Top Left: Auxiliary 7114 – Nevada Top Right: Auxiliary 5789 – Missouri Bottom Left – Auxiliary 4226 - Illinois

Family Freedom Festival It’s a family-friendly, all ages opportunity to Show your community what the Post/Auxiliary offers; how you positively impact your community. Promote patriotism in your community. Connect families of veterans and active-duty military with Auxiliaries. Create awareness of and support for legislative initiatives.

Family Freedom Festival It’s a family-friendly, all ages opportunity to Increase membership for the Post/Auxiliary. Provide youth with scholarship and volunteer opportunities. Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest, Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen. Boost the number of volunteers at the Post, medical facilities, for special events/projects and for veterans and active-duty military families (yard/house work, etc.)

Top Left: Auxiliary 367 – Illinois Top Right: Auxiliary 6271 – Arizona Bottom Left – Auxiliary 9399 - Arizona

What Are We Supposed to Do? How Do We Participate? What Are We Supposed to Do?

Family Freedom Festival Tool Kit

Family Freedom Festival Toolkit Logo for Event Promotion

Family Freedom Festival Toolkit Steps to Participate and Event Ideas 10 Sample Events Suggestions of what to do at the event: Program booths Games Drawings/Raffles Adding a charitable component And more!

Family Freedom Festival Toolkit Social Media Posts and Event Hashtag Not sure what to say? Check out the sample posts and edit them to reflect your Family Freedom Festival. Ask Auxiliary members to share the post so more people see it!

Family Freedom Festival Toolkit Press Release Insert your Auxiliary’s information and send it to your local paper!

How Do We Get It? The Family Freedom Festival Tool Kit is available at www.vfwauxiliary.org/resources

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