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is proud to announce the dedication of the Vietnam Service Dog Memorial, at Green Hill Park, in Worcester, Mass.
A dedication ceremony will be held at the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial at 1 PM Sunday, September 18, 2011.
All K-9 units, both military, and civil are welcome to attend, as well as all Service Dog organizations.
All K-9 units, both military, and civil are welcome to attend, as well as all Service Dog organizations.
PRESS RELEASE:
“Vietnam Veterans For The Community, Inc. was formed in late 2004, and incorporated in the state of Massachusetts, and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a
501c3,non-profit, charitable organization in February of 2005. The group consists
primarily of veterans who served in Vietnam or its territorial waters, although
membership is open to anyone who served a minimum of 90 days active duty in the
Armed Forces of the United States during the Vietnam-era (1955-1975) and was
Honorably Discharged. The group was organized exclusively for charitable, educational
and scientific purposes.
Vietnam Veterans For The Community has to date . . . sponsored, annually, a golf
tournament to raise funds to enhance services, materials and capital projects at veterans
centers. VVFTC has provided educational information and presentations to students at
all levels, including sponsoring the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall at Tahanto Regional
High School. The group also supports a scholastic award fund for Tahanto.
Additionally, the group has and will provide guided “walking/talking” tours of the
Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Green Hill Park in Worcester.
VVFTC also sponsors an award (the Ted Lightbown Memorial Award) to a cadet in each
of the City of Worcester’s 3 Junior ROTC programs, and provides an annual concert of
patriotic music and refreshments, free, to area veterans and their families. Just recently,
the group provided the impetus for a major “clean-up” of the World War I Memorial at
Lincoln Square. The group is currently working with the City of Worcester to ‘clean’ the approximately 256 Memorial Squares located throughout the City. In August of 2006 the organization began a partnership with the Central Mass YOGA Institute and the Worcester Vet Center, to provide YOGA classes (free) to combat veterans with PTSD.
Moreover, the group hosted the 2006 Massachusetts state meeting of the Gold Star Mothers of America.”
The
purpose of this Web site is to
let
visitors know of coming events that the Vietnam Veterans
for the Community are supporting . All are welcome to help out in these
events
and to support their causes.
You can contact any of the person's below for information. Or send us
snail - mail at
The organization meets at the Vernon Hill American Legion Post 435, 267 Providence St Worcester Ma. on the third Tuesday of each of the following months: January, February, March, April, May - September and October . Meetings begin promptly at 6:30 P.M.
Vietnam Veterans for the Community have an APPLICATION for you to fill out and mail back to us if you would like to join our group of veterans. You can click on the word application above to download the file that you will need to join our organization , fill it out and send it back to us along with your DD214 or DD215 .
Or if you would like to make a Donation click here for a donation form
and mail it back to us.
For
more information contact :
Robert DeBoer-Phone 508-865-3916
FRAN ELLIOTT- PHONE
PHIL MADAIO -PHONE
HAROLD PIERCE
send E-Mail to
hwpvvftc@charter.net
STAN FILIPKOWSKI,-PHONE
"In Memoriam"
The Lights are on at the Memorial again and they look great.
V.V.F.T.C. TRIP TO WASHINGTON D.C. NOVEMBER 9-12 2007 Click here for slide
show
Photo's of the St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 9th 2008
CLICK HERE TO MEET SOME OF THE VETERANS FOR THE COMMUNITY
Click Here to hear a song by Harold
Click Here to hear a song by Harold North and South 2009
Photos of V.V.F.T.C. ON Memorial Day 2009
Click here to see what VVFTC is doing to the Squares in Worcester and other Towns
Click here to see THE AWARD GIVEN TO VVFTC FOR doing the Squares in Worcester .
Click here to see who has given a Donation's for the Memorial squares
Click here to see Photos of VVFTC receiving the Award for doing the Squares in Worcester .
Click here to go to our new Blog
CLICK HERE TO READ OUR NEWSLETTER ON LINE
CLICK HERE TO SEND US YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND
NAME TO RECEIVED OUR NEWSLETTER AND WEB
UPDATES
TO
LEAVE US A MESSAGE IN OUR GUEST BOOK CLICK HERE
TO DOWNLOAD FILE FOR V V F T C WEB SITE AND
INFORMATION FORM CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW 2006 PHOTO PAGE
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW 2007 PHOTO PAGE
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW PHOTO PAGE 2/25/2007
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW Scholastic Award Page
Here are the scholastic award winners since we started giving the award.
Award recipient are:
2006 Kaleb Smith
2007 Patreick Johnson
2008 Michael Bloomberg
2009 Peter J. Prouix
2010 Kristen Ann Buddenhagen
2011 Shannon Cote
$3000 in scholastic awards so far and doing it again this year for a total of $3500 to students.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW 2008 Scholastic Award Page for Indhiras Taneras South High
CLICK HERE FOR THE 50 60 DANCE PHOTOS
CLICK HERE for to see VVFTC walking (Ps Come and join us)
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF COL. BIGELOW CEREMONIAL
CLICK HERE for photos of the putting of Flags on the graves for Memorial Day
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW Vietnam Veterans Memorial Ceremonials Pages
CLICK HERE FOR OUR PHOTO'S OF VVFTC AT THE WALL IN D.C. 2007
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW PHOTO'S AS OF 3-30-2008
CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW PHOTO'S OF THE GOLF TOURNAMENT 6-07-2008
Click here to see our Golf Tournament on line at Photo Bucket
Click here to see our Flag Day event at Green Hill Park on line at Photo Bucket
Click here to see us at the Millbury 4th of July Parade
Photo's from the St.Patrick's Day Parade 2009 - Click here
Photos from the 2010 Nashoba High School, trip to the Memorial
Photos from the 2010 Wiberham High School trip to the memorial
Fill out the form below
If you would like to send us a message about our web site or have any questions about our organization
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FILE FOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR JUNE 2012
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR PRINT CALENDAR
AT THE Vernon Hill America Legion POST 435 IN Worcester.
V V F T C meets on the third Tuesday of the month.
Click here for the NEW Song and Video of the Vietnam Memorial in Worcester Ma. 2010
Click here for photo's of members of V V F T C at the Summer Nationals event on July 4-8 2007
Click here for a flash program of members of V V F T C at the Summer Nationals event on July 4-8 2007
Click here for photo's of members of V V F T C at the Summer Nationals event on July 3-6 2008
Click here for photo's of members of V V F T C at the Rolling Thunder event on Aug 10 2008
Click here for photo's of members of V V F T C at the Rolling Thunder event on Aug 16 2009
Speech given by Lester about the funds for the Memorial
Click here for photo's of members of V V F T C at the Summer Nationals event on July 2-5 2009
Click here for a flash program of members of V V F T C at the Summer Nationals event going on July 4-8 2007 with out sound
IF YOU CAN'T GET THE FLASH PROGRAM TO WORK YOU MIGHT NEED TO INSTALL A FLASH PLAYER CLICK ON THE LINK
BELOW AND INSTALL THE FILE YOU CAN EITHER SAVE THE FILE OR RUN IT FROM THE WEB I WOULD SAVE THE FILE TO MY HARD DRIVE FIRST THEN RUN THE FILE FROM MY COMPUTER. TO GET THE PLAYER, ALSO IF YOU HAVE DIAL UP THESE FILES WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO OPEN
JUST WAIT AND IT SHOULD START TO PLAY..... HERE IS THE LINK FLASH PLAYER
HERE IS THE FILE OF THE FLASH PROGRAM TO PLAY ON YOUR COMPUTER. REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD IT FIRST TO YOUR COMPUTER THEN PLAY IT ON YOUR SYSTEM....ENJOY CLICK HERE FOR THE FLASH PROGRAM
In Memory Application Deadline
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's (VVMF) In Memory program
honors those who died as a result of the Vietnam War, but whose deaths do
not fit the
Department
of Defense criteria for inclusion upon the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
Every year there is a ceremony to pay tribute to these men and women who
sacrificed so much for their country. The ceremony is held on the third
Monday in April - In Memory Day.
During the In Memory Day ceremony, the names of all the honorees
are read aloud. At the conclusion of the ceremony, certificates bearing the
honorees' names are placed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The tributes
are collected by the National Park Service and stored in their permanent
archive. In addition, the honorees are included in an
In Memory Honor Roll Book to serve as a lasting reminder of
their service and sacrifices.
If you know of anyone whose death was related to Vietnam War involvement and
you would like to see them honored in the In Memory program, please
complete an In Memory application and return it to VVMF by no later
than Monday, January 31. As part of the application,
please also include a copy of the death certificate, proof of service in
Vietnam, a clean photograph of the honoree and a short biography.
[ Download In Memory Application ]
[ National Personnel Records Center ]
LINKS TO OTHER VETERANS WEB SITE'S
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA
THE WALL
VIETNAM VETERANS
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
HIRE VETERANS
VIETNAM VETERANS MUSEUM
ALL
MILITARY
HOME OF HEROES
Veterans Benefits Administration Forms Website SOUNDS OF VIETNAM
PURPLE
HEART HOME PAGE
THE VIRTUAL
WALL
Over 500 Original Stories, by those who served in Vietnam Request for military records
League of Families of POW-MIA Operation Just Cause
http://www.akv.2xcitizen.army.mil.com/ Medal of Honor Citations
Harold's web site for the 1st Air Cav Delta 1/7 1968-1970
with D 1/7 1st Air Cavalry Division send e-mail about this web site to hwpvvftc@charter.net
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