakesnationalcemeteryac@gmail.com
What to bring: 5 Gallon Bucket, Soft Scrub Brush
Details: Sections will be assigned at the time of registration, please register online at the e-mail address 
below. If you have a loved one or friend resting at Great Lakes National Cemetery and would like to be 
assigned to their section, please include that information when registering online as well as the number 
in your group. See Event Flyer here for more. 

 

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Commander's Corner

Commander Ray Lopez

 

Comrades,

 

Thank you all for working so hard in your communities through advocacy and positioning your VFW Posts as a place for all veterans and their families. Our Department officers are working hard for you to meet any needs you have as you serve our veterans.


I ask you for helps in supporting a legislative initiative to provide Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment to Michigan veterans. Please sign this petition to let our legislators know that the VFW is supportive of this alternative treatment for veterans in need. Our voices matter, and together, our voices are louder.


I am continuously amazed by the spirit and relentless efforts you all make to serve Michigan veterans. I am so proud to be your commander and hope to see as many of you as possible at our upcoming State Convention. Thank you for your service!

Ray Lopez, State Commander, VFW Department of Michigan

 

IN-COUNTRY

A satirical reflection by Author/Artist Phil Fehrenbacher

Phil enlisted in the Army in 1965 where you served for years in Vietnam.  He became a graphic designer and has worked for the state of Oregon for 26 years.  He retired in 2003 and started the Cartoon "In-Country".  The cartoons reflect his experiences during his tour of duty in South Vietnam.


There is a new cartoon everyday.