VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPT OF IOWA
EIN 42-0668066 · Commemorative Events (A84)
What they do
OUR MISSION AT THE VFW POST 3388 is to BUILD A BETTER AMERICA for EVERYONE and to BE A PILLAR of OUR COMMUNITY BY OFFERING HOPE for A BETTER TOMORROW and HELPING THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES. MEMBERS of OUR POST ARE STRIVING and WORKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS to ENSURE THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE PROVIDED A SAFE and HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT for ALL. AN IMPORTANT ROLE of POST 3388 is to BE AN ORGANIZATION INDIVIDUALS and FAMILIES CAN REACH OUT to for HELP, SUCH AS PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES BY OFFERING A FREE MONTHLY MEAL AT THE VFW for THOSE INDIVIDUALS and FAMILIES IN NEED.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1951
- Location
- 314 S 1ST ST, ESTHERVILLE, IA 51334-2146
- County
- Emmet
- In care of
- % JENNIFER R BROWN