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        2019 – A YEAR IN REVIEW 

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• PROVIDED MILITARY RITES AT 21 VETERAN FUNERALS

• PLACED MEMORIAL DAY FLAGS, WITH BOY SCOUTS, AT AREA CEMETERIES

• PRESENTED MEMORIAL DAY COLORS, RIFLE SALUTE AND TAPS AT AREA CEMETERIES

• HOSTED SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTING POST NAMESAKES

• PRESENTED VETERANS DAY COLORS, RIFLE SALUTE AND TAPS  AT ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS AND PARTICIPATED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM

• DELIVERED FRUIT BASKETS TO “SHUT IN” VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY

• SHARED POST HISTORY WITH COMMUNITY AT CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

• DONATED NEARLY $23,000 TO VETERANS IN NEED, CAMP AMERICAN LEGION, THE HIGH GROUND, A HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM , PIERCE CO. VETERANS SERVICE OFFICEO FOR A VAN TO TRANSPORT VETERANS FOR MEDICAL CARE,  LOCAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING  SCHOOL BACK PACK PROGRAM, BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS, STUDENTS NEEDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRA CURRICULAR  ACTIVITIES, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER LOCAL PROGRAMS

• VOLUNTEERED OVER 2,000 HOURS FOR A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS

• SPONSORED 3 BLOOD DRIVES, COLLECTING NEARLY 500 UNITS OF BLOOD

• AWARDED  $4,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS

• PRESENTED SCHOOL MEDAL AWARDS TO 4 STUDENTS

• RECOGNIZED CITIZEN , FIRE FIGHTER , EAGLE AND GOLD SCOUT HONOREES

• SPONSORED  LEGION JUNIOR AND SENIOR BASEBALL TEAMS

• SPONSORED BADGER BOYS STATE ATTENDEE

• SPONSORED  LOCAL CUB SCOUT PACK

• HOSTED THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR V.A. HOSPITAL PATIENTS

• FUNDED AND BUILT HANDICAPPED RAMPS FOR 2 LOCAL VETERANS

• INITIATED A MONTHLY LUNCHEON WITH VETERANS IN RESIDENCE AT WELL HAVEN SENIOR LIVING CENTER

• PROVIDED FOUR NEEDY FAMILIES  WITH CHRISTMAS GIFTS

• PARTNERED WITH  OUR NEIGHBOR’S PLACE, TWO UWRF SORORITIES AND  UWRF VETERANS CLUB  FOR FUND RAISING EVENTS

• PROVIDED SPACE TO THE RIVER FALLS FIRE DEPT FOR THEIR ANNUAL RECOGNITION EVENT

• PROVIDED SOURCE OF WALKERS AND WHEEL CHAIRS FOR THOSE IN NEED

• ATTAINED ALL TIME HIGH IN MEMBERSHIP FOR THE 4th YEAR IN A ROW

Fletcher-Pechacek

American Legion Post 121

701 North Main Street

P.O. Box 121

River Falls, WI 54022

715-426-0723

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