IMPORTANT: Community Service Report Guidelines as of 2024 : CLICK HERE 

Community Service is a service that is performed for the benefit of the public, or it's institutions by the VFW or as a representative of the VFW.

Hours: Posts should list the hours of community service performed by the Post or it's Auxiliary. Only hours benefiting the community are to be reported.

DO NOT report hours for:

• Buddy Poppy Distribution
• Post Fund Raisers
• Post maintenance or repairs
• Volunteers in Post canteen or kitchen (EXCEPTION: Can claim if work done in canteen or kitchen while hall is donated to outside service group of the VFW).
• VFW meetings, conventions, conferences, school of instructions, or OTI.
• Church activities that a member may do for 1 particular church and not the others in town. The service should benefit the entire community, not just a section of it. (Usher, Lecture, Minister, etc) Exceptions that would count for Church Activities would be to Speak at a church, Teach a Sunday School class, help with a church food bank.
  

• Actual money expended from Post funds in support of community service projects.
•  Moneys donated or expended by Post members in performance of community service hours reported, and donations made in the name of the VFW.
• The rental value of Post Home or facilities used by community service organizations when no rent is charged.

• Donations made to the Post.
•  Income to the Post.
• Proceeds from Buddy Poppy distribution.
• Any value to the hours reported.

• Any vehicle expense
• Mileage for vehicles owned by another organization such as DAV.
• Mileage if the volunteer has received reimbursement for that mileage.

• If your post raises your flag daily (not ones that are lit and up all the time), you can claim 5 min to raise and 10 min to take down and fold.
• Everyone or almost everyone recycles at their homes or at work, keep track of these hours.
• AAA offers a 55 alive class most of the time for free, have you asked for them to come and give a class you can open to the public? This is giving back to the community by possibly saving lives.
• When was the last time you gathered cloths from your closets or other family members, and taken to goodwill or homeless shelter?
• When was the last time you stopped into a nursing home to visit with a couple of it's residents for a while, read a book, talk about grandchildren, or just good old' days? Family member in the hospital? Visited?
• Do you sponsor a fire safety class with your community? Contact the local fire department, or police dept.
• Americanism, we all do things that fall under this category, if not go out and do things with the schools or community.
• I know some of you get out and do things with the youth. Sporting events, teach a Sunday School Class?
• Do you take a fellow veteran to a doctor appointment or help transport them around?
  

Report your Community Service through the Program Activity Reporting (preferred) or send the form to the State HQ.

Instructions on how to enter your information On-Line using the Program Activity Reporting feature.