FAQS

FAQ's

Subscription dues are just like a magazine subscription. It gives you 365 days of membership in the VFW. With this being the first year that they are coming into effect it will be a process that we are not use to. The basic breakdown of what is going to happen is:

If you are an annual member and you pay your dues before Jan your expiration will be Jan 2015. If you pay after that date whatever day your dues are processed at National will be the new expiration date. Example would be that you send in your dues to National on 1 Feb 2015 and National processed them on the 15 Feb. Your new expiration date would be 15 Feb 2016.
 
Annual Dues at Basic Post 3848 is $40, Life Memberships are adjusted according to age.  
Commander and Membership Chairman must approve a DD214 for each new applicant.  Eligibility is set in the National By-Laws.  

Annual membership Dues $40 and due on the anniversary of the date you joined the VFW or the date of annual renewal.



 

Voice of Democracy

Scholarship Program
Voice of Democracy
Voice of Democracy is an annual nationwide scholarship program sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It is an audio-essay contest for high school students in grades 9-12. The program annually provides more than $2.3 million in scholarships. The first-place winner, who competes with all the first-place VFW Department winners, receives a $30,000 scholarship that is paid directly to the recipient's American university, college or vocational/technical school.
 2019 - 2020 Theme "What Makes America Great” Student Entry Deadline: October 31, 2019 Patriotic Audio Essay Competition Grand Prize: $30,000 Award
 

 
Patriot's Pen. Each year more than 111,000 students in grades 6-8 enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of more than $900,000 in state and national awards. Each first-place state winner receives a minimum of $500 at the national level, and the national first-place winner wins $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C.
 
 All student entries must be submitted to a sponsoring local VFW Post by midnight, Oct. 31. The 2019-20 theme is: What Makes America Great.
 
 

Our Post Service Officer is Michael Castle.  Michael is at the post every Tuesday from 9am until 5pm to assist veterans with their claims.  Please remember to bring everything that can make your case valid.  (Any records you have, DD214, Medical etc.) Post normally opens the canteen at 2:30pm so you will have to ring the doorbell to be admitted as the door will be locked.
 
NO appointments, first come first serve basis.  You do not have to be a VFW member to get assistance in filing your claim.  Our Service Officers assist all veterans with valid claims just as we have since 1937.
 
The Post Home is located at 401 W. Lake Mead Pkwy, right beside Harbor Freight.
 

Post General Meetings are Held every fourth Wednesday of the Month at 6pm
 Due to restrictions currently in place to combat COVID-19 pandemic the November and December Meetings have been postponed until January 2021.