Welcome to East Grand Forks VFW Post 3817. Our Post was chartered in 1941 and has been an active part of the community for over 69 years. Our members have a long history of service to their Country and to the Community.
General Membership Meetings: Third Tuesday of Every Month 7:30 p.m.
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Cell Phones for Soldiers hopes to turn old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas in 2008. To do so, Cell Phones for Soldiers expects to collect 50,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country.
The phones are sent to ReCellular, which pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for each donated phone – enough to provide an hour of talk time to soldiers abroad.
“Americans will replace an estimated 130 million cell phones this year,” says Mike Newman, vice president of ReCellular, “with the majority of phones either discarded or stuffed in a drawer. Most people don’t realize that the small sacrifice of donating their unwanted phones can have a tremendous benefit for a worthy cause like Cell Phones for Soldiers.” (for more
Drop off your cell phone at 312 DeMers Avenue East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The box is located near the main door.
Election Results
Leonard Conley: Post Commander
Senior Vice: Frank Ringstad
Junior Vice: Howard Hayward
Quartermaster: Jim Donken
Judge Advocate: Don Leonard
Post Surgeon: Bob Hanson
Chaplain: Fred Metcalf
3 yr Trustee: Bob Nelson
1 yr Trustee: Bob Korth
Housing (2yr) Dave Kasper
Hosuing (2yr) Ardell (Buck) Buchholtz
