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Here is a list of 100 ways you can implement a new community service event into your Post!  \n*Or just as a community event anytime!  \nPlease note the following do not qualify: “Buddy”® Poppy drives, membership recruiting, fundraising activities, events not held between May 1 – 31.  \n“You can’t walk in anyone else’s shoes. You don’t know where they’re at in their life. But, hopefully we’re able to bring a smile today. And, who knows what that does for them tomorrow.”  \n1. Bunk Beds for Kids-Enlist a group of members or partner with a local organization to build bunk bed frames for children that don’t have beds. Organize a fundraiser to contribute to supplies and mattresses/bedding as well.  \n2. Veterans’ Resource Fair - Host a veterans service officer to speak at your post about VFW assistance and invite representatives from a variety of service providers to present about their benefits for the veteran community.  \n3. Benefits Day -Invite nonprofit and community organizations in the area to promote and present information to veterans about benefits programs they provide. Include special guests and local leaders such as the local general, mayor, fire chief, police chief, county judge, and VA officials for a daylong celebration event.  \n4. Donate for Donuts -Host a blood drive at your Post for the local blood bank or Red Cross and provide donuts and coffee to those who participate.  \n5. Still Serving Supper - Enlist volunteers from your Post to prepare and serve a free dinner for unhoused people or coordinate with your local community kitchen to help them do so.  \n6. Find a Furry Friend -Hold a pet adoption event at the Post for a local pet rescue/shelter. As a sponsor, during the event your Post can distribute information and awareness for the VFW.  \n7. Diaper Drive-Partner with your local children and youth services agency to collect donated diapers and baby wipes at your Post for local children in need.  \n8. Helping Hands with JROTC -As a joint venture between VFW Members and local JROTC students, a select a veteran from the community that needs help with home improvements. Enlist the help of members and students to paint, do repairs, complete projects, and install hardware as needed. All the paint and supplies are donated and funded by the VFW Post.  \n9. Send Off Hunger-Hold a three-day event supporting the USPS carriers’ food drive. On day one, volunteers deliver flyers around your area to promote the event. On day two, volunteers assist at a collection point loading food into a truck. On day three, volunteers assist in sorting donated food at the local food pantry.  \n10. Adopt A Road-Organize volunteers to pick up roadside trash and clean up the grounds of your Post.  \n11. Food for Families-Host a food drive and give the collected donations to military families in the area.  \n12. In Memory of-Organize a team to tidy up headstones and graves at a local cemetery. Connect with local cemetery managers to coordinate, identify and prioritize needs.  \n13. Memorial Restoration-Recruit volunteers to spend a day repairing and restoring memorial markers in your area.  \n14. Beach Beautification-Spruce up your local beaches by inviting families and groups to pick up and dispose of trash.  \n15. Perk Up the Park - Hold an event to clean up your local park and playground with special promotions for community businesses that donate gloves, garbage bags, rakes and other cleaning supplies.  \n16. Christmas Cheer-Collect gifts through local community drop-off locations for children and their parents in military families for an angel tree at your post.  \n17. Visit A Veteran-Show that imprisoned veterans deserve our respect, too! 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