Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 2222 Glen Carbon
VFW Post #2222 — Glen Carbon, IL. A post since 1959 — Glen Carbon, IL.
- VFW Post #2222
- Glen Carbon, IL
VFW Post 2222 Glen Carbon. Its post has met since 1959 — Glen Carbon, IL. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, and the comrades who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
Over the years the post has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The comrades keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
The meeting line says the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the post writes its own — Glen Carbon, IL.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Glen Carbon, IL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Glen Carbon, IL.
Veterans
Veteran support
VFW Post 2222 Glen Carbon. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Glen Carbon, IL.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Glen Carbon, IL.
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Years on the calendar — Glen Carbon
Charter story set in 1959
40 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
17
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 2222 Glen Carbon, written here as the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The comrades read the names they have been given — Glen Carbon, IL. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Hall work day | The comrades spend a Saturday on the small repairs the post has been putting off. |
| Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The post installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 2222 Glen Carbon. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the post already knows. The comrades voted to keep the winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Glen Carbon, IL.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Glen Carbon
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 2222 set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — Glen Carbon.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the post looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Glen Carbon, IL.
Officers
Officers
Commander
Senior Vice Commander
Quartermaster
Chaplain
Adjutant
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Post 2222 — Glen Carbon, IL. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Glen Carbon, IL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Glen Carbon, IL. VFW Post 2222 Glen Carbon. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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