Press release from Ukiah Area Veterans of Foreign Wars:
Ukiah area Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1900 (VFW) has been sponsoring a breakfast fundraiser for decades. The next one is Sat., February 17, from 8 – noon at Veterans Memorial Hall at 293 Seminary Ave., Ukiah.
Earl Chavez of BIG EARL’S BBQ & CATERING and Redwood Empire Lions Club volunteers will be catering the breakfast. Cost: $10!
Proceeds go towards veterans’ assistance, maintaining flags at Ukiah cemetery, and many projects the VFW supports, including student scholarships.
They are on Facebook. Questions, call (707) 234-7392.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), formally the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is an organization of US war veterans, who, as military service members fought in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign land, waters, or airspace. The organization was established twice separately, once by James C. Putnam on September 29, 1899, in Columbus, Ohio. The VFW is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The organization was congressionally chartered in 1936 under the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.