WHAT WE DO

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The purpose of the American Legion is to support and assist Veterans and people in the local community. It consists of the Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 157, the American Legion Riders, and the Sons of the American Legion. 

We perform the following services in Madison: 

1. Participating in The REACH program, delivering food to people of special needs in Madison County along with providing volunteers at the Reva Mobile Food Pantry. 
2. Supporting the Madison Marksman Youth Shooting Sports Team.  Developing an air gun and archery range for this American Legion/4-H Marksman Program. 
3. Working with the Department of Parks and Recreation to support the roller hockey program. 
4. Holding fundraiser supper events to provide scholarships to Madison High School and home schooled students. 
5. Providing scholarships to Madison students for Boys and Girls State. 
6. Placing flags on Main Street on national holidays. 
7. Providing a ceremonial rifle team for funerals, Memorial Day, and Veteran’s Day. 
8. Assisting Veterans in getting their VA benefits. 
9. Provides reduced cost meeting space to local non-profits and health programs like Alcoholics Anonymous.  

To accomplish all this our American Legion Post needs both more members and current members to help.  If you are an honorably discharged veteran of any branch of the Armed Services who served during war or peace you are eligible to become a member.  

We sponsor several Americanism programs open to both public, private and home schoolers that are Madison County residents.  Our outreach programs and competitions provide our students with the opportunity to learn about our military history, and the true meaning of military federal holidays. 

We have many ways to engage our young leaders: 

• Letter writing campaigns to our service men and service women fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and around the world
• Poetry and My President drawing contests for grades K-8th, awarding certificates to all participants and medals to the top three places 
• Support opportunities to go to state and national level leadership programs:

                       Oratorical contest for our high school students

                       Boys State

                       Girls State 

                       Jr. Law Enforcement Cadet Program

• "Honoring our Hero's” Essay Contest is one of our top priorities providing scholarship money to graduating Madison County seniors.

Projects such as OPERATION WARM HEART-  sending Christmas stockings to our troops in remote forward operations areas (FOA). The Auxiliary made sand scarfs for our troops and the community sent cards, letters, and posters throughout the year. These were just a few of the projects we have done.   

Our BLUE STAR FLAG program is on-going and we provide this service to any family that has a son or daughter serving in Afghanistan or Iraq.      

Game nights every third Friday.  Use the contact button below for more information. 

Gatherings at the Post to share time with comrades and their families. 

We interact with our Senior citizens with flag posting, visits and providing an avenue for them to help support our troops with various projects. 

Our most recent dance welcomed a cheerful beginners Square Dance. 

We also have hosted free family movie nights. 

Annual ceremonies include:  Veterans Day, Pearl Harbor Day, The Four Chaplains Ceremony and Memorial Day.   Details are published in the local online news outlets and on our calendar.  

We have a "Flag Box" for citizens to drop off flags that are no longer in display condition.  

Annually we have a Flag retirement ceremony that ensures proper dignity is displayed for our national symbol as we relieve each flag of their duty.  

These are just a few items of what we do and we are always looking for new ideas and suggestions for improvement.   Contact us:  540-547-6160