Support a Connecticut Gold-Star family charity by placing your silent auction winning bid at the New Haven Kick For Nick Night at Trinity Bar on Oct. 21, 2016. Doors open at 5, bidding ends at 8:30 p.m., and organizers ask patrons to donate $15.00 or a new or used soccer ball at the door. #kickfornick … Continue reading 2016 Kick For Nick Silent Auction Items
According to the VFW September 2016 Fact Sheet, there are 6,651 VFW posts worldwide. Of that number, the All-American Leadership program is open to the top 35 posts in membership in 10 Divisions arranged by number of members. Division 10 with 50 members maximum may not be eligible because 50 members on June 30 is … Continue reading All-American Leadership Program Metrics and Membership
Event honors soccer dream of Connecticut soldier killed in Iraq a decade ago NEW HAVEN > The sixth annual New Haven ‘Kick for Nick Night,’ which supports the Gold Star family-run foundation that honors a fallen soldier’s dream by distributing soccer balls to underprivileged children worldwide, will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Oct. … Continue reading NEW HAVEN KICK FOR NICK NIGHT SET FOR OCT. 21
As a new VFW, we are learning how to best promote an event. Events can include monthly meetings, Founders Day Receptions, or public fundraisers. It used to be you made up flyers, wrote a press release, and contacted the local paper. Additionally you could mail out invitations, call people up, and spread the news by … Continue reading Public Event Publicity Notes
The 2016 Founders Day Reception was held at Stas’ house in Woodbridge. Jack Mordente, SCSU vet rep was the featured speaker. The Founders Day Reception was held to celebrate the founding and chartering of the VFW New Haven and to observe Patriot Day.
Norm Bloom and Son, purveyors of Copps Island Oysters donated a four-hour New Haven Harbor Cruise on the Jeanne Christine on a beautiful August Saturday to the VFW New Haven and more than two-dozen comrades, veterans, and guests.
