VFW Holds 75th Anniversary Celebration

The Wildwood VFW Post 3509 is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. VFW is an organization to help foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts.
The goal is to serve our veterans, the military, and our communities; to advocate on behalf of all veterans; to ensure that veterans are respected for their service, always receive their earned entitlements, and are recognized for the sacrifices they and their loved ones have made on behalf of this great country.
The VFW also has fought for improving VA medical centers services for women veterans. Besides helping fund the creation of the Vietnam, Korean War, World War II and Women in Military Service memorials, the VFW in 2005 became the first veterans’ organization to contribute to building the new Disabled Veterans for Life Memorial, which opened in November, 2010.
From providing $2.5 million in college scholarships and savings bonds to students every year, to encouraging elevation of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the president’s cabinet, the VFW is there.
We are also forming a new charter of the Eagles, a fraternal organization. It was the Eagles who pushed for the founding of Mother’s Day, who provided the impetus for Social Security and, who pushed to end job discrimination based on age.
The Eagles have provided support for medical centers across the country to build and provide research for medical conditions. We raise millions of dollars every year to combat heart disease and cancer, help handicapped kids, uplift the aged and make life a little brighter for everyone.
The Eagles are hometown builders. We support our police, firefighters, and others who protect and serve. We fund medical research in areas such as spinal cord injuries, kidney disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
We help raise money for our communities. We are the Eagles, and we are, “people helping people.”
To celebrate 75th’anniversary of the Wildwood Post 3509 VFW and the forming of the new charter of Fraternal Order of Eagles, we are having the Greaseband come and play at the VFW Post 3509 at 3816 Pacific Ave. Wildwood, on Saturday October 22.
The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the band starts at 7 p.m. Admission is free to all VFW and Eagle members. There will be a $10 donation for all nonmembers to support the building fund for the post.