Start Times and Uniforms

• All meetings will start at 2:00 PM with lunch offered at 1:00 PM except for the November meeting
• Uniform is black and white / business casual except for the November and April meetings which will be blue and grey / business dress
• Training sessions are business casual

See the VFW Colorado District 5 Facebook page for up to date information (<--- Click/Tap Facebook link)

Key dates

August 12 and 13, 2017

Colorado Dept. Council of Administration meeting at VFW Post 4265 (<--- Click/Tap Facebook link) 419 E Victory Way Craig, CO (<--- Click/Tap map link)

Saturday, August 19, 2017 from 11am until complete

Post / Auxiliary Officer Training at VFW Post 4051 (Parliamentary Procedure with David Stone) | Lunch to Follow, class attendees eat for free

Quartermaster Processes and Service Officer Training will be offered upon coordination with Comrade Commander Green NLT August 20, 2016

Dress is business casual

Sunday, September 10, 2017 from 1pm until 3pm

District 5 meeting at VFW Post 5221, Calhan CO

Lunch at 1pm.  Meeting at 2pm | All VFW and Auxiliary members are encouraged to attend

Black and white / business casual

Other Important Dates

October 31, 2017 - Voice of Democracy and Patriot Pen Student Entries are due to Posts

October 31 2017 - Teacher of the Year entries are due to the Post

November 15, 2017 - Voice of Democracy and Patriot Pen Student Entries are due to the District Chair

November 15, 2017 -  Teacher of the Year entries are due to the District Chair

December 15, 2017 - Voice of Democracy and Patriot Pen Student Entries are due to the State Chair

December 15, 2017 - Teacher of the Year entries are due to the State Chair

January (TBA), 2018 -  District 5 VOD Awards Dinner at Post (TBA)

January 21, 2018 - VFW Colorado State VOD Awards Dinner at Post (TBA)

January 1, 2018 - EMT, Police, and Firefighter of the Year entries are due to National HQ

February 1, 2018 - EMT, Police, and Firefighter of the Year entries are due to State HQ

March 1, 2018 -  Scout of the Year entries are due to the Post

March (TBA) - Teacher of the Year Banquet at Post (TBA)

April 1, 2018 -  Scout of the Year entries are due to the State Chair

April (TBA), 2018 - Salute to Service Award Banquet at Post (TBA)

May 5, 2018 - Loyalty Day Parade Sponsored by VFW Post 5221 in Calhan

To Be Announced, 2018 - Creative Patriotc Art entries due to the Post

To Be Announced, 2017  Salute to Service awards dinner, VFW Post TBA

Questions?  Contact the Commander 2017-2018, Kevin Reinhold  by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.