VFW Post 4353 will hold a fundraiser to support Gold Star Mothers & Wreaths Across America Saturday, Aug. 15. Everyone is welcome to attend.<\/p>\n
The fundraiser will begin a 10:30 a.m. with a Gold Star Mom\u2019s guest speaker, followed by lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunches available include grouper fish & chips with cole slaw for $13 or hamburger and fries for $11. The post will also be serving dinner from 5-8 p.m. featuring $7 pepperoni pizza and $1 wings. <\/p>\n
Karaoke with Bobby Mann will be held from 6-9 p.m. and there will be 50\/50s and other special drawings.<\/p>\n
The Gold Star Mothers core goals and activities include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Honor the Fallen: Preserve the legacy and memory of service members who made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Support Veterans: Volunteer time and resources to care for hospitalized and healing veterans in communities nationwide.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Provide Fellowship: Create a compassionate community and network of mutual comfort for mothers experiencing the profound loss of a child in military service.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Promote Patriotism: Foster respect for the U.S. flag and the Armed Forces through civic engagement and community <\/p>\n
VFW Post 4353 is at 8150 Stringfellow Road, St. James City. For more information, call (239) 283-2277.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VFW Post 4353 will hold a fundraiser to support Gold Star Mothers & Wreaths Across America Saturday, Aug.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-366824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}