Veterans of Foreign Wars
Major Raoul Lufbery Post 591
Wallingford, CT
vfw591@ymail.com
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
* Blood Drives
* Adopt a highway program in Wallingford
* Placing flags on Veterans graves on Memorial day--worked with Boy Scouts and hosted
lunch.
* Hosted marchers after Memorial Day for lunch
* Attended elementary school activities on Veterans Day
* Attending church services on Memorial Day to remember fallen veterans
* Donated hall to American Legion and Pearl Harbor Survivors
* Donations to various organizations during the year
* Donations to Operation Uplink, USO and various Veterans organizations and activities
* Donating hall to families of departed comrades
* Donated hall to Seniors
* Visited veterans in local nursing homes
* Hold Bingo at West Haven VA blind ward
* DARE program
* Sponsored Christmas Party for 395th Support Battalion, Middletown
* Hosted No Vet Left Behind Stand Down in Post Hall
* Americanism--Flag presentation, flag raising, flag education, wreath laying, color guard
* Sponsored Boy Scout of the year and had State winner at Post 591.
* Women's Auxiliary has Patriotic Instructor--Natalie Yashensky
* Major sponsor of the "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" celebration. This year May 19, 2012 - Veterans Park, Shelton, CT