VFW Buddy Poppy Days

The Woodridge VFW Post members will no longer be on the street corners. Instead, on Friday and Saturday, they will have members at both doors at Jewel (75th and Janes), and across the street at Walgreens, from 8:00 am to noon and from noon to 4:00 pm.

On Sunday, they will have members at Home Landscaping (751 N Bolingbrook Drive, Bolingbrook, – Rt. 53) from 8:00 am until noon.

Funds collected by selling Poppy’s can be used only for the following purposes:

For the aid, assistance, relief, and comfort of needy or disabled veterans or members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans.

For the maintenance and expansion of the VFW National Home and other facilities devoted exclusively to the benefit and welfare of the dependents, widows, and orphans of disabled, needy, or deceased veterans or members of the Armed Forces.

For necessary expenses in providing entertainment, care, and assistance to hospitalized veterans or members of the Armed Forces.

For veterans' rehabilitation, welfare, and service work.

To perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the Armed Forces, and to comfort survivors.

Buying a Buddy Poppy and helping the VFW continues to benefit needy veterans today, just as it has for so many years. To date, the VFW has sold over one billion Buddy Poppies. As long as Americans continue to spill their blood in defense of freedom, sales of these blood-red poppies will undoubtedly continue strong.

For more information please contact Woodridge VFW at 630-910-1578 or visit their website at: www.woodridgevfw.net