The American Red Cross is experiencing a blood emergency! We need your help to overcome the severe blood shortage. The Joseph J. Clinton Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 399 located at 465 Riverside Ave in Westport is hosting their 15th Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, November 17th between 9am-5:30pm in the Banquet Room. For an appointment, please visit redcrossblood.org – Use sponsor code: VFWWestport or call 1-800-733-2767.
For your information, when donors give blood by November 23rd, they will receive a $10.00 Gift Card via email, thanks to Amazon!
The Joseph J. Clinton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 399 will host the Town of Westport Veterans Day ceremony on November 11th starting with the Westport Community Band playing patriotic music at 10:30am to honor all those who have served in the United States military — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. The program will include Posting the Colors by VFW Post 399, remarks by Senator Tony Hwang and First Selectman Jim Marpe, Veterans Day Address by Staples High School Senior Pierre Briand and a Ceremonial Firing salute by the Westport Police Department. A special tribute will be dedicated to honor our WW2 and Korean War veterans for their service, sacrifice and commitment. We thank every veteran for your service!
As an Eagle Project, Westport Troop 100 Scouts organized volunteers to paint the VFW Post 399 parking lot lines throughout the weekend! In preparation for the upcoming 2021 Veterans Day ceremony on November 11th over 20 volunteers took part in the project. Volunteers are were back at it on Saturday and completed the project on Sunday. A special thanks to all the Scouts for their hard work and determination to help the veteran community. Thanks again to everyone involved with this important project!
