Henry Rifle Raffle
Department Adjutant Pat Smith presents a check in the amount of $10,700 to David Profit of American Heroes in Action for their programs of assistance to disabled veterans. The money was raised from the recent raffle of two Henry Big Boy Rifles. James D. of Sterling, Co won the first place 100th anniversary American Legion commemorative rifle. John M of Parker was the second place winner of a regular Big Boy Rifle.
2019-2020 William F Linker Award
Bill Hartless Selected as
Post Commander of the Year
Commander Dean Noechel has announced that Canon City Post 13 Commander Bill Hartless has been selected as the 2019-2020 Post Commander of the year. Bill will receive a special plaque honoring his selection to be presented at a future date. Following is the citation.
William Hartless Canon City Post 13
In recognition of your outstanding leadership as Post Commander of Wray McKinstry Post 13, Canon City, Colorado. Your dedication to the aims and purposes of The American Legion, your community and our Veterans is unwavering. Commander Hartless is a very active member of his Post and the community, ensuring that everyone knows about The American Legion and what we do for Veterans Assistance, Americanism, Children & Youth and Strong National Defense. Commander Hartless led the charge of refurbishing the Post home inside and out, participated in and executed the Post’s 100th Centennial Celebration and participated in numerous Honor Flights for our WWII and Korean War Hero’s. Commander Hartless also spearheaded the adoption of the Abbey cemetery to ensure that no Veteran is ever forgotten. Commander Bill Hartless is leading the way in Re-Igniting Patriotism.
Thank You for “Re-Igniting Patriotism” in Canon City, Colorado.
American Legion National Commander starts 100-mile journey
National Commander UpdateThe American Legion 30 September 2020 Dear American Legion Family, In a statement issued Sept. 23, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it had issued 100,000 appeals decisions in fiscal 2020. This beats the previous record of 95,000 appeals which were decided in fiscal 2019. These achievements are significant and a result of the appeals modernization efforts that were long advocated by The American Legion. In fact, the Veterans Affairs Improvement and Modernization Act was signed by the president on the stage of our 2017 national convention in Reno, Nev. This is just another example of how American Legion efforts in the nation’s capital impact America’s veterans in communities throughout the land. For God and country, |
| James W. “Bill” Oxford National Commander |
Colorado receives the William F Lenker National Service Award
For the second year in a row Colorado took first place in the annual competition for the best statewide Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation report. National Commander Bill Oxford announced Colorado as the winner of this prestigious award..
This award is presented annually to that department of The American Legion excelling in welfare and rehabilitation work for war veterans and their dependents, providing, that the membership of that department shall be no less than 80 per cent of the preceding year. This award was first presented by NEC resolution in October 7, 1928. Our Colorado VA&R Chairman Tom Florez assembled data from all of our CPR’s and other reports submitted by our posts to apply for the award. Here are some of the highlights from Tom’s report to national when applying for the award.
Over 130 posts have an active VA&R committee and 78 posts have post service officers. They assisted 1,725 veterans with claims and other needs. We have 67 posts that provide graveside funeral services for our veterans. Our members spent 20,800 hours as volunteers in our state Community Living Centers and our two VA hospitals. We disbursed over $49,000 to needy Colorado veterans with our Veterans Assistance fund. We processed 10 TFA grants from national for Colorado Veterans. Thirty of our members logged over 100 hours and three members logged over 300 hours in voluntary service to our veterans. Our Grand Junction area posts contributed over $11,000 to the Veterans One Source Center assisting veterans on the Western slope. Click here to se the complete report.
Congratulations to all of our posts and our members for the hard work in carrying out our primary mission, serving veterans and their families in Colorado.
The award will be formally presented by National Commander Bill Oxford at our Mid-Year Conference in Colorado Springs in January 2021.
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Know Your benefits
Filing for VA Benefits Prior to filing for any VA benefit, it is highly recommended the claimant consult with an accredited American Legion service officer. The American Legion has approximately 3,000 accredited service officers to assist you. To locate a service officer, please go to www.legion.org/serviceofficers. Submitting all of the required information with the proper claim form to VA may reduce processing time by as many as 120 days. American Legion service officers are able to explain the claim process, help with the proper forms and required documentation for veterans and their dependents at no charge.
