Department membership challenge starts now
In support of The American Legion's five-year membership plan, and to encourage membership growth, National Commander Charles E. Schmidt created a new award for departments. And the challenge to win the award starts now.
A monetary award will be issued to the departments with the largest percentage increase of new members from Jan. 1 to May 31. All departments are eligible for the award. And the national vice commander of the region with the largest percentage increase will receive a recognition award.
Departments will be broken into the following six categories:
Category I: Departments of 100,000 or more members
Category II: Departments of 70,000 to 99,999 members
Category III: Departments of 40,000 to 69,999 members
Category IV: Departments of 25,000 to 39,999 members
Category V: Departments of 10,000 to 24,999 members
Category VI: Departments of 9,999 or fewer members
For this award, please keep in mind the following:
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A new member is defined as any eligible person joining for the 2017 membership year who has never been a member of The American Legion before. Post transfers will not count.
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The award is strictly based on recruitment of traditional new members.