Post 3629 2025 Day of Service
- Saturday, May 3, 2025
- 1100 - Meet at post
- Clean up area around post - walkway and streets to Glass park and return.
- Hot dogs provided after for all volunteers.
- Auxiliary hosted Kentucky Derby watch party will start at 2:30.
VFW Day of Service
1. Launched in 2022, this veteran-led initiative kicks off on the first Saturday in May with this dedicated day of service marking the start of community service projects taking place throughout the month of May.
2. Created by the VFW, all veteran service organizations, other non-profit organizations and civilians are encouraged to come together and participate in this giant give-back to their local communities.
3. VFW Day of Service is a service-oriented and directs participants to raise resources (not funds), meet needs and make a difference in tangible ways.
4. VFW members, veterans and interested parties are asked to visit VFWDayofService.org to register their event on the interactive Day of Service map and receive a special participation decal or find a local event to join, and see what other veteran-led service projects are planned around the country and how they will make a difference.
5. VFW Day of Service is an outgrowth of the ongoing VFW #StillServing initiative launched in January of 2020 to highlight how veterans continue to serve in their communities after active duty military service.
Veterans serve more compared to the civilian population.1
1. Veterans average nearly 30 percent more volunteer hours per year.
2. Nearly 40 percent more veterans belong to a group working on community issues.
3. Young veterans are the differentiating factor that make veterans more likely than non-veterans to volunteer.
4. Veterans are more like to be registered to vote (7 percent) and have recently voted (6 percent).
5. Veterans outpace civilians by 15 percent in charitable donations.
1 2021 Veterans Civic Health Index
Veteran population
1. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there were about 18.25 million Americans who were veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces as of September 30, 2023.
2. Gulf War-era veterans (41 percent) have surpassed Vietnam-era veterans (31 percent) as the largest share of all veterans.2
3. As with overall U.S. population trends, the veteran population is expected to become more diverse:3
| Population |
2021 |
2046 |
| Non-Hispanic white men |
74% |
62% |
| Women |
11% |
18% |
| Black |
13% |
15% |
| Hispanic |
8% |
16% |
2 https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2022/veterans-day.html
3The changing face of America’s veteran population Pew Research Center, April 5, 2021
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
1. 1.5 million VFW and VFW Auxiliary members.
2. 5,754 VFW Posts worldwide. 3. 5 million volunteer hours contributed annually by VFW members.
4. $44.5 million donated annually to local community service projects by VFW members.
5. Founded 1899.
