Programs -- Some of our annual programs are briefly described below:

• VFW awards more than $2.5 million in youth scholarships through its Voice of Democracy program.

• VFW awards more than $900,000  in U.S. savings bonds through the Patriot’s Pen contest.

• Support the VFW National Childrens Home in Eaton Rapids, Michigan

• Support the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette Indiana

• VFW and the Ladies Auxiliary donates more than 13 million hours of community service.

• VFW and the Ladies Auxiliary contribute millions of dollars worth of community service projects.

• Our Ladies Auxiliary collects more than $3 million for cancer research. It has donated some $47 million since the late 1950s.

Additionally through its Operation Uplink program, VFW has provided millions of pre-paid phone calling cards to veterans in veterans homes, hospitals, and active-duty military.