VFW Department of Arizona
VFW Auxiliary
Supporting veterans, service members, and their families for over 100 years
Visit the Arizona Auxiliary Website: www.vfwauxaz.org
For more than 100 years, the VFW Auxiliary has been fulfilling its original objectives by supporting the Veterans of Foreign Wars, serving veterans, service members and their families, and spreading patriotism nationwide.
Our members have volunteered millions of hours, donated millions of dollars, and honored hundreds of thousands of veterans. Volunteer with us and celebrate the freedoms we enjoy in America.
Department Officers
Melissa Martin
President – Post 7968
Jeanne Hampton
Senior Vice President – Post 10386
Becky Baldwin
Junior Vice President – Post 5990
Kim Sloan
Treasurer/ Assist Secretary – Post 549
Kim Harney
Asst. Treasurer – Post 9972
Chrissy Harlan
Secretary – Post 5990
Irene Nowacki
Chaplain – Post 9399
Crystal McCarthy
Conductor – Post 10254
Heather Lynn
Guard – Post 7968
Donna Ventola
Chief of Staff – Post 5990
Program Chairmen
Christina Maiville
Americanism – Post 12098
Raelene Lam
Buddy Poppy – Post 9972
Paulette Marshall
Historian & Media – Post 2357
Pat Stinson
Hospital – Post 9399
Connie Hargreaves
Legislative – Post 11014
Bambi Johnson
Membership – Post 9399
Peggy Welch
National Home – Post 10254
Alison McHose
Scholarship – Post 10254
Irene Nowacki
Veterans & Family Support – Post 9399
Crystal McCarthy
Youth – Post 10254
Who Is Eligible to Join?
VFW Auxiliary members are husbands, wives, widowers, widows, fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandsons, granddaughters, brothers, and sisters of those eligible for VFW membership.
Stepchildren are also eligible — per VFW ruling, stepchildren are children and there is to be no distinction between them.
Members must be citizens of the United States and at least 16 years old.
Join the VFW Auxiliary and be part of a community dedicated to serving veterans, supporting military families, and spreading patriotism across Arizona.