Standing with our veterans, service members and their families.
Our Post's Auxiliary was formed not long after Post #12108 was chartered in 2011, giving family members of local veterans a way to serve alongside the Post. Auxiliary members are connected by one thing in common: they're relatives of those who served overseas in a foreign conflict.
From community outreach to promoting patriotism, Auxiliary members stand with veterans, service members and their families.
Members gain hands-on experience in leadership, event planning, fundraising and community outreach.
Meet neighbors from all walks of life who share a passion for supporting veterans and our Beatty community.
Our Auxiliary is part of the VFW Auxiliary National Organization. Everything we do here in Beatty falls under one of these 12 programs.
Keeping patriotism alive. We celebrate patriotic holidays, teach respect and proper care for the U.S. Flag, and honor our POW/MIA veterans through ceremonies so they're never forgotten.
Members roll up their sleeves and volunteer with other local groups and causes. If it helps Beatty, we want to be part of it.
We hand out Buddy Poppies and support the VFW National Home for Children in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, which has been helping military and veteran families for more than 100 years.
Keeping Auxiliaries strong and starting new ones. This program makes sure each Auxiliary holds regular meetings, keeps its books in order, and has what it needs to keep serving.
Our memory keepers. We save our history in photos, memorabilia, news clippings and video, and work with local media to share what the Auxiliary is doing.
Showing up where it counts. Members, families and youth volunteer at local hospitals, veterans' homes and nursing homes to spend time with the veterans there.
Speaking up for veterans. We back the VFW's priority goals, support the VFW Action Corps, and encourage everyone to vote and contact their lawmakers on issues that affect veterans.
Growing our family. The VFW Auxiliary has more than 3,500 Auxiliaries across the country, and every one of them depends on new members stepping up to help.
Passing it on. Experienced Auxiliary leaders are paired with members who want to learn more, so we respect our past, take care of today, and get ready for tomorrow.
Helping students pay for school. This program runs the Continuing Education Scholarship and promotes youth contests like Patriotic Art and Patriot's Pen.
Standing with veterans, service members and their families. That includes suicide awareness and prevention, and support for VFW programs like Unmet Needs and the Military Assistance Program.
Getting kids involved. We sponsor youth groups and run the Illustrating America art contest and the Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue! national anthem singing contest.
Every year, students from kindergarten through college can win recognition and scholarship money through VFW and VFW Auxiliary contests. It all starts right here at the local level.
The VFW's audio-essay scholarship program. Students record a 3 to 5 minute essay on the year's theme. Students compete at the Post level first, and winners move up to state and then national, earning scholarship money along the way.
The VFW youth essay contest for middle schoolers. Students write a 300 to 400 word essay on the year's theme. Winners move up from the Post to state and national.
The VFW Auxiliary's patriotic art contest for high school students, including homeschoolers. Students enter through their local Auxiliary, and winners move on to state and national judging.
The VFW Auxiliary art contest for younger students, judged in three groups: grades K–2, 3–5 and 6–8. It's a great way for younger kids to show what America means to them.
The Auxiliary's national anthem singing contest. Kids learn the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” and show off their voices. Local winners move on to state and national.
For VFW Auxiliary members who have belonged for at least a year, plus their spouses, sons or daughters, who are continuing their education. Financial need is a big part of how winners are chosen.
The H&H Fund supports the families living at the VFW National Home for Children in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, and the facilities the VFW Auxiliary has built there. Families there get housing, counseling, education, daycare and more. Auxiliaries all over the country, including ours, chip in to keep it going. Military and veteran families anywhere can call the National Home Helpline at 1-800-424-8360.
Since 1922 the VFW has handed out Buddy Poppies to remember those we've lost. They're put together by disabled and aging veterans in VA hospitals and veterans' homes, and every dollar donated goes to veterans' welfare and their families. When you see us with poppies, that's what your donation does.
This is where the fun happens. Come out, bring a friend, and help us raise money for our veterans and their families.
Good steak, good company, and every plate helps the Auxiliary do its work.
Grab your dice and your friends for a night of laughs at the Post.
Putting together holiday baskets for veterans and families in our community.
Our big yearly yard sale. Come shop, or donate your gently used items.
Watch our Facebook page for upcoming dates.
Post #12108 Auxiliary members meet every 2nd Saturday of the month at 1700 hours (5:00 PM). Committee and special meetings are held as needed — members should check their email for details.
If you're not personally eligible for VFW membership but have a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, or spouse who served overseas in a foreign conflict and qualifies, you may be eligible to join the VFW Auxiliary.
