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Adopt-A-Unit Troop and Family Support Activities Grants. Post-secondary educational scholarships. Financial Assistance Skill Donors Referrals Disaster Assistance. Free Call Days Free Virtual Pins. FY 2013-2014 RECAP. September through June: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
•Financial Assistance•Skill Donors
•Referrals•Disaster Assistance
•Adopt-A-Unit•Troop and Family Support Activities
•Grants
•Free Call Days•Free Virtual Pins
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•Post-secondary educational scholarships
September through June:
NMS provided support to over 400,000 military members and their families
MAP funded over 140 morale boosting events with almost 100,000 service members and their families
Operation Uplink provided over 160,000 connections
Unmet Needs assisted over 120 families with over $200,000 in assistance
VFW “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” awarded 136 scholarships totaling over a half million dollars!
FY 2013-2014 RECAP
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Contact: Darcie JonesEmail: [email protected] Phone: (816) 968-1155Operation Uplink forms and information available at: www.vfw.org/TroopSupport 4
Since 2006, Free Call Days have connected over 7.5 million calls
Continuing to provide at least three Free Call Days monthly through the end of 2014
Calls are free to the US, and landlines in other US home base countries, i.e.: Germany, Japan, Korea, Italy etc.
Free Call Day schedule is available at www.vfw.org/TroopSupport
DSN line access codes are provided for service members outside of Afghanistan/Kuwait for participation in the scheduled Free Call Days
FREE CALL DAYS
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Free Call Days will continue until the end 2014 with a minimum of 3 scheduled dates each month.
The 2014 Free Call Day schedule is available at www.vfw.org/TroopSupport.
Each Free Call Day runs for a full 24 hour period and deployed service members can participate through both SPAWAR internet cafés AND military DSN lines.
Contact VFW Operation Uplink at [email protected] with questions!
FREE CALL DAYS
DOMESTIC VIRTUAL PINS
Operation Uplink is sending virtual pins to VA hospitals, medical centers and deployed service members without Free Call Day access in lieu of domestic calling cards Provides 100 minutes of talk time per pin VFW Posts and Ladies Auxiliary members must
complete request form to receive bulk virtual pins
Individual pin requests must include service member’s email
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Sport Clips Help-A-Hero Scholarship ProgramSport Clips’ commitment to our
veterans and their families continues even with the drawdownof troops in Afghanistan.
Beginning January 2014 Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship program provides scholarships of up to $5,000 to help our service members and veterans complete their educational goals.
Application is available online only at www.vfw.org/scholarship.
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VFW “SPORT CLIPS HELP A HERO SCHOLARSHIP” PROGRAM
To be eligible applicants must be:
Retired, honorably discharged, active duty or a member of the National Guard or Reserves who have completed training
Have a military rank of E-5 or below
Participate in, be accepted to or currently enrolled in a VA-approved program or school
Demonstrate a financial need
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Contact: John LinstraEmail: [email protected] Phone: (816) 756-3390 ext. 211All MAP applications and info available behind the log in at: www.vfw.org
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The Military Assistance Program (MAP) is the core NMS program that promotes VFW involvement and interaction with the local military community.
Provides an opportunity to learn about other programs and services the VFW provides.
Since 2007, MAP has hosted nearly 2 million military and families at over 2,100 events!
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ADOPT-A-UNIT Adopt-A-Unit enables VFW Posts and Auxiliaries to forge a connection with the
local military community before, during and after deployment.
Adopt-A-Unit relationships are created and maintained by individual VFW Posts who work closely with unit commanders and senior enlisteds to provide the direct support the unit and their families need.
If your unit is interested in being adopted, please contact your local VFW Post(s).
Check if someone in the unit is already a member of the local VFW Post
Locate a VFW Post from the VFW’s website at www.vfw.org/oms/findpost.aspx
Or contact the VFW Military Assistance Program at VFW National Headquarters to locate a VFW Post to work with a [email protected] or by calling (816) 756-3390, ext 211. 13
Contact: Mark HerronEmail: [email protected] Phone: (866) 789-6333Unmet Needs application and information available at: www.vfw.org/NMS
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Created in 2004 to assist military service members and their families experiencing a financial hardship directly related to their military service.
Provides grants up to $2,500 for qualified service members and their families.
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Unmet Needs pays for basic life needs such as: mortgage, rent, repairs, insurance, utilities, food and clothing Grants are paid directly to the “creditor”
company and not to the individual Hardship cannot be due to mismanagement of
funds, civil, domestic matters, or legal issues Application process takes approximately 20
business days after all required paperwork is received
Each case is reviewed individually and acceptance is determined by a committee
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If all three criteria are not met, then the applicant is
not eligible.
Unmet Needs Application-
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