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John S. Stewart Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post No. 1

John S. Stewart VFW Post No. 1 honors veterans by providing support, camaraderie, and community engagement. They celebrate their rich history while actively serving veterans and their families through various programs and events.

Join us at VFW Post 1&rsquo;s Open House to learn how the first and oldest Veterans of Foreign Wars Post continues its tradition of service to veterans and our country. 🇺🇸 Tour our historic post, meet members, and hear concrete examples of how local veterans support one another through advocacy, camaraderie, and community service. Your visit helps strengthen a community built on shared service and respect.

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Supporting&nbsp;Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1&nbsp;means supporting veterans where the impact is immediate, personal, and local. As one of the oldest and most historic VFW Posts in America, Post 1 continues to serve veterans, military families, and the community through direct action &mdash; not just words.Your donation helps fund:<ul data-end="894" data-start="329" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;"><li data-end="422" data-section-id="17rbwsl" data-start="329" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Emergency assistance for veterans facing housing, utility, food, or transportation crises</li><li data-end="509" data-section-id="1v2oha1" data-start="423" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Veteran outreach and claims support that connects veterans with earned VA benefits</li><li data-end="617" data-section-id="1o251lw" data-start="510" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Community programs like Buddy Poppy drives, youth scholarships, patriotic education, and veteran events</li><li data-end="728" data-section-id="jibiqg" data-start="618" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The preservation of veteran history, camaraderie, and one of Colorado&rsquo;s most historic veteran institutions</li><li data-end="817" data-section-id="8ws17j" data-start="729" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Creative healing programs through veteran art initiatives and community partnerships</li><li data-end="894" data-section-id="17y5x2w" data-start="818" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Continued advocacy for veterans at the local, state, and national levels</li></ul>Every dollar donated stays rooted in the mission of helping veterans, honoring service, and strengthening the veteran community in Colorado.When you donate to Post 1, you are not donating to a distant corporation. You are helping veterans help veterans &mdash; providing real support from people who understand military service, sacrifice, and the challenges many veterans face after coming home.For more than a century, Post 1 has stood as a place where veterans continue serving their fellow veterans and their community. Your support helps ensure that mission continues for the next generation.&ldquo;Honor the Dead by Helping the Living.&rdquo;

Supporting Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1 means supporting veterans where the impact is immediate, personal, and local. As one of the oldest and most historic VFW Posts in America, Post 1 continues to serve veterans, military families, and the community through direct action — not just words.Your donation helps fund:Emergency assistance for veterans facing housing, utility, food, or transportation crisesVeteran outreach and claims support that connects veterans with earned VA benefitsCommunity programs like Buddy Poppy drives, youth scholarships, patriotic education, and veteran eventsThe preservation of veteran history, camaraderie, and one of Colorado’s most historic veteran institutionsCreative healing programs through veteran art initiatives and community partnershipsContinued advocacy for veterans at the local, state, and national levelsEvery dollar donated stays rooted in the mission of helping veterans, honoring service, and strengthening the veteran community in Colorado.When you donate to Post 1, you are not donating to a distant corporation. You are helping veterans help veterans — providing real support from people who understand military service, sacrifice, and the challenges many veterans face after coming home.For more than a century, Post 1 has stood as a place where veterans continue serving their fellow veterans and their community. Your support helps ensure that mission continues for the next generation.“Honor the Dead by Helping the Living.”

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Why Donate to the Veterans Arts Council?Every Veteran has a story. For many, art becomes the language that helps tell it. The Veterans Arts Council (VAC) provides Veterans with opportunities to heal, connect, and rediscover purpose through creative expression. Whether through painting, sculpture, photography, writing, music, or other artistic mediums, the arts offer a powerful outlet for Veterans to process their experiences, build community, and continue serving by sharing their stories with the public.Your donation helps:<ul data-end="1130" data-start="540" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;"><li data-end="601" data-section-id="1kevqyy" data-start="540" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Provide art supplies and materials&nbsp;for Veteran artists.</li><li data-end="705" data-section-id="kljuw0" data-start="602" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Fund workshops, classes, and mentorship opportunities&nbsp;that foster creativity and personal growth.</li><li data-end="819" data-section-id="fi7c0v" data-start="706" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Create exhibition opportunities&nbsp;that allow Veterans to share their work and connect with their communities.</li><li data-end="922" data-section-id="1q2p51i" data-start="820" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Preserve and tell Veterans&#39; stories&nbsp;through art, ensuring their experiences are never forgotten.</li><li data-end="1030" data-section-id="1mvmdzi" data-start="923" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Build camaraderie and community, helping Veterans stay connected with fellow Veterans and supporters.</li><li data-end="1130" data-section-id="sr4vvc" data-start="1031" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Expand public awareness&nbsp;of the sacrifices, challenges, and triumphs of those who have served.</li></ul>The Veterans Arts Council is more than an art program&mdash;it&#39;s a mission of healing, education, and community engagement. Through art, Veterans find a voice. Through your support, that voice reaches others.When you donate to the Veterans Arts Council, you are not simply funding artwork; you are investing in Veterans, their well-being, their stories, and their future.Help us ensure that every Veteran who wishes to create has the opportunity to do so. Your support makes a difference, one Veteran and one story at a time.

Why Donate to the Veterans Arts Council?Every Veteran has a story. For many, art becomes the language that helps tell it.The Veterans Arts Council (VAC) provides Veterans with opportunities to heal, connect, and rediscover purpose through creative expression. Whether through painting, sculpture, photography, writing, music, or other artistic mediums, the arts offer a powerful outlet for Veterans to process their experiences, build community, and continue serving by sharing their stories with the public.Your donation helps:Provide art supplies and materials for Veteran artists.Fund workshops, classes, and mentorship opportunities that foster creativity and personal growth.Create exhibition opportunities that allow Veterans to share their work and connect with their communities.Preserve and tell Veterans' stories through art, ensuring their experiences are never forgotten.Build camaraderie and community, helping Veterans stay connected with fellow Veterans and supporters.Expand public awareness of the sacrifices, challenges, and triumphs of those who have served.The Veterans Arts Council is more than an art program—it's a mission of healing, education, and community engagement. Through art, Veterans find a voice. Through your support, that voice reaches others.When you donate to the Veterans Arts Council, you are not simply funding artwork; you are investing in Veterans, their well-being, their stories, and their future.Help us ensure that every Veteran who wishes to create has the opportunity to do so. Your support makes a difference, one Veteran and one story at a time.

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Join us in marking the 127th Founder Day of John S. Stewart VFW Post No. 1, December 1, 1899 a group of Spanish-American War Veterans from the First Colorado Volunteers Led by Brigadier General Irving Hale met in the basement of the State Capitol Building in Denver. They created a new Veterans organization that they titled The Army of the Philippines, chartering the Denver Chapter John S. Stewart Camp No.1as the First Camp Named after a beloved fallen comrade. Later The Founders met on the Eighth floor of the Brown Palace while writing our By-Laws, laying the foundation of what would become the largest Veteran&rsquo;s organization in the country. A Night of Legacy, Camaraderie, and Celebration&nbsp; Founders Day isn&rsquo;t just about history&mdash;it&rsquo;s about us, today. It&rsquo;s about the veterans, families, friends, and supporters who continue to bring life to this historic post. Come and Honor the legacy of 127 years of service to veterans and community. Share stories, laughter, and camaraderie with fellow members and guestsEnjoy food, drinks, music, and special Founders Day presentations See historic displays, artifacts, and moments from Post 1&rsquo;s past and present&nbsp; This is your invitation to celebrate the legacy you are a part of. All Proceeds go to support VFW Post 1 and it&#39;s Programs&nbsp; Event Details📍 Location: VFW Post 1 &mdash; 841 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, CO📅 Date: Saturday, December 5, 2026 🕕 Time: Doors open at 6:00 PM🎟 &nbsp;Who&rsquo;s Invited: Members, veterans, families, friends, community supporters &mdash; all are welcomePrices $50 for Single Tickets, $80 for Couples - only 104 tickets will be available for purchase, so get them as soon as you can

John S. Stewart Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post No. 1

John S. Stewart Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post No. 1

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