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Child
Welfare
The
Voyageurs Militaire (Military
Travelers) founded a Child
Welfare Program in 1923 to ease
the pain and suffering of those
children whose fathers never
returned or who were unable to
care for their needs after the
"Big War." Today, this program
has grown to include all
children with emergent needs,
and our efforts amount to over
eight millions of dollars
annually.
Youth
Sports
The
Youth Sports Program was
established in 1994. Through
this program, the 40/8 provides
financial assistance in the form
of grants to individual athletes
or teams who lack the funds
required to attend and
participate in amateur sports
programs. This program
encompasses all amateur sports
programs for all youths from 7
to 20 years of age.
Nurses Training
In
1955, the Voyageurs Militaire,
recognizing the shortage of
Registered Nurses, adopted a
program to provide financial
assistance, in the form of
scholarships, to those
individuals who enrolled for
this training. With 2,131
students receiving over
$1,100,000 in scholarships this
past year, the FORTY & EIGHT has
granted in excess of $20,000,000
and graduated over 23,000
Registered Nurses since the
inception of this program.
Carville Star
As one
of their ongoing programs, the
Voyageurs Militaire offer
continuing support of the
publication, "The Carville
Star," which disseminates the
information regarding the
research into Hansen's Disease
(Leprosy) taking place in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. There they
have been successful in
isolating, controlling and soon,
through their research, the
development of a vaccine to
prevent Hansen's Disease. "The
Star" is published at the former
United States Public Health
Service Hospital located in
Carville, Louisiana. This
patient-published publication
carries the research works of
not only this center, but those
of the rest of the world, and is
translated into and forwarded
to 128 countries in addition to
a circulation of more than
60,000 in the United States.
Americanism
By
virtue of being veterans who
have served their country in its
time of greatest need, the
fun-loving, hard-working
Voyageurs Militaire maintain a
strong commitment to the
American way of life.
Americanism projects, respect
for the flag, Constitution, Law
and Order and the proven
willingness to defend these
principles is evident in the
day-to-day activities of members
of our society.
(VAVS)
Veterans Affairs Voluntary
Service
The
Forty & Eight, as are most
Veterans Organizationas, is an
active member and participant in
the VAVS program. As part of
this program, Voyageurs (called
Deputy Representatives) visit
the Veteran Administration
Medical Centers on a regular
basis, where they give comfort
and assistance to, or just visit
with, the hospitalized veterans.
The Forty & Eight has adopted an
additional program for these
veterans, called "Keep Those
Wheelchairs Rolling." Under this
program, the VAVS Representative
writes a brief letter outlining
a "need" of the patients. These
"needs" may cover a project,
equipment or comfort and
convenience items needed by the
hospitalized veterans. The
entries are then judged on the
need and benefit to the
patients, and those selected
receive the item(s) requested,
courtesy of the National Box Car
Association.
National
Box Car Association
The
National Box Car Association
(NBCA) is an independent
association within the Forty &
Eight which raises funds by
selling Crew or Associate
Membership Cards. All funds
raised by the Association are
used within the year they are
obtained. The National Box Car
Association supports several
special projects at Promenade
Nationale (National Convention).
Each year, a party for special
children is planned at the host
city. These special children and
their escorts are treated to
lunch, train rides and
entertainment provided by HOBO
Clowns and bands. The entire
cost of this party is paid by
the NBCA from the funds
collected in their annual
membership drive. Another
project at Promenade Nationale,
is a monetary donation made to
the local VAVS Hospital or
Clinic. This contribution
usually goes to the Patient
Services area. The NBCA also
contributes large amounts to the
various programs of Voiture
Nationale (National
Headquarters), such as the
Boland Nurses Training Trust
Fund and the Charles Ardery
Child Welfare Trust Fund. Monies
are also given to the other
programs which may require
assistance, such as the
Membership Committee, Forty &
Eighter Magazine, Law Officer of
the Year Program and many
others.
POW/MIA
Program
The
purpose of the National POW/MIA
Program is to raise funds in
Honor of the Servicemen & Women
who were Prisoners of War, or
are considered Missing in Action
while serving in the defense of
the United States of America, or
its allies during times of armed
conflict. The funds are raised
to facilitate the formation and
continuance of a Scholarship
Trust Fund for the direct
descendants of verifiable
POW/MIA Servicemen and Women.
Scholarships are limited to the
Veteran, the Spouse of the
veteran, children, and
grandchildren of the veteran.
To get
full information on this program
or to apply for a scholarship
click
Here
for the POW/MIA web page.
George B. Boland
Nurses Training Scholarship
Trust Fund
The
Boland Nurses Scholarship Trust
was founded to provide
additional scholarship support
to those Voitures Locale who
have exhausted their scholarship
funds but who still have
qualified individuals applying
for scholarships. The trust is
administered by Voiture
Nationale, and all
determinations regarding the
awarding of scholarship grants
are made by the Boland Trust
Committee consisting of three
(3) members of La Societe. Only
those Voitures Locale who have
an official Nurses Training
Program in place may apply to
the Boland Trust for further
assistance, as the Trust Fund is
intended as a supplement to, and
not a replacement for, a local
nurses training program.
Charles W. Ardery Memorial
Child
Welfare Trust Fund
The
primary function of the Charles
W. Ardery Trust Fund is to
provide reimbursements of funds
expended by a Voiture Locale or
a Grande Voiture in meeting the
emergent needs of children 17
years of age or younger.
Emergent is defined as: A
situation which has developed of
a serious nature demanding
prompt attention." This
situation may arise out of
natural disasters, i.e., floods,
tornadoes, hurricane, fire, etc.
Emergent cases are given prime
consideration and are undertaken
by the Local Voiture where
established agencies, (Red
Cross, churches, welfare, etc.),
are unable to move rapidly or
cannot act at all. However, this
aid is not intended to replace
or supplement that assistance
which may be available through
established agencies.
National Past Chef De Gare Club
The
object of the organization of
the club are as follows;
To
honor, thru membership, those
voyagers who have served their
Voiture Locale and/or Grand
Voiture as Chef De Gare.
To
directly support the Forty &
Eighter Magazine with a
$25,000.00 per year donation
derived from membership dues,
memorial donations, gifts and
other special fund raising
projects that the club may
undertake.
To
Increase comradery between club
members who have common bonds,
and who are "Etiam Servans".
(Still Serving)
To
submit your membership
application on-line click
Here
To
print the membership application
form click
Here.
For
additional information on the
National Past Chefs Club,
contact the National Secretary;
Rene
Vanmulem
171
Harwood Circle
Rochester,
NY 14625
Phone
(585)586-6986 E-Mail
mrv41@aol.com
OR
Voiture
Nationale
Attn:
Butch Miller
777 N
Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone
(317)634-1804 Fax
(317)632-9365 E-Mail
voiturenationale@msn.com |
