VFW of North Carolina

Buddy Poppy Fun at NC Mid-Winter Convention

Posted at 10:24 AM on Monday, February 8, 2010 by State Blogmaster

VFW Applauds VA, National Security Budget Requests

Posted at 09:55 AM on Monday, February 8, 2010 by State Blogmaster

WASHINGTON - The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is applauding President Obama for submitting a fiscal year 2011 budget that strengthens defense and national security, and boosts programs for veterans, servicemembers and their families.

Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., a combat-wounded Vietnam veteran from Sussex, Wis., said the president's vision tracks with key VFW legislative goals that advocate for a strong and secure America, and for ensuring that those who serve in uniform are properly cared for by a grateful nation.

Dept of NC General Orders, 2009-2010 Series, Winter District Meetings, and Feb 2010 CofA Schedule

Posted at 06:00 AM on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 by State Blogmaster in 2009-2010 General Orders

 Department General Orders are available in PDF format. Click on the link for the General Order you wish to see.

 To view General Order #1 Part 1, click: HERE

 To view General Order #1 Part 2, click: HERE

  To view General Order #2 Sep 2009, click: HERE

  To view General Order #3 Oct 2009, click: HERE

 To view General Order #4 Nov 2009, click: HERE

 To view General Order #5 Dec 2009, click: HERE

 To view General Order #6 Jan 2010, click: HERE

 To view General Order #7 Feb 2010,click: HERE

 

 To view the February 2010 Council of Administration Schedule, click: HERE

   

 

White House Seeks $125 Billion for Veterans in 2011

Posted at 07:34 PM on Monday, February 1, 2010 by State Blogmaster

WASHINGTON – To expand health care to a record-number of Veterans, reduce the number of homeless Veterans and process a dramatically increased number of new disability compensation claims, the White House has announced a proposed $125 billion budget next year for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

"Our budget proposal provides the resources necessary to continue our aggressive pursuit of President Obama's two over-arching goals for Veterans," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "First, the requested budget will help transform VA into a 21st century organization. And second, it will ensure that we approach Veterans' care as a lifetime initiative, from the day they take their oaths until the day they are laid to rest."

The $125 billion budget request, which has to be approved by Congress, includes $60.3 billion for discretionary spending (mostly health care) and $64.7 billion in mandatory funding (mostly for disability compensation and pensions).

"VA's 2011 budget request covers many areas but focuses on three central issues that are of critical importance to our Veterans – easier access to benefits and services, faster disability claims decisions, and ending the downward spiral that results in Veterans' homelessness," Shinseki said.

Reducing Claims Backlog

The president's budget proposal includes an increase of $460 million and more than 4,000 additional claims processors for Veterans benefits. This is a 27 percent funding increase over the 2010 level.

The 1,014,000 claims received in 2009 were a 75 percent increase over the 579,000 received in 2000. Shinseki said the Department expects a 30 percent increase in claims – to 1,319,000 – in 2011 from 2009 levels.

One reason for the increase is VA's expansion of the number of Agent Orange-related illnesses that automatically qualify for disability benefits. Veterans exposed to the Agent Orange herbicides during the Vietnam War are likely to file additional claims that will have a substantial impact upon the processing system for benefits, the secretary said.

"We project significantly increased claims inventories in the near term while we make fundamental improvements to the way we process disability compensation claims," Shinseki said.

Long-term reduction of the inventory will come from additional manpower, improved business practices, plus an infusion of $145 million in the proposed budget for development of a paperless claims processing system, which plays a significant role in the transformation of VA.

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Chapel Hill Post 9100 Boasts of National Teacher of the Year

Posted at 02:41 PM on Monday, February 1, 2010 by State Blogmaster

Three Teachers Selected for National Awards

Each year for the past eleven years, three exceptional teachers have been recognized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for their outstanding commitment to teach Americanism and patriotism to their students. The VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award recipients are selected from entries submitted by local VFW Posts in every state, District of Columbia and overseas. There are three categories of competition: elementary school (K-5), middle school (6-8), and high school (9-12). During the competition nearly $218,000 in awards were presented to more than 1,150 teachers at various levels in the VFW. Patricia Mazure, a K-5 teacher at William C. Taylor Elementary in Trenton, Mich., has been named the winner at the elementary school level. At the middle school level, Mark D. Leet, a teacher at Simons Middle School in Flemingsburg, Ky., was named the winner. William V. Melega, a teacher at Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, N.C., was selected at the high school level. Each teacher receives the VFW Past Commander-in-Chief John Smart award of $1,000 for their professional development and another $1,000 goes to their school. In addition, all three teachers receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where the awards will be presented during the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Legislative Conference, March 6-10 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City.

VFW Joins in Haiti Humanitarian Effort

Posted at 07:21 PM on Friday, January 15, 2010 by State Blogmaster

Kansas City, MO., Jan. 15, 2010 -The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is assisting in humanitarian efforts in Haiti by providing U.S. service members — with relatives currently located in Haiti — with the funds necessary to purchase airline tickets to the devastated island, so that they may locate, assist or make burial arrangements for relatives affected by the recent earthquake. Funds also may be used to help provide sustenance or other necessities to sustain life.

The veterans' organization donation will be used to assist U.S. service members currently on active duty, in the Reserves or in National Guard units.

VFW National Commander Tommy J. Tradewell Sr., has asked VFW and its Ladies Auxiliary members to come to the aid of victims of the recent natural disaster by individually donating what they can to the VFW National Military Services program (NMS), either online [Donate now online], text [text "VFW" to 90999 - standard text messaging rates apply], or mail directly to VFW National Military Services, 406 W. 34th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111.

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Weekly VA News

Posted at 12:15 PM on Friday, January 15, 2010 by State Blogmaster

For the Weekly VA News, click on  www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/vahospitals

 

VFW CheckPoint Magazine Jan/Feb 2010

Posted at 01:12 PM on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by State Blogmaster

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Department of NC Announces Voice of Democracy and Patriots Pen Winners

Posted at 08:57 AM on Thursday, January 7, 2010 by State Blogmaster

The Department has announced the winners of the 2009-2010 Voice of Democracy and the Patriots Pen essay contests. Our congratulations go to the winners and to all those who entered.

VOICE OF DEMOCRACY

1st Place-Samuel Johnson of District 6

2nd place-Maryanna McDonald of District 9

3rd Place-Daryl X. Williams, Jr. of District 13

PATRIOTS PEN

1st Place-Hannah Sloan of District 2

2nd Place-Philip Dial of District 6

3rd Place-Carry Guthrie-District 16

 

60 Minutes Segment on VA Backlog

Posted at 08:18 AM on Monday, January 4, 2010 by State Blogmaster

(Airdate: January 3, 2010)

National VFW CinC to Attend February CofA-- READ ALL ABOUT IT!! North Carolina "The VFW Leader" Newspaper

Posted at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 by State Blogmaster in VFW Leader

 

Current National Officers to Attend the February Council Meeting

For a copy of the December 2009 "The VFW Leader", click: HERE

 

Click the link to read the leader: (Must have Adobe Reader). It make a moment to load, depending on the size of the newspaper.

 

If you do not get "The VFW Leader" in the mail, let me know. Your address may have been changed. In most cases, "The VFW Leader" will not be forwarded by the post office. E-mail me at:  blogmaster@nc.vfwwebmail.com 

 

The pages of advertising have been deleted from the online edition.

 

2009-2010 North Carolina Membership Status

Posted at 06:04 AM on Monday, December 21, 2009 by State Blogmaster in Membership

 We are in another membership year, you can check the membership stats by just clicking : HERE

Members who are assigned to Post 15034 (Members at Large) click on this link:  www.vfwwebcom.org/nc/post15034

 

Required Anouncements In Accordance With Department By-Laws

Posted at 04:50 AM on Thursday, December 10, 2009 by State Blogmaster

At the 79th Annual Department Convention in Raleigh, NC on June 20, 2009, a proposed By-Laws change was approved stating " All business proposals being brought before a Council of Administration meeting or Convention will be posted on the department weblog 45 days prior to the event."

The following subjects will be brought before the Council of Administration to be held in Raleigh the 5th and 6th of February 2010:

1.  The current batch of small, giveaway U.S. flags was inadvertently purchased with "Made in China" stamped on them.  A motion will be made to find a second new supplier who supplies U.S. flags made in the United States, as this policy was decided upon several years ago by the Council of Administration.

 

Additional subjects will posted as received so keep watching.

Many Posts are Late Filing Their IRS Forms 990, 990EZ, 990N, Etc

Posted at 10:23 AM on Monday, December 7, 2009 by State Blogmaster

 

IF YOUR POST HAS NOT FILED THEIR IRS FORMS 990, 990EZ, 990N, ETC BY NOW, THE IRS CAN AND WILL FINE THE POST. 

The following information was received from the Internal Revenue Service concerning non-profit organizations that file the IRS Forms 990 and 990EZ.

“Form 990, the annual information return filed by most tax-exempt organizations, has been significantly revised. Organizations filing the 2008 form 990 must use the new form; do not use previous year forms.

The IRS is giving smaller organizations time to adapt to the new form by allowing them to file Form 990-EZ instead of Form 990. For 2008 returns, this applies to organizations with gross receipts greater that $25,000 but less than $1 million and assets less than $2.5 million.”

For IRS forms, go to:  www.irs.gov and select the More Forms and Publications option and follow the directions for accessing forms, instructions, and other tax products.

Posts with gross receipts less than $25,000 may file a 990n electronically. Posts that are unable to file the 990n may have the Department file their 990n for them. Contact the Department QM/Adjutant for more information at qm@nc.vfwwebmail.com  or by telephone at 919-828-5058.

RULE OF THUMB: Posts have 5 months and 15 days from their annual close-out to have their 990s on file with the IRS. (i.e. Post Annual Close out is 31 December, the IRS must have the 990 in their hands by May 15th.)

 

VFW Strongly Supports New Afghan Strategy

Posted at 11:11 AM on Friday, December 4, 2009 by State Blogmaster

WASHINGTON, December 2, 2009 — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is strongly supporting the president's new strategy to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist allies.

"President Obama set the conditions for success in Afghanistan, and he did it without lowering any bars" said Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., a combat wounded Vietnam veteran from Sussex, Wis. "What we now need is for Congress and the American people to get behind him and destroy this global threat to world peace once and for all."

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