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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