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Post award. A new post membership retention award was announced during The American Legion’s National Membership & Post Committee meeting in Indianapolis on Jan. 12. Posts with 100, 95 and 90 percent membership retention rate will be eligible for the award, which will start with the 2019 membership year.

GI Bill exhibit. If you live in or around Los Angeles then stop by the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall to see “The Greatest Legislation: An American Legion Centennial Salute to the GI Bill.” This traveling exhibit features illustrated panels and more than 20 videos in touch-screen kiosks. It’s been on display at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, at the Student Veterans of America conference in San Antonio last month, and now at Patriotic Hall through March 2018. The GI Bill exhibit is part of the Legion’s 100th anniversary celebration.

OCW. The American Legion’s Operation Comfort Warriors program provided a $30,000 grant to the VA Caribbean Health Care System to aid Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in hurricane recovery efforts. The OCW grant purchased Walmart and Home Depot gift cards to support veterans in their rebuilding efforts. National Commander Denise H. Rohan and leadership from the Department of Puerto Rico delivered the grant to VA staff.