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Thursday, February 03, 2022
Winter/Spring ‘Legion New York’ Magazine Available
The American Legion has been active across New York State despite the restrictions of COVID-19.
The Winter/Spring 2022 issue of Legion New York magazine features a number of those activities and spotlights the accolades that Legionnaires themselves have garnered.
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Tuesday, February 01, 2022
An Experience of a Lifetime for High School Juniors
Attention: New York High School Juniors
Boys State general assembly.
Do you want a chance to attend the “Week That Shapes a Lifetime?”
The American Legion Boys’ State program will be held at Morrisville State College from June 26 through July 1, 2022.
Information regarding the program can be found at www.nylegion.net/boys-state/.
Any questions can be directed to ann@nylegion.org.
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Monday, January 31, 2022
Legionnaire Leads State Division of Veterans Services
by John J. Creskey, commander, Adolph Pfister Post 1038
Rev. Viviana DeCohen, a member of American Legion Post 1038 in Valhalla, is the new director of the state Division of Veterans Services.A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, she served as the commissioner of the Mount Vernon Veterans Service Agency and associate pastor at Mount Vernon Heights Congregational Church. She has dedicated her time and talent assisting veterans by ensuring they had food, shelter, clothing, education and employment opportunities, and by providing a little motivation which earned her the affectionate title of “Mama V.”
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Thursday, January 27, 2022
Carrie Ahearn Is New Buffalo DSO
Carrie L. Ahearn is making history as the new DSO for the Department’s Buffalo office (effective mid-February).
“She is the first female Department Service Officer in the Department’s history,” Department Adjutant James W. Casey noted. In addition, Carrie was the second woman to be honored as Department Service Officer of the Year (2020).”Carrie has been with Yates County Veterans Service Agency since December 2017. Her advice to vets seeking benefits: “I think every veteran should be in communication with a service officer” so that changes in life (marriage, divorce, children, health status) can be recorded in a timely manner.
An Air Force veteran, Carrie was an aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, serving both stateside and abroad (Korea and Saudi Arabia). Carrie is a member of Johnson Costello Post 355 in Penn Yan. She and her husband, Sean, have been operating the Penn Yan Diner since 2012.
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Monday, January 24, 2022
2022 Mid-Winter SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS
Joseph Cann, Jr. $ 5,000.00
Staten Island, NYRandy Sears $ 2,000.00
Plattsburgh, NYEdward L. Mallicoat $ 1,000.00
East Northport, NYPhilip A. Gerhart $ 500.00
Newark, NYSeymour Geller $ 250.00
New York, NYRodney J. Felton $ 250.00
Kirkville, NYPaul A. Pogozelski $ 250.00
New Rochelle, NYGene Tiede $ 250.00
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Friday, January 21, 2022
Commander LaMarsh Shares His Mid-Winter Message
My Fellow Legionnaires and Members of the American Legion Family,During the weeks leading up to the decision to cancel the Mid-Winter conference, Adjutant Casey and I spent a considerable amount of time and effort weighing all the options, scenarios, and possibilities associated with moving forward with the Conference or canceling it. One of the most important factors was, and will always be, the welfare and safety of our membership. At the end of the day, we believed that some of the activities, like the cocktail reception, dinner, social gatherings, meetings and taking into consideration our recent experiences bringing several hundred Legionnaires together, posed a threat that we were not willing to take. Along those lines, we felt the prudent thing to do was to postpone my visitations. I hope many, if not all of them, can be rescheduled because I look forward to seeing you and getting my message out.
It appears that the latest strain of the COVID-19 virus, at least in many parts of New York, is in the decline. Hopefully, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and Hill Day and our springtime activities can and will go on.
