Glassboro Ladies Auxiliary Post 679

The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW, founded in 1914 to help veterans and their families, is an
integral part of the VFW volunteer efforts. Our Bylaws calls for our members to:
"...maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies, whomsoever."

Email:

glassboroladiesauxiliary679@gmail.com

Office:

Glassboro VFW Memorial Post 679

Location:

275 Wilmer Street

Glassboro, New Jersey 08028

(856) 243-5000

Officers:                                                         

President:  Colleen McDonnell                                  

Sr. Vice President:  Melanie Gallagher                     

Jr. Vice President:  Sheri Byers                                 

Secretary:  Daniele Quintavaile

Treasurer:  Patricia Feckley

Trustees:

Third Year:  Carole Tedeschi

Second Year:  Maureen Carr

First Year:  Carol Davis

Conductress:  Shirley McAfee

Chaplain:  Delores Dowdy

Guard:  Maureen Carr

Patriotic Instructor:  Yvonne Lisa

Historian:  Melanie Gallagher

About the VFW Ladies Auxiliary

For as long as men have been going into battle, women have been nursing sick and wounded warriors back to health. Until recently, this was a necessity because governments did not provide adequate medical facilities for their servicemen. In fact, medical care was often so abysmal that more men died of disease and food poisoning than of wounds.

Today, the Ladies Auxiliary is involved in a kaleidoscopic range of activities. While continuing to support the VFW and its causes, the Ladies Auxiliary has developed a social conscience of its own. With the paramount goal of helping families in distress, its members perform community service, fund cancer research, fight drug abuse and illiteracy, advocate for the rights of the elderly, and support the VFW National Home, Special Olympics, and other worthy causes.

Membership has been broadened to include not only wives of VFW members, but also their mothers, widows, sisters, half-sisters, daughters, grandmothers, and granddaughters. Foster mothers and foster daughters are also eligible, provided their relationship with the VFW member predates his military service. With their inexhaustible supply of goals and members, there is no doubt that the Ladies Auxiliary is here to stay.

Membership:  for applications please call the Glassboro VFW at (856) 243-5000

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