The American Legion’s Temporary Financial Assistance Program (TFA) continues to respond to daily requests asking for assistance in providing cash grants for the basic needs of children of eligible veterans, made possible by the generosity of the Endowment Fund Corporation. More than $462,253 in TFA grants have been granted this year to date.
Americanism/Children & Youth staff are helping support the Department of Indiana with its air rifle tournament. The tournament will use the Orion computer-based scoring program to score and tabulate the results.
Peter Gaytan, executive director of the Legion's D.C. office, is addressing the National Conference of Insurance Legislators about the need to reform the current Retained Asset Accounts for Servicemember's Group Life Insurance administered by Prudential.
The National Americanism Division is mailing out its annual memo to department Baseball chairmen and department adjutants that details instructions for the application of 2011 Baseball scholarships.
Denise Williams, the Legion’s assistant director for Health Policy, is attending the third annual conference on psychological health and traumatic brain injury in Boston this week. The focus of the conference is to provide information regarding mild traumatic brain injury on active-duty servicemembers and their families, drawing connections between mild TBI, post-traumatic stress and other social and psychological factors. The conference is also to help attendees understand the current Department of Defense/CENTCOM policies with regard to TBI/PTS.
American Legion staff is providing an advanced site tour of National Headquarters to representatives of the USS Saint Paul Association, who will be having their national reunion in Indianapolis the summer of 2012.
Members of the PTS-TBI ad-hoc committee are meeting in D.C. today to determine a plan of action for bringing PTS and TBI to the forefront of VA's and DoD's attention.
D.C. Executive Director Peter Gaytan is attending a meeting at VACO to discuss the Federal Recovery Coordination Program and the National Family Caregivers Month Activities and Programs.
National Commander Jimmie Foster is taking part in the National Veterans Day Parade in Birmingham, Ala., today, while National Vice Commander William Schrier is participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery,
