Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 9662 Ia Boline Manfredi
VFW Post #9662 — Des Moines, IA. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 9662, meeting — Des Moines, IA.
- VFW Post #9662
- Des Moines, IA
In 1923 a handful of veterans chartered Post 9662 — Des Moines, IA. 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 — Des Moines, IA.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Des Moines, IA. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 9662 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Des Moines, IA.
Community
Holiday drive
Before the winter holidays, Post 9662 fills the hall with gifts and groceries for local families — Des Moines, IA.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Des Moines, IA.
103
Years on the calendar — Des Moines
Charter story set in 1923
120 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
27
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 9662 Ia Boline Manfredi, 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 — Des Moines, IA. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the comrades bring the food. |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 9662. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 9662 Ia Boline Manfredi. 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 winter gift drive on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Des Moines, IA.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the winter gift drive — Des Moines
By spring the hall had the winter gift drive underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 9662 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 — Des Moines.
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 — Des Moines, IA.
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 9662 — Des Moines, IA. 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 — Des Moines, IA.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Des Moines, IA. VFW Post 9662 Ia Boline Manfredi. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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