Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 9853 Combat Veterans Memorial
VFW Post #9853 — Avon Park, FL. A post since 1950 — Avon Park, FL.
- VFW Post #9853
- Avon Park, FL
VFW Post 9853 Combat Veterans Memorial. Its post has met since 1950 — Avon Park, FL. The charter came in the years after the Second World War and Korea, and the comrades who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
Over the years the post has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The comrades keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
The meeting line says the third Wednesday at 6:30 PM, which is the rhythm the directory lists. Come for the business, stay for the people. The portraits and the posts here are sample material, standing in until the post writes its own — Avon Park, FL.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Avon Park, FL. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Veteran support
Scholarship evening
Holiday drive
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Years on the calendar — Avon Park
60 hours
Given to local projects
25
Neighbors helped
Calendar
Upcoming
| Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 9853 Combat Veterans Memorial, 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 — Avon Park, FL. |
| Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the comrades bring the food. |
| Mon, Jun 15, 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 9853 Combat Veterans Memorial. 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 — Avon Park, FL. - Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the spring scholarship — Avon Park
By spring the hall had the spring scholarship underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 9853 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 — Avon Park. - 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 — Avon Park, FL.
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 9853 — Avon Park, FL. 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 — Avon Park, FL.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Avon Park, FL. VFW Post 9853 Combat Veterans Memorial. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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