Commander's Corner
             
                                                                                                            03/14/08
                     
            The time for election of our Post's Officers is quickly approaching.  In May we will
    decide who will lead the Post in 2008/2009.  We need fresh new faces and fresh new ideas to
    keep our Post moving in this fast paced, technologically advanced community we live and
    work in.  In the past year our Post has changed its direction in some areas.  We have
    successfully organized and run a food collection at local supermarkets for the benefit of the
    Montrose VA Food Pantry.  We decorated our meeting hall with patriotic and military flags
    for the 2007 Westchester County American Legion Convention and then welcomed and fed
    all of the delegates and guests who attended.  We sold over 500 raffle tickets to support our
    Westchester County American Legion Holiday Raffle.  We have embraced technology and
    launched this website to keep everyone up-to-date on what is going on.  Technology again
    went into play when we launched our e-mail newsletter, the 'Yorktown e-Legion', to keep
    our membership better informed on Post and other veterans' issues.
            The year isn't over yet either.  We will set up tables at two local supermarkets on the
    Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend to hand out red poppies and collect donations from the
    public to keep our local programs funded.  We are returning to this old fashioned way of
    face to face interaction with the public because of the positive feed-back we receive from the
    people we meet while doing this community work.  This June our Post will again host the
    2008 Westchester County American Legion Convention.  Our hope is to have the Convention
    delegates see our Yorktown Post #1009 as a strong and active Post helping the community
    and its veterans.  To do this we need all of our members help.  We need your input and
    participation in the Post elections.  We need everyone to do their bit to help veteran's
    causes.  Join us and march in the Memorial Day Parade in Yorktown and let every person in
    the community see that we are here, and that we care about Yorktown and its veterans.

                                             Ken Blish
                                             Your Commander
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