Tag: Antwerp VFW

Antwerp VFW Makes Donations

Antwerp VFW recently made donations to local organizations – Christmas For Kids, Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, Antwerp EMS & Fire Dept., and Antwerp Police Dept. Antwerp VFW is always willing to support the local organizations and entities that are quality of life improvements to the community. Antwerp VFW representatives Shawn Gribble and Veronica Jasso donated…

Antwerp Holds MVPO Community Summit

On February 23 the Village of Antwerp with the Paulding County Economic Development hosted a Community Summit at the Antwerp VFW with the Maumee Valley Planning Organization’s, Estee Miller. The event brought in 33 people from the community who voiced their opinions on the Strengths Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) of the Antwerp Village and…

Antwerp VFW Presents Scholarships to AHS students

Antwerp VFW Post 5087 presented 4 scholarship grants to Antwerp High School students at the May 14 awards night. The academic scholarships were selected by the the committee at the Antwerp post and then presented to the 4 qualifying seniors. The selected few included Keaton Altimus, Jake Ryan, Austin Chirgwin, and Brett Fulk. All of…

Antwerp VFW Post 5087 Donates to Sheriff

Keith West of the Antwerp VFW Post invited the West Bend News to witness the $500 donation to Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Canine fund. The fund transfer took place at the Antwerp Local School with Deputies Gary Deitrick and Caleb Miller present with their canines to receive the payments. The canines in Paulding County are…

Veterans Remembered at Memorial Day

May 28 brought about the Memorial Day celebration for cities and towns across America to remember the past and present fallen heroes serving the country. The Antwerp VFW and American Legion stand at attention at the Veteran’s Memorial in Riverside Park while the speakers came forward reminding us all of the sacrifices many men and…