VFW Post 5422

10/22/2026

10/22/2026

We had a money card hit!!!!! M Biernay picked #17 which was a joker!!!!! They walk away with 5% of the pot!!!!! As I was not up there tonight, I did not get reported back to me the amount won or the new Queen total, but it will be posted once obtained.

Next Queen of Heart will be on Wednesday October 28th and Queen Night Theme will be Halloween!!!! Come in costume!!!!!

Thanks to all of our Queen Nighters. Your support is greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!

10/22/2026

The Kim and Randy package go home with the precious metals this evening!!!!!

10/21/2026

This week's Facebook contest winner is Heidee Aanerud. Heidee will have 6 tickets thrown in the barrel for tonight's drawing with their chosen #37 on them. Thanks to all who participated in the Facebook contest.

Please be sure you are not falling for the scam accounts that appear weekly. You will never be tagged or have your post commented on if you win. The only way you will know you won is by seeing this post that goes up on Wednesday afternoon.

If you haven't gotten tickets for tonight's drawing, you still have plenty of time as tickets sales go up to 6:25 and the drawing at 6:30. Of course after the drawing we will have the usual consolation prizes/50-50/fun food raffle/bingo/raffles for a reason/military duck race/and the queen night ending koozie cash 21 game at 8:15. Come be entertained and drink some refreshing beverages!!!!!

10/21/2026

10/20/2026

Check out this week's Queen Night consolation, bingo, raffles for a reason, and card raffle prizes!!!! This week we are raising funds to purchase keepsake gifts for the Veterans in attendance at the upcoming twice yearly Veteran Rib Dinner. Please feel free to bring in a raffles for a reason or auction item for tomorrow night if you would like to help the cause!!!!

10/20/2026

The Good News: Coal City, Morris, Peotone, and Wilmington High School Football Teams all secured first round byes in the IHSA Playoffs

The Bad News: Fans of those teams have no football games to watch Friday Night

The Good News: We have just the thing to cure your Friday night void-------VFW FISH FRY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 4:00 TO 8:00!!!!!!!!!

10/20/2026

FACEBOOK CONTEST FOR 10-21 QUEEN DRAWING!!!!!

As we are seeing new faces in the Post each week, please be sure you are filling your Queen of Heart tickets out correctly. Every ticket is REQUIRED to have a LEGAL FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME AS PER GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID(NO NICKNAMES/INITIALS/VARIATIONS) along with PHONE NUMBER. Please note only ONE PERSONS NAME can be on the ticket. No labels or crinkling/folding of tickets. If you are not present on Wednesday night, then we will also need the card # you would like flipped.

On to the contest, I have 6 Queen of Heart tickets to give away to a facebook contest winner this week. Pot is $37,843!!!!

*******READ******* This will happen so don't fall prey to these scammers. Please be aware of scam/spoof VFW accounts advising you that you won and need to go to a website to fill out information. I post the winner on a new Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon on the VFW page with the winners name. This will be the only way you know that you are the contest winner. You will never be tagged by the VFW or required to fill anything out. If you see a spam account tagging people and advising them they won please report to Facebook ASAP.**********

To be eligible for the contest you must be at least 18 years of age and IN THE COMMENTS BELOW ANSWER---WHICH BAND WOULD YOU MOST WANT TO SEE LIVE THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN---ALSO PUT THE CARD # YOU WOULD LIKE ON YOUR TICKETS. IF YOUR FACEBOOK NAME IS NOT YOUR LEGAL NAME THEN PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE YOUR LEGAL FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME AS PER YOUR GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID (NO VARIATIONS ALLOWED). Randomly picked winner will receive 6 Queen of Heart tickets placed in the barrel for Wednesday's drawing with your name and chosen card number on them.

Facebook contest will run until noon on Wednesday and contest winner will be posted by 4:00 PM. Queen drawing takes place Wednesday night at 6:30. We will also have many consolation prize drawings until 8:15.

Queen tickets can be purchased any time the VFW is open.

10/19/2026

Who needs to add to their precious metal collection? This week's Queen Night Card Raffle will be for the 5 ounces of silver shown below. Cards go on sale Wednesday night at 6:00 with 54 cards available at $10 a card!!!

Proceeds from this week's 50-50, card raffle, and raffles for a reason will be going towards purchasing a keepsake gift for the Veterans in attendance at the upcoming Veterans Rib Dinner, which is put on twice yearly for the Veterans residing at the Manteno Veterans Home and local nursing/rehab facilities in Wilmington, Dwight, and Kankakee. If you would like to bring in a raffle or auction item to help the cause, please feel free to bring in anytime the bar is open.

10/18/2026

Queen Nighters Final Night of Spook Hike 2026!!!!!! Tonight we had a team of David, Dawn, Jill, Sean, TC, Tiffany, Tom, and everyone's favorite person "Kevin"!!!!!