Harpers Ferry Legion Auxiliary Scenic Unit #722 completes variety of recent projects in support of veterans, active military and the surrounding community
Auxiliary members writing Christmas cards ... Submitted photo.
Jody Delaney with “Boxes from Home” ... Submitted photo.
Auxiliary members writing “Letters from Home” ... Submitted photo.
Auxiliary members working on goodie bags for local families ... Submitted photo.
Pictured above: LIFT Board President James Buckhahn with community donations secured with the help of the Legion Auxiliary... Submitted photo.
submitted by Nancy J. Walleser, President
Harpers Ferry American Legion Auxiliary
The Harpers Ferry Legion Auxiliary Scenic Unit #722 has been hard at work with many projects. Many of those activities, events and projects are depicted in the submitted photos surrounding this article.
As an Auxiliary member and Director of the Dolores Tillinghast Memorial Library in Harpers Ferry, Jody Delaney posted fliers and collected community donations for the Auxiliary’s “Boxes from Home” initiative. Together, the Auxiliary collected enough money and goodies to fill 14 “Boxes from Home” that have been sent to local active duty service members.
In addition, as part of the Auxiliary’s ongoing “Letters from Home” project, members are continuing writing letters year-round. Active service members have expressed many thank you messages for all letters and packages that have been received.
The Auxiliary also collected food for the local Lansing Iowa Food Trust (LIFT) food pantry in conjunction with Cindy Heffern, Bank Manager of the Harpers Ferry branch of People’s State Bank. Local friends and neighbors will certainly appreciate this effort.
Monday, December 15, the Auxiliary held its annual Christmas party and meeting. Members wrote Christmas cards to be delivered to military veterans in Marshalltown and Iowa City. They also put together 36 Christmas goodie bags for local families, and wrote letters to active duty service members from the local area. The Auxiliary ended the celebration with lunch at River Run Pub & Grub in Harpers Ferry.
The mission of the Auxiliary as an organization includes the following:
“To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;”
“To promote peace and good will on earth;” and “To participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of the American Legion.”
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