Post-Home Hours This Week (December 10th-December 16th): Your Post will be open on Friday and Saturday from 6 PM to 10 PM for normal business and will be pretty busy with our Christmas Party.
Wednesday, December 10:
Military and Veterans of Arlington County Meeting, 5:30 PM
Post Auxiliary Christmas Present Wrapping Meet up
Friday, December 12:
G4V Lessons - Gonzalez, 2 PM
Canteen open, 6 PM
Christmas Decoration Party, 6 PM
Trivia Night, 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 13:
Christmas Party Set up, 11 AM
Post Auxiliary Christmas Party, 12 PM
Post Work Day, 3 PM
Band of Vets Comedy Show, 8 PM
Sunday, December 14:
Zoom Yoga, 10 AM
Monday, December 15, 7:30 PM at the Post or via Zoom:
Post General Meeting - Zoom Link
See the Post Calendar and Announcements for any last-minute updates.
EXTRA NEWS:
Post Auxiliary Christmas Party. Saturday is our Post's Auxiliary Christmas Party for soldiers on Joint Base FT Myer/Henderson Hall. Here are the events associated with that Party:
- December 10, 5:30 PM: Post Auxiliary Christmas Present Wrapping Meet-up - Join members of your Post and Auxiliary as they wrap up presents for our sponsored families. Bring your favorite wrapping paper and bows, and help wrap up some presents.
- December 11, TBD: Shopping for the Christmas Food Baskets. Post and Auxiliary members will be shopping at the Fort Myer Commissary for fixings and groceries needed for a family Christmas feast.
- December 12, 6 PM: Setting up the Post Christmas Tree and decorating the Post for the Christmas Party and season. Come on out to the Post, help out, or argue with your comrades about proper decoration placement and techniques as we decorate the Post Hall for the season and party.
- December 13, 11 AM: Christmas Party set up and preparation of the Gift Food Baskets. Post and Auxiliary members will meet at the Post and set up the 6 Gift Food Baskets for the attending families.
- December 13, 12 PM: Make sure Santa is all set and start the Christmas Party. Our friends at G4V will entertain the crowd with Christmas Carols and songs, and Santa will arrive at 1 PM to help pass out the gifts to the kids.
Post 3150 Work Day - December 13, 3 PM. We will be focusing on post-party clean-up and tidying up the basement. If anyone knows how to fix our pile of broken wooden chairs, bring your glue and tools to try to put some back in action.
Band of Vets Comedy Show - December 13, 8 PM. After all the Christmas excitement, come to your Post and unwind with the Band of Vets! Fellow Vets and friends of Vets will be entertaining the crowd. Get your tickets here: Band of Vets Tickets
Post General Meeting - December 15, 7:30 PM. Please attend our December Post General Meeting. At this meeting, we will:
- Go over our upcoming calendar.
- Discuss Team Home Depot
- Go over our progress towards All-State and All-American awards.
- Discuss the Post's Canteen situation and the need for bartenders.
- Begin discussion for our Memorial Day effort.s
- Induct our new member.s
VFW Dept of Virginia 2026 Annual Raffle. The Department of Virginia puts on an annual raffle to help the Virginia Veterans Foundation provide support and services to veterans. Tickets are $20 each, and they’re up for grabs until December 31, 2025. The lucky winners will be drawn at the State Headquarters every Thursday at 10 a.m. starting January 1, 2026. You can grab your VFW Dept. of Virginia 2026 Annual Raffle tickets by clicking here.
Once you’ve filled out the form linked above, the Quartermaster will send your ticket(s) straight to your door!
Prizes:
3 $1,000
7 $500
2 $200
9 $100
343 $50
Veterans in Need:
The Post has received requests from Veterans in need in the past few weeks. Here is some info from the Virginia Department of Veteran Services that can help out:
In Fairfax or Arlington County: Contact edwin.robles@dvs.virginia.gov
Outside of Fairfax or Arlington County, fill out a request form on: https://vvn.dvs.virginia.gov/form/VVFSIntakeForm
If you have the resources to donate money for assisting anyone, the Virginia Department of Veteran Services recommends donating to:
Send a check to: Northern Virginia Vietnam Veterans of America, PO Box 2111, Reston, VA 20195
Other District 10 Posts Doing Good: Our partner in giving, Post 1177, is participating in its annual Sweats for Vets Drive. If you recall, they donated 4 huge boxes of sweats and winter clothes for our Winterhaven Drive. They are starting their 2026 drive and need help. You can help them out by:
- Helping out at their Pack Up Day: December 26 at 9 AM (Coffee and Donuts provided)
- Helping out during their distribution Day: January 24, 2026
- Donating money to their effort. You can donate money to our Post with a note for Sweats for Vets, or send them a check to:
Sweats for Vets
Care of VFW Post 1177
401 Old Waterford RD NW
Leesburg, VA 20176
Donations: We still have two donation buttons on the weekly update. Here's why. Our legal case is proceeding, as is our Zoning Infractions case. Both of these cases have reached a point where we need to dedicate resources to them. Additionally, we will require at least $36,000 for legal fees for both cases.
We cannot raise this money by selling beer, wings, and pizza on Friday and Saturday nights. We need donations to support our legal battle against a neighbor with substantial financial resources.
We have two members who will match donations up to $1,750 per month, but we will need more than that to sustain the fight.
We are starting to do some great things—Veterans and Memorial Day Ceremonies, supporting Veterans and Military members experiencing Food Insecurity, OPERATION WINTERHAVEN Homeless Veteran Stand Down with the DC VA Hospital, Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets, and parties for Service members in need.
Please donate here: Donation to the Post's Legal Defense Fund.
Donation: Our programs support our service members while they are deployed, but they often get discharged long after returning home. Your tax-deductible donation will help serve VFW programs where your support is most urgently needed.
VFW Action Corps Weekly - December 8, 2025
- VFW Testifies on Pending Legislation
- VFW Statement for Senate Medication Management Hearing
- Alert Action on Veteran Medication Safety
- VFW Recovers $16.2 Billion for Veterans
- TRICARE Enrollment Window Closing
- VFW Podcast Covers the Latest in DC
- MIA Update
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