Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 3208 Lt Kenneth Bell
VFW Post #3208 — Sierra Madre, CA. Service and a meeting hall — Sierra Madre.
- VFW Post #3208
- Sierra Madre, CA
In 1963 a handful of veterans chartered Post 3208 — Sierra Madre, CA. From that first meeting the post grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the comrades hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
The regular meeting is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Anyone planning to visit should confirm the night before they come, because a funeral detail or a weather delay can move it. Between meetings the comrades stay in touch the old way: at the hall, and through the officers listed on this sample site — Sierra Madre, CA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Sierra Madre, CA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Sierra Madre, CA.
Veterans
Memorial observance
The post leads a short observance each Memorial Day and again near Veterans Day — Sierra Madre, CA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 3208 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Sierra Madre, CA.
63
Years on the calendar — Sierra Madre
Charter story set in 1963
60 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
39
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 3208 Lt Kenneth Bell, written here as the third Wednesday at 6:30 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 — Sierra Madre, CA. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Scholarship evening | A short note on service, read by students, and then this year’s check from the post — Sierra Madre. |
| Fri, Jun 5, 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 3208 Lt Kenneth Bell. 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 spring scholarship on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Sierra Madre, CA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Sierra Madre
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 3208 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 — Sierra Madre.
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 third Wednesday at 6:30 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Sierra Madre, CA.
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 3208 — Sierra Madre, CA. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Sierra Madre, CA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Sierra Madre, CA. VFW Post 3208 Lt Kenneth Bell. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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