VFW Auxiliary 12185

07/30/2024

2024 VFW/Auxiliary National Conventions!

07/30/2024

We have metal patriotic signs for sale while supplies last.

$10 each with 100% of the proceeds going to our local VFW Post 12185

06/12/2024

🇺🇸We support these amazing women! 🇺🇸

02/16/2024

TOMORROW is going to be a cold day!!!! Join our auxiliary at Siluria Brewing Company for a good bowl of hot chili!

We will be selling bowls of chili from 12pm to 3pm with proceeds going to benefit veterans and their families!

01/30/2024

Should be a great night! Come get some wings to help support our VFW!

It’s the Chiefs vs the 49ers in the 58th “Big Game” on Sunday February 11th!

Siluria Brewing Company will be OPEN at 4pm and ready to serve you the best brew in town while we watch the biggest game of the year!

VFW Post 12185 will have smoked wings available for $10/plate!

Kick off is at 5:30pm so get here, get your beer, and get ready to cheer!

See you there!!!

11/28/2023

VFW Auxiliary 12185 will be hosting a Buddy Poppy drive this Saturday, December 2 at 8:30am at Siluria Brewing Company, rain or shine!

If you don’t know the significance of the Buddy Poppy, click on this link and read about it…

https://www.vfw.org/BuddyPoppy/?_ga=2.192657002.1371857676.1701191966-147953856.1701191966

11/28/2023

A great organization helping our veterans!

11/09/2023

This morning, on Birmingham’s Fox 6 News, VFW Auxiliary Post 12185 member, Mike Dubberly, interviewed the Alabama VFW State Commander, Danny Sample. We are proud to be a part of veterans’ lives and proud of all those in the VFW Posts and VFW-Auxiliaries that are making a difference!

09/18/2023

Saturday September 16, 2023…members of VFW Auxiliary Post #12185 took part in a very special ceremony to honor POW/MIA soldiers. The ceremony was held at Veterans Park in Alabaster. Also in attendance and participating in the ceremony, was Lance Corporal Rivers VFW Post #12185, led by Post Commander Zell Railey, Gold Star Family member Eric Fort, whose father was shot down in Vietnam and whose remains were never recovered, Girls Scout Sophia Kite, Scout DM Dallas O’Brien, Alabaster Fire Station #3, Paul Johnson who performed the National Anthem, the Boy Scouts, Katie Kite Ivey, and Ron Flynn

09/11/2023

September 11, 2001…

8:46am - AA Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower
9:03am - UA Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower
9:37am - AA Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon
9:59am - The South Tower collapsed
10:03am - Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania
10:15am - Pentagon’s E Ring collapsed.
10:28am - The North Tower collapsed

We will never forget.

It was something we promised to those who perished in the attacks of 9/11.

Never forget who they were; who they could have been. Never forget those 3,000+ lives lost that day. Some were citizens at work in the towers. Some were airline passengers traveling to and from. Some were first responders, running in when everyone else was running out.

We don’t want to think about the horrors of that day. It’s hard to put down the comforts and worries of our present lives to reflect on 9/11/2001 and the days that followed. But in order to hold our promise of never forgetting, we have to remember the tragedy of it to fully understand the surge of patriotism, of togetherness, of unity that followed that horrific day. Our country was united in tragedy.
There was no “left” or “right.”
There was not division among generations.
There was no hatred of the police.
There was only solidarity as we came together to mourn those gone, and righteous anger at the infiltration of our country.

We will never forget.

Men and women joined the military in droves in the days, weeks, and months following the attacks. Their reasons were varied and worthy. They wanted…no…needed to do something to stand up for their country…our country. These brave people donned uniforms to stand proudly for the United States of America. They vowed to protect our land, our people, our constitution, and to do so on foreign soil if that’s what it took.

We will never forget.

Whether you were in New York City that day, or in an office in Texas, or at home with your children in Alabama, if you were alive that day, and old enough to remember…then please….after all these years…do not forget them. Those that perished, those that signed up for our military, those who lost loved ones, the heroes…the survivors…the victims.

22 years seems like a long time…and it’s easy to let the impact of that day slip away…but we must remember…for them. We have to hold up our promise to never forget.

Jill R. Johnson
Secretary
VFW Auxiliary Post #12185

09/09/2023

VFW Auxiliary Post #12185 President, Tammy Sample, and VFW Department of Alabama Commander, Danny Sample, spoke to a group of homeschool students from the local SEEC Beta Club (Shelby Engagement and Enrichment Community). They spoke to the students about the Voice of Democracy Audio-Essay Contest, the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest, and about September 11, Patriot’s Day. They also encouraged the students in their volunteerism (Beta Club is a service-oriented organization) and let them know about several ways they could volunteer for or serve veterans.