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VFW Joins in Haiti's Humanitarian Effort |
Kansas City, MO.,
Jan. 15, 2010
-The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is
assisting in humanitarian efforts in
Haiti by providing U.S. service members
— with relatives currently located in
Haiti — with the funds necessary to
purchase airline tickets to the
devastated island, so that they may
locate, assist or make burial
arrangements for relatives affected by
the recent earthquake. Funds also may be
used to help provide sustenance or other
necessities to sustain life.
The veterans' organization donation will
be used to assist U.S. service members
currently on active duty, in the
Reserves or in National Guard units.
VFW National Commander Tommy J.
Tradewell Sr., has asked VFW and its
Ladies Auxiliary members to come to the
aid of victims of the recent natural
disaster by individually donating what
they can to the VFW National
Military Services program (NMS), either
online
[Donate now online],
text
[text “VFW” to 90999 - standard text
messaging rates apply],
or mail directly to VFW National
Military Services, 406 W. 34th Street,
Kansas City, MO 64111.
In addition, he is asking the 7,000 VFW
Posts and Auxiliary Units worldwide to
donate to the NMS fund to help in this
effort.
"We (VFW) were contacted by the military
and informed that there is an urgent
need to assist a number of U.S. military
men and women with this emergent need
and that is why I am asking for help, so
that we can respond immediately to
assist our military service members,”
said Tradewell. "We must unite as an
organization to do everything we can to
make sure the appropriate resources are
available to help the men and women who
have loved ones residing in the area
impacted by this terrible tragedy."
Tradewell said he can only imagine the
heartbreak and fear that military
members with families living in Haiti
are experiencing.
"It is heart-breaking for our military
families who have loved ones living in
Haiti to have to cope with such a
disaster without the means to travel to
the island to care for displaced or
injured family members. It also is a sad
and tragic situation for those U.S.
service men and women who are deployed
thousands of miles away from the
disaster who have confirmed that
relatives were killed during the
earthquake and need to assist in burial
arrangements. The VFW will do whatever
necessary to ensure our troops have the
means of transportation necessary to
care for their families in Haiti and
every dollar donated will be used for
VFW’s National Military Services
Program.” |
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