Honoring the dead, by serving the living.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

POST 9199

Auxilliary Membership

 

Volunteering and Service:

 

We are very proud of all the volunteer hours our Auxiliary serve.

We volunteer with the Veterans from our Post at Highland Veteran's Hospital and Southwestern Hospital, both are off Washington Blvd. Some of the things we do are: Hold ice cream ward parties, hold BINGO and pizza parties, sew "hug-a-bears" for the hospitalized vets, collect clothing, help at carnivals and dances, and decorate their bulletin boards. We "adopt" a vet from the hospital who has no visitors and provide him with extra attention and gifts.  We volunteer at Southwestern’s Dementia wing for “one-on-one” visits.

We collect men's clothing for the patients and homeless vets at highland. Please bring these clothes in plastic bags with a list of the enclosed garments to the post.

We collect coupons from the newspaper to mail to our overseas military. This helps them out with their weekly grocery bills.    We purchase “care packages” for our local troops overseas and help mail them.

Bingo  We have a bingo at the Post 9199 the first and third Sunday night at 8:00 PM September through May during the year.   ALL of the monies taken in for the bingo are given out as winnings.  It is a great time and the more who attend, the bigger the winnings!

Christmas Party   We organize and hold the annual Children's Christmas Party for children and grand children ages 0-8 of all members of the post. This includes sign-up sheets (which must be filled out by the beginning of November), buying and wrapping presents, ordering and giving of hot dogs, drinks, nachos, and cookies to the children, and arranging the entertainment.  We have our famous Bake Sale!  During the year we sell “Winner Take Half” tickets for the weekly raffle to help with expenses.

Gateway Clipper Boat ride for disabled Vets   We participate in taking the Vets on the Gateway Clipper boat ride every September for the annual Sharing and Caring. During this we help feed and dance with the vets.

Southwestern Hospital   We Hold a Picnic for the vets of the Southwestern Hospital  in August.  Vets get treated to lunch, activities and bingo. 

Family in Need   We help the Vets with the donation of an appliance or product needed for a “Family in Need” in our area at Christmas.

National Wheel Chair Event   We volunteered at the Block Party dinner at the National Wheelchair Olympics held in Pittsburgh this August, 2011.

Cancer & Diabetes   We donate money to Cancer and Diabetes funds.

Memorial Day   We help place flags on the vet's graves for Memorial Day and participate in the services at Mt Royal and Etna. We prepare and serve the food for the Memorial Day picnic.

Veteran’s Day   We participate at American Legion Veteran’s Day Services.   The Post invites us to attend the dinner that evening.  It is always a rewarding evening.

Buddy Poppies   We sell Buddy Poppies throughout the year.  An annual Buddy Poppy display is displayed for competition at District 29 yearly. 

District 29    We attend all the District 29 meetings.   Many of our Women hold office at the District level.  We send a gift to the outgoing district president. We support our Sister Auxiliaries by attending their Bingo's and other fund raisers

Auxiliary who are Ill   We send a gift card or pay our Auxiliary Dues (their choice) when our Auxiliary members are in the hospital.

Members Death   When a member passes away, we attend/conduct services at the Funeral Home with the Post Vets, depending if it is a Vet or a member of the Auxiliary.

Voice of Democracy  2011-2012  Open to students in grades 9-12.  For full rules visit the Auxiliary website:  

https://vfwauxiliary.org 

Patriot’s Pen  2011-2012  Open to students in grades 6 – 8. 

“Vet of the Year”   We nominate our “Vet of the Year”.  The US flag is flown over our Capital in Washington, DC in their honor.  Said flag is then given to the Veteran at a dinner held in his/her honor at Post 9199.  The Veteran with their Family and Friends attends and tells us about their life and services.

 

Our Auxiliary meets every:

 First Wednesday of the Month at 7:00 PM

VFW Post 9199, 443 Wetzel Road, Pittsburgh, PA  15209

Eligibility Requirements for VFW Auxiliary Membership:

Members must be citizens of the United States or a United States National, and at least 16 years old.

Applicant must be one of the following:

· Husband/Wife

· Widower/Widow

· Father/Mother

· Grandfathers/Grandmothers

· Sons/Daughters

· Grandsons/Granddaughters

· Brothers/Sisters

 

-of persons who were or are eligible for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and at least 16 years old..

Those eligible for membership in the VFW are those that have received a campaign medal for overseas service; have served 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days in Korea; or have ever received hostile fire or imminent danger pay. Click here for more information.

Step- and adopted parents, children, siblings (and half-siblings), grandparents and grandchildren are considered the same as biological parents, children, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren and may join the VFW Auxiliary under their VFW-eligible veteran.

Proof of service is required for eligibility and must be obtained by the applicant.

 

Help with obtaining DD-214’s can e found at National Veterans Foundation.     Click here for help —- nvf.org