July-September 2024

July 2024

Date Event
1 Post Commander can recognize VFW volunteers by nominating them for the National Community Service Award
2 1700-1900 VFW Post 970 Leadership Meeting: The Row Kaka’ako
4 Independence Day Holiday
4 4th of July Parade: Kailua Tentative
11 1900-2030 VFW Post 970 Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center
15 Buddy Poppy Outstanding Promotional/Public Awareness nomination forms due to National
27 0800-1100 Oahu Veterans Council Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center
27 VFW Commemorative date: Signing of the Korean War Armistice 1953
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1 Aug

VFW National Convention: Louisville, KY
31 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen Department reporting forms and instructions for forwarding winners emailed out to Department chairmen

August 2024

Date Event
1 Contact local businesses about providing funds to your post’s scholarships
1 VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” application period for spring semester opens
4 U.S. Coast Guard 234th Birthday, Established 1790
6 1700-1900 VFW Post 970 Leadership Meeting: The Row Kaka’ako
8 1900-2030 VFW Post 970 Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center
TBD 0900-1100 VFW Department of Hawaii Council of Administration: Oahu Veterans Center tentative
16 Admission Day, Hawaii Statehood (State Holiday)
24 0800-1100 Oahu Veterans Council Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center
30 VFW Commemorative date: End of Operation Enduring Freedom, War in Afghanistan 2021

September 2024

Date Event
1 Post Bond due
2 VFW Commemorative date: VJ Day, Japan surrendered 1945 ending WWII
2 Labor Day Holiday
3 1700-1900 VFW Post 970 Leadership Meeting: The Row Kaka’ako
11 VFW Commemorative date: Patriot Day, Anniversary of the Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 2001
12 1900-2030 VFW Post 970 Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center
17 Constitution Day, the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution 1787
18 U.S. Air Force 77th Birthday, Established 1947
20 VFW Commemorative date: POW/MIA Recognition Day
25 Gold Star Mother’s/Family Day
28 0800-1100 Oahu Veterans Council Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center
29 VFW 125th Birthday, Established 1899
TBD 1000-1700 Gun Show: Neal Blaisdell Center tentative
30 2nd qtr Audit due to Department