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VFW Post 1924 hopes to raise funds with Special Burger Night

The Charles E. Swisher Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1924 is hosting a Special Burger Night Monday, Jan. 25, in hopes of raising much needed funds for the post, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The takeout only event will take place from 4-8 p.m. at the VFW post located at 1175 Old Stage Road in Fallbrook. Members of the community can drive up, place an order and take their orders to go.

The veterans organization has been instrumental in providing food to those in the community in need over the holidays for several years now and just this past season, delivered or provided more than 1,300 free Thanksgiving and Christmas Day meals.

In normal times, the VFW post pays for those meals by hosting in-person dinners throughout the week that are well attended, primarily Mondays and Fridays. But this year, due to COVID-19 they have been limited in what they could offer.

"We just don't have the everyday following to do meals on Mondays and Fridays because we just don't have that type of following for takeout," Post Commander Chris Ingraham said in a phone call. "By doing the special event, we are letting people know, 'Hey, this is what we're doing, and this is why we're doing it.' Maybe that'll bring them out one time and then depending on how successful this is, we might do another one."

"We need to raise money because we still did Christmas and Thanksgiving meals. There's no money coming in, but there's a lot going out.

"The VFW post has not waivered during the pandemic and has continued to provide the programs and services as it always has," Ingraham said. "But due to the restrictions in place on small businesses and nonprofits, the VFW has not had the opportunity to raise the amount of funding required to maintain their programs and services."

If you would like to help the VFW, contact the post at [email protected] or visit http://www.fallbrookvfw.org.

Jeff Pack can be reached by email at [email protected].

 

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