The Daily is Blessed
Fall has arrived. Great color in St. Louis this year. Bird migrations casting off the old and bringing on the new. Completed ballots returning to the office in great number. Members of Chapter 61...
View ArticleLet the Gratitude Begin
The Holidays are upon us! The end of year holds special relevance to every nonprofit organization, as it is the time to evaluate the progress of the work undertaken and to wrap up loose ends, preparing...
View ArticleLeading Up To Thanksgiving
This week Mike, Casey and I were able to re-initiate the webinars on Building Member Involvement. We are excited to be bringing the tool of a focused one on one conversation to our chapters. Many...
View ArticleA Texas Christmas
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. It is all but unbelievable for me that industrial capitalism would celebrate a Holiday signifying the birth of a baby whose parents could provide no...
View ArticleMoving Forward With International Chapters
There has a lot of talk throughout VFP about the expansion of international chapters since the board's approval of the United Kingdom chapter last month. In the past couple of weeks we have had...
View ArticleA Look Back at Korea
As I make these Membership Renewal calls to Members of Veterans For Peace, I hear from many of you about the books and films you have seen. One such film is "The Front Line" a 2011 movie out of "South"...
View ArticleWinter War Stories
Over the Holiday period, I am reminded by VFP Members I speak to of two major military events that took place during the cold of Winter. One was the Battle of the Bulge (16 Dec 1944-25 Jan 1945); I...
View ArticleHappy New Fiscal Year!
The end of the calendar year brings the end of VFP’s fiscal year and therefore a variety of year-end financial activities for me. Now that I’ve been through them several times I don’t find them...
View ArticleOrdinary Time
Here is a peek at what various people are working on in the office these days: Mike is preparing to attend the David Cline Memorial Celebration in New York and the Northern California regional...
View ArticleGrants and VFP
Veterans For Peace has very little grant income for an organization our size. That is because there are not many foundations whose focus is national grassroots groups whose main work is advocating...
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