Brainerd VFW Media Room
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Materials to help members of the press prepare news stories about the Brainerd Veterans of Foreign Wars organization.
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Built on the moto, "Helping Veterans and the Community."
Brainerd Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1647 was formed March 23, 1929, with 18 charter members. It was named the Mahlum-Hanson Post in tribute to the first two Brainerd men killed in World War I, John Mahlum and Nick Hanson. The facility is open to all VFW members and guests. Post and Auxiliary meetings are on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. Duty, Honor, and Country. Dedicated to the men and women who marched before us, their families and everyone deployed. |
Facts:
- There are 1.5 million VFW and Auxiliary members in about 6000 posts nationwide.
- As of 2023, the Brainerd VFW has 292 Post and 321 Auxiliary members.
- Non-profit 501 (c) (19)
- non-political
- The Brainerd Veterans of Foreign Wars post serves needy men and women veterans, their families and the community with over $70,000 in charitable contributions each year.
The Brainerd VFW annually sponsors a high school baseball team, a Bantam AA Hockey Team, the Brainerd Area High School trap shooting team, Pistol Shooting Competition, Brainerd Warrior Robotics, the Brainerd July 4th Parade, the American Cancer Society, Parker Scout Camp, the Initiative Foundation, Special Olympics Minnesota, Freedom festival, Men's Softball, Women's Softball, Pillager Schools Fishing Club and much more.
Brainerd VFW contributed money to the baseball scoreboard at Don Adamson Field along with Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, School Patrol, Youth Trap and Skeet, local scholarships, and the Food for Students program. High school students winning the annual VFW Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen competitions receive scholarship money.
About 200 pints of blood are drawn, at the Brainerd VFW, by the Red Cross each year.
Brainerd’s Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Non-Profit went to the Brainerd VFW in 2016. Non-profit groups often use the Brainerd VFW facility to do fund raisers or have meetings at no charge.
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Post Officers Auxiliary Officers Honor Guard Brainerd VFW 309 South 6th Street Brainerd, MN 56401 218-829-6393 Mon. - Sat. noon to 10 pm Sunday, noon to 5 pm https://www.brainerdvfw.org/ Facebook: Brainerd VFW 2025 News Stories. 2024 News Stories. 2023 News Stories. 2022 News Stories. Media contact: Mark Persons [email protected] 218-829-1326 |
Facts: Eight U.S. presidents were veterans of foreign wars and members of the VFW.
Theodore Roosevelt, Spanish American War Harry S. Truman, World War I Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II John F. Kennedy, World War II Lyndon B. Johnson, World War II Richard M. Nixon, World War II Gerald R. Ford, World War II George H.W. Bush, World War II
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The Brainerd VFW Paul Bunyan Logo is property of the Brainerd VFW. Get permission to use it by contacting Mark Persons [email protected] 218-829-1326.
Mark Persons
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We will do fact checking and help anyone writing about the Brainerd VFW.
News articles of the Brainerd VFW are found at: https://www.brainerdvfw.org/press.html
News articles of the Brainerd VFW are found at: https://www.brainerdvfw.org/press.html
These logos are owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars national organization. https://www.vfw.org/
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PSAs and videos: https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/media-room/psas-and-videos
