Departments receive decorative urns for fundraising efforts

In the National Executive Committee Room at National Headquarters in Indianapolis, a decorative urn sat on the desks of Alaska, France, Massachusetts, Maryland, Nevada and Wyoming during Spring Meetings. The departments met 50%, or 100% like France, of its donation goal for The American Legion Veterans & Children Foundation.   

A second urn will be placed on the desks when the department meets 100%.

The NEC passed a resolution in 2018 and 2019 approving a $25 million financial campaign for the Veterans & Children Fund. 

The American Legion Veterans & Children Foundation:

- provides one-time Temporary Financial Assistance grants for military families with young children in the home who are experiencing a financial hardship. These grants are used to cover housing, utilities, food and other basic needs.

- trains the organization’s 3,000 accredited service officers who are continuously working more than 750,000 benefits claims for disabled veterans and their families, free of charge.

Support your department

You can help your department achieve its Veterans & Children Foundation donation goal by participating in The American Legion’s third annual 100 Miles for Hope. 

1.     Make a donation. To donate to your department, visit this page to find your department and then either click the link to go to your department donation page, or text your unique department code to 71777. After texting your department code, you will receive a link to donate to your department. 

2.    Fundraise for your department. Go to Mobile Cause to sign up and then choose “Become a fundraiser” then select a team. All of the departments have already been created. To join a team after initial set-up, log back into your Mobile Cause page or type in app.mobilecause.com/vf/100MFH/YourName and select edit at the bottom of the page, then click Join a Team.