This Veterans Day, join the American Legion Auxiliary Foundation for the Veterans Day of Giving. It’s your chance to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of veterans, and we’re reaching out to you for your support.
When you donate to the Veteran Projects Fund, you are not only funding granting initiatives that directly impact veterans and military families — you are also supporting the ALA’s national focus for 2024-2025.
Your generosity makes this granting initiative possible. In 2023, the American Legion Auxiliary Foundation awarded a Veteran Projects Fund grant of $10,000 to ALA Unit 186 in South Carolina for a building addition to “The Compass” (formerly North Strand Housing Shelter): a transitional housing facility for veterans and their families. By contributing to the Veteran Projects Fund on Nov. 11, you’re helping to ensure our veterans have the care and support they deserve, like this additional space for classes, job training, and childcare.
More examples of your donations at work:
- $9,317 to ALA Unit 492 in Indiana for four blanket-warming cabinets, one for each floor of the Indiana Veterans Home.
- $9,274 to ALA Unit 132 in Maine for 40 Samsung Galaxy tablets, screen protectors, cases, and headphone sets benefitting residents at the Maine Veterans Home.
- $5,880 to the ALA 6th District in New York for a wheelchair bicycle for the New York State Veterans Home.
Join the ALA Foundation in this mission to give back to those who’ve given us so much. You can give online here or text VETERAN to 1-844-940-3450.
To learn more about the Veteran Projects Fund, visit www.ALAFoundation.org/grants.
2024 Honorees:
Sue McLendon
Alexander MacInnes
All Military Branches
All Veterans
Allan G. Josephson
Bob Fleege
Bob Schuchardt
Capt. Melvin Shahin
Charles C. Bingham
Charles E. Grout
Charles H. Empkey
Col (R) John J. Hassett
Commander William Hanley
CSM(R) Mack F. Rice Sr.
Dewie Jordan
Donald L Fish
Donald L Getz
Donald Palmer Oliphant
Donald William MacLeod
Erick Michaud
Everett Gordee
Frank Harley
G. Michael Long
Gary L. D. Haas
George Koski
George T. Dorsey
Isaac Threte Jr
James Troglia – WWII
Jasen Golden
John C. and Lois A. Freitag
John L. Pritchett
John R. Wilson
John T. Bonaventura
John Wright
Joseph C. Downing
Joseph Spejewski
Kenneth J. Zimmerman
Kent P larsen
Kevin Nolan & Joseph Fant
Leo David L’Esperance
Loial Haas
Lt. Col. Justin Todd Floyd
Manuel G. Ramos
Max Edward Darby, SMSGT
Mervin Buck
Merwyn B. Burton
Michael K. Foley
Michael P Coggins
Michele Longenderfer
MSG David Eugene House (ret.) — Maryland
Myron Young
Nancy brown park
Patricia Bauer
Peter Crowley
Preston John Dennis
Ray Clark
Robert F Wallace
Robert J Carns
Robert J. Bal
Robert L. Taborek
Roland Duscheck
Ross W Guy
Rudy Kraemer
Russell L Doris
Ryan Ayers
Samuel S Mondello
Shane Fable & John Quinn
Stephen D. Hooper
Talbert Lee Baggett
Thomas Biddle
Timothy P. Trant
Weldon and Frances Bellah
William R. Bishop
WWMorningstar
Zelensky St. John
Previous Honorees:
Adrian O. Klaeysen
All veterans
Allen R.Campbell
Bryce M. Walton
Charles W. “Babe” McEndree, United States Army
Christopher Isaacson
Chuck Hammeke
Colleen Hintz, Unit 6 AZ
Conrad “Buss” Will
Curtis A. Hurley
Dad, Ricky, and Jim
Dale Evans
Daniel P. Marchese, Captain, US Army Signal Corps, WWII
David A. Ell, USN
David Lewis
Dennis Parker
Don Lassiter
Donald E. Allen
Donald Palmer Oliphant
Donald William MacLeod
Dr. Alfred H. Nambe
Dr. Samuel Parks Newman
Dugan
Earl J. Holley and Glenn E Holley
Earl H. Manson
Frank D. Oshel
George Turfley Dorsey
GERALD R. JOHNSON
Glenwood Long
H. Gerald Fowler
Howard Millward
Howard W. Peterson
Howard M. Tude Thuot
Ira A. Blitz
Isidro L.C. Guerrero
Joel Hauck
John Carroll Fancher
John E. Smidt
John Moler
Judd Kopp
Judy Schoenfeldt
KIAs from Markesan, WI
Lavelle Black
Louis Pacitti
Mark A. Cline, USN
Marlene L. and Allan G. Josephson
Maxine Schwinn
Michael Palmer
Mo Barnett
MSGT Arther Vanicek
MSGT Edward S. Zupich
Neil L. Cuccinello
Nick Romero
Noah Harvey
Orlan “Pete” Groth
Richard L. Cooper
Richard Wm Anderson, USMC
Robert F. Wallace
Robert Labrie
Robert Shoemaker
Robert Worsley
Romaine and Vanessa DeVaul
Ronald G. Pauly, US Air Force
Ronald J. Puckett
Sandra MacTavish
SSGT Steven Howard Hively, USMC
Thomas Rice
Thomas Wilkonski
Toni James
Vito N. Raso
Wallace Fusilier
William Bucher
William Edward Daniel
William Ladue
William P. Kuperus
Woodrow Martin