AMVETS White Clover

The White Clover, mean­ing, “remem­ber me” is the offi­cial flower of AMVETS, it sym­bol­izes the states from which the U.S. Armed Forces were drawn and the world­wide bat­tle­fields on which they fought. (It is a four-leaf clover.)

Since 1946, AMVETS through­out Amer­ica have brought the White Clover into their com­mu­ni­ties to ben­e­fit and assist the needy-both vet­er­ans and the gen­eral pub­lic. The White Clover pro­gram is an excel­lent project to raise funds that will ben­e­fit veteran’s ser­vice activ­i­ties. Ideal times for this tra­di­tional project are around Memo­r­ial Day, Inde­pen­dence Day and Vet­er­ans Day. Be sure to obtain per­mis­sion and acquire per­mits where required by law. Most com­mu­ni­ties will give full sup­port for char­i­ta­ble activ­i­ties such as a White Clover drive, because the pro­ceeds are used locally. White clovers are avail­able through the AMVETS Quar­ter­mas­ter.

White Clover Downloads:

Brochure explaining/promoting the White Clover Pro­gram may be downloaded.

Poster –for repro­duc­tion

Can cover – Ideal for stan­dard 1lb Cof­fee can. Print on sticker paper, avail­able at any office sup­ply store. Print, Peel, Stick.

What is a White Clover Medal?
The White Clover Medal is a National award that was devel­oped and approved a num­ber of years ago. It is recog­ni­tion for an AMVETS mem­ber who exem­pli­fies ser­vice to vet­er­ans, most often ser­vice to our hos­pi­tal­ized vet­er­ans. There is not one spe­cific set of cri­te­ria; in fact var­i­ous Depart­ments have dif­fer­ing criteria.

How­ever, it is fre­quently used to rec­og­nize a Post Ser­vice Offi­cer or an indi­vid­ual who has per­formed some spe­cial task(s) in the line of ser­vice to hos­pi­tal­ized veterans.

Some departments/posts award it to the per­son lead­ing the most suc­cess­ful “White Clover Drive” since the money raised is fre­quently used for the ben­e­fit of patients at the Vet­er­ans Affairs Med­ical Centers.

Some department/posts award it to the per­son who rep­re­sents their “AMVET of the Year,” again based on indi­vid­u­als impres­sive accom­plish­ments in ser­vice to vet­er­ans. Typ­i­cally, departments/posts using this recog­ni­tion make one award per year.

The Medal is avail­able from the AMVETS Quar­ter­mas­ter.

The White Clover Princess Pro­gram – A few AMVETS depart­ments also con­duct a pro­gram where they select a young lady to rep­re­sent AMVETS and pro­mote the White Clover Pro­gram through­out the year at var­i­ous AMVETS and pub­lic venues. This is a great way to show­case the cam­paign but more impor­tantly bring atten­tion to what is being done on behalf of our vet­er­ans with the funds secured through the program.

For more infor­ma­tion, please call the AMVETS National Pro­grams Dept.