Interested Applicants for VFW National Home Board of Trustees

Hello –

Enclosed below (and additionally attached as a message) to this email are the requirements for the Board of Trustees open position for District #1, including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, of which you represent. Please make readily available to all VFW and VFW Auxiliary members that may benefit from this information. Additional questions or clarifications may be directed to the VFW National Home Chief of Staff, Lynn Bloomer at either 517-663-7023 or lbloomer@vfwnationalhome.org

Please note that the April 29, 2025, at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time deadline will be held in strict compliance and all documentation needs to be submitted at the same time for consideration.

Thank you in advance for your continued help in supporting the National Home!

VFW National Home  

Board of Trustee Election 2025

Candidate Qualifications and Guidelines

District 1 (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island)

VFW National Home District Trustees hold a vital and prestigious position with a mandate to oversee, guide, promote and support the VFW National Home.  The newly elected District 1 Trustee will serve with 11 other elected National Home District Trustees and 7 ex-officio Trustees that include the VFW Commander-in-Chief, the Adjutant General, the Quartermaster General, the National President, the National Secretary/Treasurer and the MOC/MOCA Supreme Commander and President. 

VFW and VFW Auxiliary members seeking candidacy must meet the following requirements:

• Be a Life Member of the VFW National Home for at least one year prior to nominationand
• Be a member in good standing of the Veterans of Foreign Wars or its Auxiliaryand
• Be a resident of the National Home District which he/she represents OR reside within a 50-mile commuting distance of the National Home District and
• Obtain written letter ofrecommendation from their respective Department VFW or VFW Auxiliary. The letter of recommendation may be signed by the current Commander or President, Sr. Vice Commander or Sr. Vice President or Jr. Vice Commander or Jr. Vice President. The Department may submit multiple qualified candidates, and each applicant must have one letter of recommendationand
• Submit a biography of qualificationslimited to 300 words. This biography will be what is used to introduce you to the Districts and will be the document that they see at voting time. Make your 300 words count on why you should be a Trustee candidate. List your experience within your organization and any previous Board experience, as well as job skills that would benefit the National Homeand
• Undergo a criminal background check.

All interested candidate packages to run forDistrict 1 Trustee of the VFW National Home  Board of Trustees shall be submitted on or beforeApril 29, 2025 to the attention of the Executive Director of the VFW National Home via the link contained herehttps://vfwnationalhome.org/ about-us/leadership-board/or by navigating to our VFW National Home page/about us/Leadership and Board and scroll down to "apply to become a Trustee”.

The written nominationmust include the following requirements:

• Aforementioned Written Endorsement.
• Candidate Biography including candidate’s qualifications -no more than 300 words in length. 
• All nomination materialsmust include the candidate’s:
• Post or Auxiliary affiliation.
• address
• phone number(s)
• email address.

The candidate elected as the Home’s District 1 Trustee will serve a six-year term and will travel to the National Home to attend the October 2025 board meetings beginning with a New Trustee Orientation on Wednesday, October 22^nd, Professional Development on Thursday October 23^rd, Board Meeting on Friday, October 24^thand the Annual Meeting of the Life Members, Saturday, October 25^th .  Tuesday, October 21^st and Saturday/Sunday, October 25/26^th are travel days.  The VFW National Home Board of Trustees meets up to 3 times annually.

Thank You!

Lynn

Lynn Bloomer

Chief of Staff

VFW National Home

517-663-7023

lbloomer@vfwnationalhome.org