FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
7 November 2024
VFW Department Nevada Foundation
Veterans Day 5050 Raffle
Looking for a great way to support Nevada veterans and military families this Veterans Day weekend?
Play the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Department Nevada Foundation charitable lottery at NV5050.com! The jackpot is growing and over $5000 which will be shared with one lucky winner drawn this Veterans Day!
Proceeds support the VFW Department Nevada Veteran Service Office in providing free assistance to veterans, helping them access the benefits and entitlements they’ve earned. Nearly half of Nevada’s veterans are not currently receiving their entitled benefits. The work of veteran service offices brings millions of dollars into our state to support veterans and military families with health, housing, education and more.
Visit NV5050.com to purchase your entry today!
This raffle is licensed by the NGCB by the VFW Department Nevada Foundation
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Veterans volunteer more than non-vets maintaining a level of community service, after their service. Please share the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Nevada Foundation for a post on your page. These volunteers represent over 125 years of volunteerism. Their Veterans Day 50/50 Raffle raises money to support outreach to almost half the veterans in Nevada which are not receiving entitlements or benefits from the VA. Let us know if you will share.
Where are America’s Volunteers? In Camouflage.
Making the Future of Gaming Charitable Founder & CEO at GAMING BENEFITS CORPORATION CSR for Responsible and Accountable Gaming
November 10, 2024
If you are like most Americans, you didn’t volunteer this weekend. US volunteerism has been taking a nosedive for decades. America’s volunteers are few, aging, and leave behind a mantle of service that must be picked up by the next generation. This harbinger of economic vitality, civic value and community resilience demands attention where most Americans don’t volunteer. But if you are a veteran, you are not like most Americans.
Veterans and their families are more likely to volunteer, more likely to participate in civic activities, take on leadership roles, and contribute significantly more time to volunteerism than their civilian counterparts. Military families own a continued commitment to community engagement, and dedication to service. Yet it is our veterans who are least likely to ask for help and more likely to have long term health challenges, are less likely to be enrolled in public assistance and almost half do not take entitlements from the VA.
Veteran Volunteerism and VSOs
Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) are federally chartered by Congress to serve veterans and community. Most assist veterans and their dependents with government entitlements and programs, including VA health care enrollment they earned. The efforts of VSOs bring millions of dollars owed by the federal government into the states and homes of mil families.
VSOs suffer attrition, relying heavily upon a small population of aging volunteers. They have been the fabric of communities for a century through youth development, scholarship, emergency services support and so much more. The void of service to and from veterans leaves a gaping hole in communities across the nation and extends the negative impacts of war and conflict as VSOs lose members and veterans lose their support.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Nevada Foundation is leading a charge. The VFW is the oldest and largest combat veteran service organization in the world celebrating 125 years of community and veteran service. They seek to expand enrollment of veterans in Nevada for their benefits and entitlements to health, housing and education.
These considerations matter where in Nevada almost half of the state’s veterans are not enrolled into the VA health care system and the volunteer service organizations struggle to man the posts to help them. This could mean almost $1 Billion USD owed to Nevada vets.
The VFW NV Foundation is formed to help the public and companies demonstrate their corporate social responsibility by supporting veterans through sponsored fundraisers, like their NV505 charitable lottery. This innovative fundraiser is designed by and for veteran service volunteers and for the Nevada gaming industry to level their material support to our service members.
This Veterans Day, support your local area veteran service organizations. Help the small number of volunteering veterans who proactively support your community and your nation. Give to their charitable fundraisers of meaningful impact.
If you can’t give time. Give to the game. Visit www.NV5050.com.
Proceeds support the acquisition of benefits and entitlements to veterans and their dependents through free and accredited veteran service programs.
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American Volunteerism Through the Years
1970s and 1980s: Bolstered by the social movements of the 1960s, many Americans engage in community service and activism. The 1980s saw a decline in volunteer rates, attributed to economic challenges and shifts in societal priorities.
1990s: Resurgence in volunteerism, partly due to national initiatives like the establishment of AmeriCorps in 1993, which encouraged civic engagement and service.
2000s: Following the September 11, 2001, attacks, there was a significant increase in volunteer activities as Americans sought ways to contribute to national recovery efforts. However, by the mid-2000s, volunteer rates began to decline. In 2005, the national volunteer rate was 28.8%, but it decreased to 24.9% by 2015, reaching a 15-year low.
2010s: The early 2010s experienced a slight uptick in volunteerism, but the overall trend remained downward. By 2019, approximately 30% of Americans, or 77.9 million people, reported volunteering for an organization or association.
2020s: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted volunteerism. Between September 2020 and 2021, the formal volunteering rate dropped to 23.2%, with about 60.7 million people volunteering through organizations. This decline was the largest since data collection began in 2002.
Despite this, informal helping—such as assisting neighbors—remained stable, with nearly 51% of Americans engaging in such activities during the same period.
Demographic Insights:
- Gender: Women have consistently volunteered at higher rates than men. In 2022, 5.1% of women volunteered on an average day compared to 3.2% of men.
- Age: Volunteer rates tend to increase with age. In 2022, individuals aged 65 and older had the highest rates, with 7.8% of women and 6.4% of men volunteering on an average day.
- Geography: Volunteer rates vary by region. For instance, Utah had the highest formal volunteering rate at 40.7% in 2021, while Montana led in informal helping at 68.8%.
History of Philosophy Quarterly
Urban Institute, & AmeriCorps, & US Census Bureau, January 25, 2023.
ICMA. A Closer Look at Recruiting and Hiring U.S. Military Veterans. June 30, 2021
For Veterans Day would you please consider helping the local Nevada Veterans of Foreign Wars: Veterans volunteer more than non-vets maintaining a level of community service, after their service. Please share the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Nevada Foundation for a post on your page. These volunteers represent over 125 years of volunteerism. Their Veterans Day 50/50 Raffle raises money to support outreach to almost half the veterans in Nevada which are not receiving entitlements or benefits from the VA. Let us know if you will share.