VFW Sugar Creek Memorial Post 3976

09/01/2026

Don't miss a special night of Smart Ass Trivia this Friday beginning at 7! We'll have Special Guest Solo-artist Steven Noah taking charge of our musical interludes between each round of Trivia. You may recognize Steven from his years with the local music scene.
Come in early and grab some grub from Chef Cathy! Bring your friends and team up for a night of fun!

08/28/2026

Don Keyhotee says "Sorry Y'all, Jarhead Steve had one of his well documented brain farts and forgot that the KC Chiefs play tonight. So, there will be no Family Feud or Smart Ass Trivia this week. Come on up and watch the game on our big 75" TV. Go Chiefs!"

08/28/2026

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Nearly 25 years after the Civil War ended, Missouri still had aging veterans who couldn't support themselves. In 1889, former Confederate soldiers meeting in Higginsville began organizing a home for needy veterans and their families. The fundraising story is more complicated than you might expect.
Missouri State Parks notes that some former Union soldiers contributed money too.
The home eventually became a substantial community with cottages, a hospital, chapel, farm and dairy. At its height, it cared for more than 380 people in a year.
Across nearly six decades, about **1,600 veterans and family members** lived there.
The state assumed financial control in 1897.
The institution finally closed in 1950 after the death of Johnny Graves, identified by the site as the last surviving Missouri Confederate soldier.
The battlefield generation had grown old.
Higginsville preserves what happened after the uniforms were put away.

08/26/2026

Gotta get your keisters in gear, Folks! Only 2 weeks left for Family Feud. In September, we'll go back to the normal Smart Ass Trivia schedule. Get your team together and be at the V before 8 Friday night!

08/26/2026

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08/26/2026

Warriors Heart has paired more than 475 veterans and first responders with K9 companions, most rescued from local animal shelters. Read more in the comments.

08/26/2026

At VFW Auxiliary National Headquarters, we've received a number of questions about our Scholarships and Programs, one of which keeps coming up: "Why can't I find information about Illustrating America under Scholarships in MALTA or on the VFW Auxiliary website?"

The answer is... it's not a scholarship! Illustrating America is a contest for students in grades K-8. The top three National winners in each grade category (K-2, 3-5, 6-8) are each awarded a gift card, not a scholarship, and this contest was created in 2019-2020 by the then-National Youth Activities Ambassador, therefore, information about it can be found under Youth Activities.

We admit, this can be confusing - especially because both of our art scholarships have "contest" in the name, and because the VFW's Patriot's Pen is an "annual youth essay contest," according to their description, but we report all three of those under Scholarships, along with Continuing Education and the VFW Voice of Democracy.

But it may help to remember that Illustrating America is the only one of these contests that allows kindergarten through fifth graders to enter, and, unlike their teen and tween siblings, these kiddos aren't looking all the way ahead to college yet.

Find more about Illustrating America and our other Youth Activities initiatives and activities here: https://vfwauxiliary.org/what-we-do/youth-activities/

Find all you need to know about Scholarships here: https://vfwauxiliary.org/what-we-do/scholarships-2/

We hope this helps!

08/26/2026

08/26/2026

"Ten active members standing in a line,
One disliked another, and then there were nine.
Nine ambitious members offered to work late,
One felt unheard, and then there were eight…"

This poem, slightly modified from one called What’s the Value of One Member (author unknown) is based on an old, outdated nursery rhyme perhaps best remembered as the inspiration of the Agatha Christie play “And Then There Were None.” It counts down from ten Auxiliary members as one-by-one, each becomes burnt out, discouraged or mired in disagreements with the others, until there are only two left – but “One joined a bridge club and then there was one.”

Most of the time, interpersonal issues that cause members to volunteer less, transfer Auxiliaries or quit the organization altogether are entirely fixable, if addressed early and appropriately without unnecessary escalation. This is just one situation in which it's best to follow your Chain of Command!

Learn more about Chain of Command, what this means, how it works and why it's important, in the January, 2026 edition of VFW Auxiliary Magazine, available in our archives on our website, here: https://tinyurl.com/VFWAuxChainofCommand

08/26/2026