Capitol City VFW

Comrades and Sisters,

Please join me to celebrate our new Post Home!  We will also celebrate our 99 year anniversary! 

Our new Post Home celebration will begin on December 4, 2011 at 1200 and the new location at 8931 W. Ardene Street, Boise, Idaho 83709.  Our Phone Number is:  208-424-8387.

Beginning in December our hours will be:

Tuesdays           1500 - 2100

Wednesdays       1500 - 2100

Thursdays          1500 – 2100

Fridays               1500 – 2100

Saturdays           1200 – 1700

In January, we will start Saturday breakfasts again, but we really need more cooks.  In order to keep this great tradition going, we depend on volunteers to cook and prepare breakfast.  Please contact me to in to volunteer.

We will have many activities and social events in the coming months including some of the favorite activities like Bingo on Tuesday evenings and Steel Tip Darts on Wednesdays.

The new Post Home is a great new chapter for the Post.  Please come out and visit your fellow Comrades and Sisters and support Post 63 and your new Post Home.

Glenn Nielsen, Post Commander

Become a Member of the Ladies or Mens Auxiliary

The members of the VFW, Ladies Auxiliary and Men’s Auxiliary seek to support our nations’ veterans by serving active-duty military personnel and their families.  We also look to better our communities through volunteerism and patriotic education.

Wives, widows, mothers, foster and stepmothers (who have performed the duties of parents), grand-mothers, daughters, granddaughters, foster and stepdaughters (who attained that status prior to age 16 and for whom the duties of parents were performed), sisters, half sisters, foster and stepsister (who attained that status prior to age 16) of persons who were or are eligible for the VFW may join this elite support group.  Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and be at least 16 years old.

The Post general meeting and the Ladies Auxiliary meeting are held on the 2nd Monday of the month at 1900 hrs. The Mens Auxiliary meeting is held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 1900 hrs.

See the Calendar for more activities at the Post.

FW has a new feature available on the eMembership Web site that allows members to set up automatic payment of dues. Once a member sets it up, it continues until cancelled or, in the case of an installment plan, until all scheduled payments are made. 

See the VFW eMembership site for more details.

Each year around Memorial Day, Veterans of Foreign Wars members and American Legion Auxiliary volunteers distribute millions of bright red poppies in exchange for contributions to assist disabled and hospitalized veterans. The program provides multiple benefits to the veterans and to the community. The hospitalized veterans who make the flowers are able to earn a small wage, which helps to supplement their incomes and makes them feel more self-sufficient. The physical and mental activity provides many therapeutic benefits as well.

Donations are used exclusively to assist and support veterans and their families. The poppy also reminds the community of the past sacrifices and continuing needs of our veterans. The poppy has become a nationally known and recognized symbol of sacrifice and is worn to honor the men and women who served and died for their country in all wars.