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Legion logs 916,000 volunteer hours with VA

Legionnaires across the nation volunteered 916,598 hours of their time at VA medical centers and other facilities, saving VA – and taxpayers – about $18.5 million.

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Crossing America in a wheelchair

Medically discharged from the Marines with impaired vision, David Whittaker went to graduate school and then worked for an airline.

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Makeover on Cypress Street

Four houses for homeless veterans on Cypress Street in Moon Township, Pa., got an “extreme makeover” for their kitchen areas – courtesy of a Pittsburgh-based company, Wyatt, Inc.

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Legion home wins HGTV competition

Thanks to thousands of votes cast by Legionnaires and others, a house for homeless veterans in Philadelphia will get a $45,000 renovation from Home and Garden Television.

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Legion volunteers: doing more with less

The movement to register voters at VA health-care facilities last year triggered an unexpected - but critical - wave of volunteerism.

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