WOODVILLE – With the Veterans of Foreign Wars national organization commander-in-chief giving a call for service last week on the organization’s 125th anniversary, the Woodville VFW Post #2033 has answered that call.
The post is organizing a relief project to help all of the victims of the catastrophic Hurricane Helene. According to Post Commander Michael King, the post is working on getting all the posts throughout the district (District 19) as well as the state level organization to adopt and make a united stance to help fellow Americans in their time of great need.
Helene made landfall on Thursday, Sept. 26, as a Category 4 hurricane, which caused widespread and devastating flooding across Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and according to data analytics from CoreLogic, up to $47.5 billion in property losses are estimated to have been caused by the storm. At press time, Florida was bracing for another potentially catastrophic storm, Milton, which was projected to make landfall late Wednesday as a Category 4.
King cited the federal government’s slow response in providing assistance to Helene victims as part of the need for organizations and individuals to help fellow Americans in need.
He said that the VFW would like to synchronize the entire county in order to help assist in the efforts, including civic organizations, businesses, local churches and youth groups. Anyone who is interested in helping can email King at cmd@vfw2033.org.
“The VFW national motto is ‘continuing to serve’ and it is a national service organization with posts located throughout the disaster area,” King said.
“Let's come together and show how we as Americans can help each other. How many times have others come to help us out. Now is the time to return the favor.”
