Working alongside educators and youth has always been — and will always be — a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) priority.
The VFW youth and education program information are in the links. Help the VFW give back to the community by participating in the essay program, teacher of the year, and scout of the year programs.
6785 volunteers were treated to a night of baseball, food, and drinks in the USO suite at Cheney Stadium. And a visit by Rhubarb the mascot of the Tacoma Rainiers was a fun addition to the night of baseball fun.
Also, invited were the U.S. Navy recruiting office in Kent, WA. It’s always good to see active duty members at our events.
Also, our thanks go to Kenneth A Przepiora, Command Master Chief Petty Officer, USN (RET) for coordinating this event.
As part of the VFW “Vision: Ensure that veterans are respected for their service, always receive their earned entitlements, and are recognized for the sacrifices they and their loved ones have made on behalf of this great country.”
VFW Post 6785 out of Kent, WA shares half day duty with the Kent DAV on the first and second Thursday of each month, with the DAV taking the mornings and the 6785 in the afternoons providing services.
Thank you 6785 honor guard volunteers!
We had our Storage Container delivered last night!
Looking forward to a painting party later this summer.
MCJROTC Cadet Captain Kyle J. Swiderski, 3 June 2022
Cadet Captain Kyle J. Swiderski has been an active participant in the MCJROTC program for the last four years and has slowly but surely risen through the ranks, assuming greater responsibility with each promotion.
As such, Cadet Kyle’s experience in JROTC has culminated with serving over the last year as the Cadet Company Commander, the highest possible position within the Kent School District’s program. In this capacity, Kyle led his company to competing in the Regional Drill meet; on numerous community service projects; during color guards and honor guards; and is currently preparing his company for the summer ahead.
Outside of JROTC, Kyle is an active participant in the Boy Scouts of America and will have been awarded his Eagle Scout this past month on the 23rd of May, 2022.
Additionally, Kyle has been leaning forward in his education by attending Running Start at Green River College for all of his classes, except JROTC.
If Cadet Kyle’s past is any indication of his future, he will certainly become an influential member of whatever community he resides and beyond.
Friday night 27 May 2022, VFW Post 6785 out of Kent, WA had the opportunity to participate in the Heroes in the Ball Park game at Cheney Stadium Tacoma, WA.
The 6785 color guard had the honor to present the colors at the Tacoma Rainier’s game.
The color guard crew at this event from left to right are: Scott Eliason, Richard Sample, Rick West, Kenneth A Przepiora, and color guard chair Alan B’Hymer.
Heroes in the Ball Park is a night of fun and baseball with VFW and Auxiliary Families, along with Active Duty Military Members and their families.
$5 of every ticket sold goes to National Veterans Military Support (VMS) MAP Program.
VFW Post 6785 out of Kent, WA had the honor of providing a rifle salute at the City of Oak Harbor, WA’s 4th Annual Service of Remembrance on Memorial Day 30 May 2022.
This was our second year by invitation to provide a rifle team from the 6785 honor guard, and it was worth the two and half hour drive to pay tribute to the fallen at Oak Harbor’s Maple Leaf Cemetery.
The highlight of the remembrance ceremony was the flight of honor by the United States Navy VAQ-132 Scorpions.
Thank you VFW Post 6785 honor guard for honoring and remembering the fallen. Honor Guard members at Oak Harbor from left to right.
Members of VFW Post 6785 volunteered to help the Honor Flight departure from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
We gathered at Seatac at 0400 hrs to greet WWII, Korean War Conflict, and Vietnam veterans at the Alaska Airlines Departure curb.
The U.S. Coast Guard was on hand to help veterans carry their luggage and wheeled them to the check-in area, and a host of Honor Flight and USO staff to help guide the volunteers.
The VFW Post 6785 Memorial Day weekend poppy drive at the Covington Walmart. Before Memorial Day in 1922, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) conducted its first poppy distribution, becoming the first veterans’ organization to organize a nationwide distribution.
The poppy soon was adopted as the official memorial flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, as it remains today.
The VFW Buddy Poppy program provides compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies, provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans’ rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW National Home For Children.
VFW Post 6785 
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