2024-2025 Department Chairman - Marjorie Stetson, mcstetson@comcast.net, 360-624-3173
Veterans and Family Support - This program includes assistance to veterans who are not in
hospitals or nursing homes, and to Military families. It includes financial assistance, bringing
meals to shut-ins, and providing support during times of illness and bereavement. It can involve
driving people to the doctor's office or to church, mowing their lawn, helping with shopping, or
any type of assistance. It also includes support for the Military, such as funding or donating to the National Veteran Services, National Veterans Military Services, to include:
- Unmet Needs Financial Assistance
- Adopt a Unit
- VFW Military Assistance Program (guidelines) (application)
- VFW Sports Clip Help a Hero Scholarship
Bulletins
Reports
Other
School of Instruction
Quilts of Valor Information
PACT ACT INFORMATION
VA Women's Hotline
Resources for Veterans. Active Duty Military and their Families
Veterans, service members and their families often face unexpected challenges and the VFW Auxiliary is here to assist them in their time of need. Since its founding in 1914, the VFW Auxiliary has worked tirelessly to offer financial and moral support to those who need it most.
The Veterans & Family Support Program:
- Offers support for veterans, service members and their families. Our Veterans & Family Support Resource Card includes a list of 20 organizations and agencies that offer support to veterans, service members and their families.
- Promotes Veteran and Military Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Each day, an estimated 20 veterans commit suicide. You can help lower this number and make a difference in the life of a veteran or service member in crisis by educating yourself and others about the warning signs of suicide.- SEPTEMBER is Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Month.
- The Veteran & Military Suicide Awareness Blue Teardrop Sticker is the VFW Auxiliary’s symbol to give this issue the attention it so desperately needs. Wear the teardrop to open a conversation; when asked what the teardrop is, share that it’s to create awareness for veteran and military suicide.
- The Veterans Crisis Line connects veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Veterans and their loved ones can call 988 and press 1, chat online, or send a text message to 838255 to receive confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Support for deaf and hard of hearing individuals is available.
Veterans and Family Support Resources
Suicide Prevention & Mental Wellness
- Suicide Prevention Tool Kit - WDVA
- WA State License Plate HELP crisis line emblem info
- WA State DOL Help Crisis Emblem Application
- WA State Suicide Prevention Info & Donation Form
- Five Signs of Emotional Suffering Handouts
