Category: Events

Flag Retirement Ceremony

VFW Big River Post 5331 with the assistance of Boy Scout Troop 322 will host a Flag Retirement Ceremony at the Post flag pole.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served after the event.

If you have a flag that is ready for retirement, bring it by the Post or bring it to the ceremony.

Veterans Information Event

Attention All Veterans and Spouses!

The Big River VFW Post 5331, located at 1 Lynn Lane, Cedar Hill, MO will be having a Veterans information event on 27 Jan from 2 to 4 PM.

If any of the following fit you, you should plan to attend.

Combat Veterans and those with a military occupation that was consistent with exposure to high noise levels should consider filing a claim for service-connection for bilateral hearing loss and or tinnitus.

Any Veteran who served on land or in the inland waters of Viet Nam who have one of the disabilities associated with Agent Orange Exposure should file a claim.

Surviving spouses of a Veteran who served on land or in the inland waters of Viet Nam and who died of a condition on the Agent Orange list of disabilities should file a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation.

Wartime Veterans who are totally disabled or over 65 years old, or in receipt of Social Security benefits should inquire at to whether they may be entitle to pension benefits.  Both income and medical expense are factors in receiving this benefit.

Any Veteran in a nursing home and in home care should consider filing for pension benefits.

Lost records doesn’t mean you can’t be granted benefits.

Receiving compensation affects what you are entitled to from VA medical Centers.

VFW members will be available to answer your questions and complete Referral Forms to get you in contact with one of the VFW Veteran Service Officers.

Don’t delay benefits awarded are back dated to the day the claim was filed.

For additional information, contact either of the following. 

Larry Janssen, Post Veteran’s Service  Officer, at 636-274-5001          

Daniel Brown, District 8 Veteran’s Service Information Officer at 636-677-2892

VFW Action Alert!

Take Action: Blue Water Navy Bill Must Pass Before End of Year
 
Background:  In July, the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018, to end the injustice of denying Vietnam, Korean DMZ, and Thailand veterans who suffer from life-threatening health conditions the care and benefits they deserve.
 
This important bill continues to be stalled in the Senate. The VFW needs your help to make sure this bill is passed before the end of the year. If the Senate fails to do so, the bill will die and may never be considered again.
 
Take Action: Contact your Senators to demand that the Senate passes H.R. 299. The Senate must not delay passage of this important bill while Blue Water Navy veterans sicken and die from diseases related to exposure to Agent Orange.  
 
 
 
Please show your support on social media:
 
On Facebook (copy and paste the text below):
 
I stand with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and call on @vachair and the full Senate to pass H.R. 299! Rather than continue studying the health of Blue Water Navy veterans for yet another decade while those veterans sicken and die from diseases related to exposure to herbicides, the Senate must grant long-overdue benefits to the thousands of veterans who served their country off the shores of Vietnam. http://capwiz.com/vfw/issues/alert/?alertid=80552661
 
 
Or Call (202) 224-3121 and ask to be transferred to your Senators.
 

Auxiliary Member Helen R Maloney

Big River VFW Auxiliary
regrets to inform everyone of the passing of member
Helen R Maloney

This is off the Chapel Hill Mortuary website:

Visitation:
Monday November 5, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at CHAPEL HILL MORTUARY, 6300 Highway 30, Cedar Hill, Missouri.

Services:
Mass – Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady Queen of Peace, House Springs, Missouri and luncheon to follow.
Interment – Tuesday November 6, 2018, at 1:15 p.m. at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

Memorial Donations may be made to St. Jude Research Hospital, DeGreef Hospice House and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Further information can be obtained at:
STLFuneral.com

Auxiliary Member Donald Strange

Big River VFW Auxiliary regrets to inform everyone of the passing of member Donald Strange.

This is off the Chapel Hill Mortuary website:

Visitation:
Thursday, October 4, 2018 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at CHAPEL HILL MORTUARY, 6300 Highway 30, Cedar Hill, Missouri

Services:
Friday, October 5, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at CHAPEL HILL MORTUARY, 6300 Highway 30, Cedar Hill, Missouri.

Further information can be obtained at:
STLFuneral.com