VFW Commander Class 122 Voice of Democracy Scholarship

As the National Junior Vice Commander in Chief, I have Junior Vice Commander counterparts at each Department in the VFW, 52 in all.  After discussions at our Junior Vice Commander's conference a few months ago we decided we wanted to leave a lasting legacy of our collective time in office....we chose to create and fund a Voice of Democracy Scholarship.

We will be installed as Commanders in the VFW's 122nd year, if all things go as they should.  Since the positions aren't about us as individuals, we chose to call ourselves the VFW Commander Class 122, and that's the name of the scholarship.  We hope to raise enough to fund a $1,000 perpetual award to be added to the prizes that our outstanding Department winners receive at the National level.

I believe in leading by example.  Today I had the pleasure of making my personal donation to the fund, in the amount of ten thousand dollars.  That will get the ball rolling and many of my fellow commanders and their departments have already pledged their support.  I know we will succeed!