The VFW Auxiliary works to honor and a make a difference in the lives of veterans, service members and their families. We do this are through the VFW "Buddy”® Poppy Program. 

The "Buddy”® Poppy Program:

• Promotes and Supports the VFW "Buddy”® Poppy Program. The VFW conducted its first poppy distribution before Memorial Day in 1922, becoming the first veterans’ organization to organize a nationwide distribution. The next year, the VFW decided that VFW "Buddy”® Poppies would be assembled by disabled and needy veterans who would be paid for their work. VFW "Buddy”® Poppies are still assembled by disabled and needy veterans in VA Hospitals, providing compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies. The poppy program also provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans’ rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW National Home for Children 

"Buddy" Poppy