Arlington VFW Post 981 awards three scholarships
Updated 5/26/2021 11:54 AM
Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 981 has awarded its annual VFW Post 981 Wally Luettschwager Memorial Scholarship Grant to Kevin Cantieri of Mount Prospect, who is graduating from Prospect High School this May.
Kevin is maintaining a 4.63 GPA and is a member of the golf team and tutors other students. He is an Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader in his Scout troop. He founded a youth sports camp, and supervised the building of an outdoor play area at a local school during the pandemic for his Eagle project.
He will be attending the University of Illinois Urbana this fall, majoring in mechanical engineering. Kevin s grandfather was in the Army in World War II, serving in the European theater.
Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 981 is pleased to announce the awarding of the annualVFW Post 981 Wally Luettschwager Memorial Scholarship Grantto Kevin Cantieri, a resident of Mount Prospect graduating from Prospect High School this May 2021.
VFW Post 981 Color Guard Opens NABP National Meeting VFW Post 981 Color Guard Salutes the FlagTony Kochanny
Updated 5/17/2021 9:23 AM
Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 981 Color Guard was invited by the National Association of Board Pharmacies to present the colors at the beginning of their 117th Annual Meeting on May 13 2021.
The meeting was held virtually from the NABP headquarters in Mount Prospect. Along with the American flag, Post 981 Color Guard, led by Dale Berg, presented the Post flag and the POW/MIA flag. A hand salute was rendered during the Pledge of Allegiance and a recording of the National Anthem played and sung by a member of the NABP.