Subject: National Awards and Citations Nominations Due NLT Aug 15th

 

The National Awards and Citations Committee will meet in Washington DC on September 13 to discuss and choose recipients for the VFW Congressional Award and the VFW News Media Award to be presented during the Legislative Conference in March. 

Also at this meeting, the committee will be discussing the awards to be given at the National Convention in July 2017.  Specifically, the awards to be reviewed by the committee will be:

 

               VFW Americanism Award

               VFW Armed Forces Award

               VFW Citizenship Award

               VFW Dwight David Eisenhower Distinguished Service Award

               VFW Hall of Fame Award

Below list of all qualifications is attached:

VFW Awards Qualifications (1)

The Adjutant General has asked for your recommendations for these awards if you believe you have a worthy candidate.  Please forward your recommendations along with nomination qualifications and contact information for the nominated individual or group to Lynn W. Rolf III, Programs Director, VFW Programs, 406 W 34 St, Kansas City, MO  64111 by Monday, August 15th.  Recommendations can be submitted directly to lrolf@vfw.org.

A list of the past recipients and overview of each award is attached.

Award Recipients

 

Lynn W. Rolf III

Programs Director
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
406 W 34^th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111

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