The VFW has been a voice for our nation’s veterans for more than a century and is the nation’s oldest major veteran’s organization. To America and the world, the letters “VFW” symbolize volunteerism and community service.[…]
The mission of the American Legion Auxiliary is: 1. To support the American Legion programs for veterans, children, and community. 2. To provide for today’s needs, while being advocates for a brighter future. 3. To advance the understanding of patriotism and responsibility of citizenship. 4. To promote individual integrity and family values. 5. To ensure that, as volunteers, we continue to be the leaders in all that is good in this nation today, tomorrow, and for generations to come, through serving others, not self.[…]
The purpose of the Chesapeake Culinary Center, initiated by the Friends of the Grape, Inc., is to enhance the appeal of downtown Denton, increase the tourism trade in Caroline Co., provide job opportunities to local residents, provide the hospitality industry with a trained work force, introduce “at risk” youth to job opportunities, offer training to create stable and economically independent families, play a part in the economic development in the region, and help get the farmer’s product to market.[…]