Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 8343 Schiller-Kulchar-Fohr
VFW Post #8343 — Big Bend, WI. A post since 1928 — Big Bend, WI.
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- VFW Post #8343
- Big Bend, WI
In 1928 a handful of veterans chartered Post 8343 — Big Bend, WI. 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.
Meetings are the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, at the hall — Big Bend. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the post might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Big Bend, WI. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Big Bend, WI.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 8343 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Big Bend, WI.
Veterans
Veteran support
VFW Post 8343 Schiller-Kulchar-Fohr. Each year the post sets aside time for local veterans: a ride, a meal, or a quiet check-in after a hard week — Big Bend, WI.
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Years on the calendar — Big Bend
Charter story set in 1928
210 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
34
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 8343 Schiller-Kulchar-Fohr, 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 — Big Bend, WI. |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — Big Bend, WI. |
| Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 8343. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 8343 Schiller-Kulchar-Fohr. 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 — Big Bend, WI.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Big Bend
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 8343 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 — Big Bend.
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 — Big Bend, WI.
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 8343 — Big Bend, WI. 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 — Big Bend, WI.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Big Bend, WI. VFW Post 8343 Schiller-Kulchar-Fohr. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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