2025 Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund Pancake Breakfast

Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund - 2025 Annual Fundraising Breakfast

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!

Breakfast menu: Choice of regular or blueberry pancakes. Breakfast also comes with sausage and your choice of coffee, milk, juice, or ice water.

Breakfast Price:

$10.00 ea.

$4.00 ea. 12-years-old and under.

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS:

Come check American Legion Riders motorcycles that will also be on display, as well as patrol vehicles from sponsoring police agencies.

Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund - “Closing the GAP”

SPONSORING POLICE AGENCIES PROVIDING VETERAN ASSISTANCE VIA THE FUND

* Milwaukie Police Department * Lake Oswego Police Department *

* Molalla Police Department * Oregon City Police Department * 

* Canby Police Department * Sandy Police Department *

*West Linn Police Department*

The American Legion, Milwaukie Post #180 non-profit - "Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund" was established in 2019 through the partnership developed between the American Legion, Milwaukie Post #180 and the Milwaukie Police Department’s Veteran Resource Team. The Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund provides the sponsoring police agency patrol officers with a unique and needed resource, by providing them immediate access to emergency funds to help veterans or their family members in crisis, or stuck in the ‘GAP’ waiting for services and resources they have earned and qualify for at the Federal, State, or County level. The ‘GAP’ is a common complaint and obstacle veterans face, with resources and services typically taking months or longer to be approved and provided. This time period can be extremely difficult for veterans or their immediate family members, and it often leads to veterans going into crisis as they lose hope. 

The Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund restores hope and provides the veteran and their immediate family with emergency assistance at the front end of the problem, curtailing the crisis. The Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund closes the ‘Gap’ to services through emergency relief by providing food, clothing, shelter assistance, or other basic life sustaining needs. After the initial emergency assistance is rendered by the police officer, it is followed by advocacy provided by the American Legion, Milwaukie Post 180 Veteran Outreach Team and the Post’s Veteran Service Officer to help secure the long-term solutions the veteran has earned and qualifies for.