AMVETS FAMILY

AMVETS National Headquarters

AMVETS National Head­quar­ters is located in Lan­ham, Md., a sub­urb of Wash­ing­ton, D.C. AMVETS’ oper­a­tions world­wide are admin­is­tered through the Office of the National Com­man­der and six depart­ments: admin­is­tra­tive, finance, human resources, leg­isla­tive, mem­ber­ship, pro­grams, com­mu­ni­ca­tions and ser­vice. The bulk of the organization’s work with vet­er­ans and com­mu­ni­ties is focused in three of these—legislative, pro­grams and ser­vice. We also have our posts and depart­ments orga­nized by state with web­sites and e-mail addresses listed for those that have them. Finally, listed below are our affil­i­ate orga­ni­za­tions. Not all of them have web­sites, but those that do, we invite you to visit.

AMVETS National Ser­vice Foundation

The National Ser­vice Foun­da­tion (often­times referred to as sim­ply “the Foun­da­tion”) is the fund-raising arm of AMVETS. A cor­po­rate sub­sidiary of the par­ent orga­ni­za­tion, it funds a vari­ety of pro­grams ben­e­fit­ing America’s vet­er­ans and their com­mu­ni­ties. Among them is the National Ser­vice Offi­cer Pro­gram, the Memo­r­ial Car­il­lon Pro­gram, the Amer­i­can­ism Pro­gram, AMVETS schol­ar­ships, youth pro­grams and hos­pi­tal projects.

AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary

The Ladies Aux­il­iary is a sub­or­di­nate national orga­ni­za­tion of AMVETS whose mem­bers (female vet­er­ans or rel­a­tives of AMVETS) pro­vide a range of ser­vices and sup­port to vet­er­ans, com­mu­ni­ties and other non­profit orga­ni­za­tions such as Paws With a Cause, the John Tracy Clinic and Free­doms Foundation.

Sons of AMVETS

The Sons of AMVETS, as its name implies, is a nation­wide orga­ni­za­tion com­prised of the sons of Amer­i­can vet­er­ans who are mem­bers of AMVETS. The Sons play an active role in pro­mot­ing AMVETS’ leg­isla­tive agenda, pro­vid­ing ser­vices to hos­pi­tal­ized vet­er­ans and sup­port­ing char­i­ta­ble initiatives.

Rid­ers

The AMVETS RIDERS are a ded­i­cated and patri­otic group of motor­cy­cle rid­ers who hold true to an unwa­ver­ing respect for our Nation, our Flag, and our Mil­i­tary… past, present and future.

The Rid­ers are com­mit­ted to the free­dom of this Nation, to pro­vide com­mu­nity ser­vice and fel­low­ship, and to pre­serve and sup­port the aims and goals of the AMVETS National Organization.

Junior AMVETS

Junior AMVETS are the sons and daugh­ters (under age 18) of AMVETS mem­bers. As a nation­wide orga­ni­za­tion, “the Juniors” (as they are some­times called) under­take projects—such as vis­it­ing a home­less shelter—that ben­e­fit vet­er­ans and com­mu­ni­ties alike.

Sad Sacks

A fun-making and honor orga­ni­za­tion com­prised of AMVETS mem­bers, the Sad Sacks (who derive their name from the famous car­toon char­ac­ter of World War II) pro­vide, as their chief com­mu­nity ser­vice project, schol­ar­ships for nurses.

Sack­ettes

The Ladies Aux­il­iary coun­ter­part to the Sad Sacks, the Sack­ettes also raise funds for nurses’ scholarships.