AMVETS of KENTUCKY

Department Headquarters Louisville, Kentucky
Ladies Auxiliary Department Headquarters
Sons of AMVETS Department Headquarters
 
Jimmy Grizzle
Department Commander
2008-2009
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(NSO) National Service Officer
Eugene (Gene) M. Brainer
gene.brainer@va.gov  
VA Regional Office
321 W. Main St
Room 318
Louisville, Ky 40202
(502) 566-4426
AMVETS Services are freely provided to all veterans and their families, but they are not free.....membership pays the bills.  Please join AMVETS today!
A well-trained veteran's service officer (VSO) is crucial for many veterans applying for benefits from the VA.

A recent study by the institute for Defense Analysis shows that wounded veterans who approach the VA without professional assistance receive on the average about one-third of the compensation that those who are represented by a lawyer or service organization like AMVETS.

When you go to park your vehicle, make sure you tell them you are there to visit the VA!

 
 
 
 
 The 66th Annual National Convention will be held in Louisville at The Galt House in 2010.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 
 
Cemetery Space for Veterans

As a Veteran you have the right to be buried in a Veterans Cemetery.  They will provide:

Total interment services include:

  • Furnishing grave or columbarium space
  • Opening and closing the grave
  • Providing the interment site with perpetual care
  • Supplying a suitable marker or headstone

NOTE on markers and headstones:  Although the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers flat marble or bronze markers in addition to upright bronze and marble headstones, KDVA permits only upright marble headstones and marble columbarium niche markers at our state cemeteries

It is preferable to plan ahead.  If you don't have a family spot already for your Veteran or for your own space you should go ahead and fill out an Application. Since the new Cemetery at Ft. Knox is now up an running I would suggest you fill out an application and you will receive an Acceptance Card which should be held on to until needed.  Then when your family contacts their Funeral Home of choice you can give this card to them and they can contact the Cemetery and plan on their roll.  Space is available on first-come first-served basis but Fort Knox is new and has plenty of space.  Making use of this benefit can save a family a lot of money and insure their loved ones grave is well maintained.

To obtain an application go to the following page.  (Click Here)

You can do this well in advance and eliminate any worry about Cemetery space for your loved one.

For more information please see the following site: (Click Here)  
Check out the Convention News.  It has been updated for the 2010 Convention. UPDATED Sep, 2010
 

 

 

HONOR FLIGHTS FOR WW II VETERANS
 
 

 

For more information on the program, go to Honor Flight Tri-State

 

 

This is an excellent opportunity for your Post to Support WW II Veterans.  It costs $250.00 to send a Veteran on this flight.  WW II vets do not have to pay anything.  Honor Flight is a 501(c) charitable organization and raises money to pay the vets portion so I would encourage your Post to donate money to Honor Flight if you can afford to.  You may also wish to supply a Guardian for a flight and the Guardian must pay $250.00 for their trip or the Post may wish to donate the money to the organization as a charitable contribution.  In fact if your Post would like to support the Vets and a guardian the Post can write 1 check to cover it all.

 

CLICK HERE for more information and details of past Flights.

New Family Assistance Fund available to Kentucky Servicemembers Grants available up to $5,000 per year for hardships and emergencies caused by deployments.  Click Here to read more.

Check out our new Photo Album.  The Albums are bring hosted by www.phanfare.com as a Courtesy to our Organization.  You can download hi-res copies, order prints, view/download a slideshow.

Go To http://amvetsofky.phanfare.com    June 2007

AMVETS Dues Increase Starting with 2008 Members.  The National and State portion has increased slightly.  The NATIONAL suggested minimum will be $25 for an ANNUAL Member.  This is a suggestion only, the Post owes National and the KY State Department $18 for each member.  The actual National Portion of a persons dues is $13 (was $11) and Our State Department receives $5 (was $3.50).  Each Post can determine how much if any they get to keep when a person pays their dues.  So each Post can vary across the State as to what they charge for an Annual Member.  To cover what they must pay out they must collect at least $18 from each Post Member.    CLICK HERE for a new Application Form.

Life Membership is currently $150.  $75 goes to National and $37.50 goes to our State Department and the Post would keep $37.50.

10-14-2007

 

NEWS:

Medal of Honor Recipient and AMVET Post 95 Member, Ernie West addresses Fall 2009 S.E.C.
Click Here to read more about Ernie and his award.

Post 124 in Maysville, Ky is referenced on the National AMVETS website (www.amvets.org) for their plan to construct a Veterans Park in Maysville.  They have also created their own website (www.amvetspost124.org).  Take a look at their information page on here at Post 124.

Click here for District Information.  Updated Nov 7, 2007  

There is a group who is showing up at Funeral Services of our fallen American heroes and protesting.  There is also a nationwide group who will attend as invited guests at the families request with 2 objectives:
    1. Show our sincere respect for our fallen heroes, their families, and their communities.
    2. Shield the mourning family and friends from interruptions created by any protestor or group of protestors.
We accomplish the latter through strictly legal and non-violent means.
Click on the logo for more information: 
CLICK HERE to go to the Kentucky Patriot Guard website.

POST INFORMATION
Make sure you check out our SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.

 For regularly scheduled repeating events such as Monthly Meeting Dates, view that information on the Post Home Directory page besides each Post or click on the Post Number below:

1

 2 9 27   61 64 67 74 75 78 87 95
99 103   108 110 116 117 119 120 121 122 123 124

PREAMBLE
AMVETS CONSTITUTION

We, the American Veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and those who served or are serving in the Armed Forces of the United States thereafter, fully realizing our responsibility to our community, to our state, and to our nation, associate ourselves for the following purposes:  To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and justice for all; to promote the cause of peace and goodwill among nations; to maintain inviolate the freedom of our country; to preserve the fundamentals of democracy; to perpetuate the friendship and associations of these veterans; and to dedicate ourselves to the cause of mutual assistance, this by the grace of God.

MEMBERSHIP

To be eligible for membership in AMVETS, you must have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, including the National Guard and Reserves, anytime after Sept. 15, 1940. Additionally, unless still serving, your discharge must have been under honorable conditions. If you served as an American citizen in the armed forces of an allied nation, under honorable conditions, between Sept. 15, 1940 and May 8, 1975, you are also eligible, as are wartime members of the Merchant Marine. Proof of eligibility can take the form of a DD-214, an honorable discharge certificate or other appropriate document. As a rule of thumb, annual dues are $25, but this amount may vary from state to state or post to post. Life member dues are a minimum of $150. These dues fund, in part, the programs, services and representation AMVETS provides.

Click here for an AMVETS application.  Bring the application with $25 dues and a copy of your DD-214 or Military ID Card to the nearest Post.  For a listing of Posts in Kentucky, click here.  You may also give us a call at State Headquarters (1-877-797-3996) for more information.

We also have a Ladies Auxiliary for the following people related to a Veteran:
        Mothers - Wife - Widow -    Sister -    Daughter - Step-Daughter - Granddaughter -Grandmother
Click here for a Auxiliary application.   

Sons of Amvets for the following people related to a Veteran:
        Fathers - Son - Grandson - Step-Son - Adopted Son - Husband - Brother
Click here for a Sons Application.

Juniors for children related to a Veteran:
        Children ages 5-17 including Grand-Children

FYI.... Post 67 has a  Veteran's Cemetery.  More than 3000 plots are available for honorably discharged veterans and their immediate family members.  When completed the cemetery will include a covered pavilion, flagpole, and fence.  Contact Post 67 for more information.

 
 
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1330 Ellison Ave
Louisville, Ky 40204-1657
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Webmaster Joe Doebler,
Executive Director