The 2010 Scholarships for Military Children application process has begun.
This is one of the few military scholarships that children of reserve and guard families qualify for. You don’t have to live on or near a military base, although the application process is handled through the commissaries such as the one at Selfridge Air National Guard [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Lambertville, Mich.
The Lambertville Post 9656, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will host a Veteran’s Day dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 11 at the post hall, 4120 Piehl Rd., Lambertville, Mich.
This dinner is free for veterans with valid ID card. Friends, family and the general [...]

Dollar General will have a 10 percent discount on Wednesday Nov. 11 for veterans and active duty military who bring a coupon that is in the sales flier (see flier in  today’s newspapers). I assume you will need your military ID as well.

This post is for basketball fans in southeast Michigan:
The Detroit Pistons will host a Military Salute Night with the Wednesday Nov. 11 game against Charlotte Bobcats. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Click here for the details on how to get the tickets.
Current members and veterans of all branches of [...]

I found this link on Paycheck Chronicles, which is hosted by Kate Kashman at Military.com:
Kiplinger has an online Military Family Money Guide with a lot of great links and resources. Topics include financial preparations for deployment, savings opportunities, and avoiding scams that target military personnel.

If you are a military veteran with proof of service, or a family member with a military ID card, do watch for the Veteran’s Day discounts that are typically available in November.
A local reader let me know about these two:

Applebees – including the locations in Monroe, Mich., and Dundee, Mich. – will offer free entree [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Toledo, Ohio:
The Northwest Ohio Veterans Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday Nov. 19 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza / Amtrak Central Union Terminal, 415 Emerald Ave., Toledo, Ohio.
More than 60 employers and community organizations are participating.
All U.S. [...]

This notice is for military families in and near Temperance, Mich.:
Dr. Joseph A. LaScala at Advantage Chiropractic, 7400 Lewis Ave., Suite J, Temperance, Mich., is offering free chiropractic health care for one full year for any U.S. military veteran who is returning from overseas deployment in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Those who wish to receive this benefit [...]

This post is for my readers in the Toledo, Ohio area:
Country Lane Tree Farm, 3525 N. Bolander Rd., Genoa, Ohio, announces that active-duty military personnel are admitted free with ID shown at the admission gate during its corn maze season this year.
The farm features a Spongebob theme this year at its corn maze and u-pick [...]

Halloween jack-o-lantern T-shirts can be so cute … but they’ll become so much clutter if you wear them for only one or two days a year.
Stock up your dresser and closet with a bunch of solid color T-shirts, tank tops, blouses, skirts, pants and sweaters, and you will get much more use out of each [...]