Community Service
Service is an essential part of the growth process at the VFW National Home for Children. Residents take part in activities that involve service to the local community, visiting museums, writing letters and visiting veterans in hospitals and many other community and civic-minded activities to help the residents be mindful of the need to give back through service. Some past community service activities undertaken by National Home residents include:
- Renovated Veterans Memorial Section of Rose Hill Cemetery in Eaton Rapids
- Walked in Memorial Day Parade
- Placed grave flags with VFW members at a local cemetery
- Served lunch at a local church shelter
- Volunteered at the Lansing Habitat for Humanity affiliate
- Traveled to the VFW National Convention
- Raised the flag at a house dedication
- Hosted an Easter Party for a ward at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center
- Visited the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Met with a Michigan Senator at the Capitol Building
- Threw a Valentine’s Day Party at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center
- Visited the Holocaust Memorial Center in Detroit, Michigan with a VFW member
- Sent Christmas cards to veterans at the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center
- Performed a play about veterans at the National Home Veterans Day Ceremony