COMMUNITY SERVICE

2026-2027
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM
Community Service Chairwoman
Monica Austin
Cell: 814-558-2224


Community Service Website Reporting Instructions: Click Here
If you are unable to login please contact Cynthia Lewis at clewis@vfwpahq.org or Cell: 609-865-6579


Communities across the state benefit by having a local VFW Post as part of the neighborhood. Through our mission of "Honoring the Dead by Serving the Living”, we put our non-profit service organization mission into motion to improve America through these and other activities:
  • Color Guards for holiday events
  • Honor Guards to bury veterans with honor
  • Donations to charities, food pantries, libraries, youth projects, homeless shelters, and many other community initiatives
  • Volunteerism in community projects, holiday events, senior citizen outreach and youth programs
  • Adopting military units to support them during deployments
  • Loaning out free medical equipment
  • Flag Education & Disposal
  • Patriotic Programs
  • VFW Baseball


 

NOTE: Some projects have MONETARY limits before they are credited.
(READ YOUR PROGRAMS FOR THIS INFORMATION).
   
 

DO NOT PUT THE FOLLOWING ON THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY REPORT• COMMUNITY SERVICE CREDIT IS NOT GIVEN FOR:

 

Cancer donations (Credit given by Department QM).

 

Hospital donations and blood drives (Credit on Hospital Report).

Donating the hall for a blood drive IS reportable! Beginning this year, hospital reports will NOT be forwarded to the Hospital Director!

 

Clean up and other projects on VFW property.

 

Attending VFW meetings for Post, County Council, District, POW-

WOW, Mid-Winter, Department Convention etc.

 

Saying the Pledge of Allegiance or posting the flag at Post events/meetings.

 

Donating the Post home for VFW, County Council, District meetings, Auxiliary meetings, Cooties meetings, VFW Riders meetings etc.

 

Doing fundraisers for the post such as fish fries, steak outs etc. are NOT reportable unless the profits are going to the relief fund or for a Veteran in need etc.

 

You MUST put a description for each project along with value, hrs., number of Post Members participating etc. Reports with no descriptions or inadequate descriptions will not be accepted.

 

Reports must be received by the 10th of the month to get credit for that month, ex: February’s reports must be received by March 10thto be credited for February, if received after March 10th it will go on the March reports not February’s!

 

 Visiting other Posts or VFW meetings.

 

The amount the IRS allows us to charge is $.14 per mile but YOU CANNOT CHARGE LABOR PER THE IRS and value of miles will be calculated by the Director.