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Monday, May 25, 2020
Valhalla Post 1038 Holds Memorial Day Ceremony on Video
Members of Valhalla American Legion Post 1038 didn’t let the pandemic shutdown stop them from remembering and honoring veterans and other front-line heroes who have gone before us.
They produced a video tribute involving the community.
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Friday, May 22, 2020
An Unusual Time, But Legionnaires Still Remember
Message from Commander Mike
We are in an unusual time this Memorial Day as we remember our fallen service men and women.
Most of our parades and outdoor activities have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, some of us are visiting graves in person while other participate virtually.
We also honor those who succumbed to COVID-19 – especially older veterans who survived the battlefield only to be waylaid by a virus.
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Friday, May 15, 2020
Queens Post 483 Helping to Feed Hundreds
National Commander Bill Oxford praised Rosedale-Laurelton Post 483 in Queens in a Facebook post for its soup kitchen and food pantry efforts. The post also was featured on the national American Legion website.
Members of the American Legion in Rosedale, Queens, fed hundreds of residents left unemployed or hard pressed to buy food for their families. Photo by Todd Maisel
By The American Legion
As a member of the Veterans Advisory Committee of Southeast Queens, Rosedale-Laurelton American Legion Post 483 in Queens, N.Y., works in tandem and shares resources with other organizations in the area to provide services to both veterans and the community.
Included in those services are a soup kitchen and four food pantries – one of the latter being housed at Post 483 for the past 10 years. But what normally had been those in need coming to the post to get food has changed since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Kenmore Post Donates 100 Boxes of Produce to Food Pantry
Operation Groundhog Day
Post 205 members deliver produce. From left: Ways & Means Chair Fran Roselli, 3rd Vice Commander RuthAnn Coppola, Ken-Ton Cares Volunteer Scott Lackey, 1st Vice Commander Ray Borawski (orange coat), and unloading boxes, Children & Youth Chair Nick Scott and Adjutant Bob Haug.
KENMORE – When a food pantry started up during the pandemic to help families in the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda (Ken-Ton) School District, Milton J. Brounshidle Post 205 in Kenmore reached out to help.
After looking at ways to maximize a donation, legionnaires launched “Operation Groundhog Day” (a reference to the Bill Murray movie that has him repeating the same day). They delivered 50 boxes of fresh produce to Ken-Ton Cares Food Pantry and then repeated the 50-box delivery a week later.
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Monday, May 11, 2020
2020 American Legion Baseball Season Cancelled
The Department of New York American Legion Baseball Committee is disappointed to announce that the 2020 season has been cancelled per a directive from National Headquarters in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thursday, May 07, 2020
Legion Feeds Cortland County First Responders, ER Staff
Department Commander Mike McDermott helpes deliver meals to ER staff at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center. Photos by Wayne Dunckel.
Department Commander Michael McDermott and the Cortland County Legion Family turned out to provide spaghetti and meatball dinners to first responders from throughout the county on May 5.
“It was fantastic,” Commander McDermott said. “We served 235 dinners and had lots of help. We really worked as a team.”
