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daughters & granddaughters
of American Legion members, those who have served America with pride and honor.
We are The American Legion Auxiliary!
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​Mission Statement
In the spirit of Service, Not Self, the mission of the American Legion Auxiliary is to support The American Legion and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at home and abroad. For God and Country, we advocate for veterans, educate our citizens, mentor youth, and promote patriotism, good citizenship, peace and security. 
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Vision Statement
The vision of the American Legion Auxiliary is to support The American Legion while becoming the premier service organization and foundation of every community providing support for our veterans, our military, and their families by shaping a positive future in an atmosphere of fellowship, patriotism, peace and security.
Unit 716 Newsletter - May/June 2019
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Dearest Members - I have been dilly-dallying over this newsletter far too long - I had hoped for more concrete info to give you on a couple of June events, but it isn’t going to happen, so we’ll make the best of it as we always do.

Welcome to our two new board members, Toni Mikrut and Shelley Moustafa, who will be taking the eboard positions held by Cheryl Eubanks and Barbara Schrack. The rest of the board will stay the same for another year, except for the position of secretary, which is currently vacant. I am sure I speak for everyone on the board when I say thanks to all of you who came out and voted - our unit has progressed so far this past year, and we are poised to go even farther in the months to come.

Memorial Day was a huge success - we made a great deal of money for the Poppy Fund, and kicked off our Centennial plans with a very flattering article in the Event-News Enterprise paper. Our local Assemblyman Tyler Diep visited for a bit, and we had a full hall for the festivities. I am so grateful to all the members who gave up their free day to help make everything so wonderful - you couldn’t have given me a better birthday gift.

I know many of you already know this story, but I am going to share it anyway. One of our Auxiliary Juniors, Angela Pinedo, did a wonderful, caring thing last month. Angie donated 24 inches of her hair to Wigs for Kids, a project she has been wanting to accomplish for awhile now. Her mom shared pictures and her story on Facebook, but until then I had no idea that she had planned to this. I have sent off the proper paperwork to nominate Angie for a National Auxiliary Youth Hero/Good Deed award, because her selfless act of caring deserves to be recognized, in this way at the very least. Our young ones do so much to help others, everyday - the Sons couldn’t manage without Allison’s help, I’m sure. Angie and her sister Elizabeth helped Post 833 put flags on veteran’s gravestones for Memorial Day, and Allison and Elizabeth (home from college for the summer) Stevens participated in the memorial ceremony at Forest Lawn, representing our unit. How fortunate we are to have such shining examples of Service Before Self in our younger members. Since the school year is ending, I’m sure our kids will be receiving additional accolades, so mom and dad, please share that info with me so we can brag a little more about all our great Junior members.

Speaking of bragging - year end awards from District are now all in, and we didn’t do too badly. I am planning to share all that good news at our opening meeting in July, so be sure to attend and see how all your hard work this past year has been recognized.

We have a couple of events in June that we need some help with, for those that are interested. On Friday June 14th, we will be involved in a Flag Day ceremony at the Post. How involved, I don’t know for sure, because I have not gotten definite word from the Legion, but there will be a ceremony, even if we end up doing it ourselves. So, if you can hang loose for a bit and be ready for just about anything, please let me know if you can participate. It will be at 6 pm, with a light meal available afterwards - if you have young children that would like to help, Girl and Boy Scout troops included, let me know - the kids will either present the flags for retirement or learn to fold a flag, or hopefully both. We grownups may have speaking parts in the ceremony, or will help/supervise the flag folding.

On Sunday, June 16th, we are hostessing a Dad’s Day breakfast from 9-11 am at the Post. We have a few surprises set for this breakfast, and since I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag, just let me know if you are available to help, and I will let you know what we are going to do. Let’s just say it should be great fun, and something they won’t soon forget.

Before all that, our June meeting will be Monday, June 10th, at 7 pm. There will be no eboard meeting beforehand, as this will be a memorial meeting honoring Joan Claytor.

Now that I have finally finished this and sent it off, I have no excuse not to do the laundry that I have piled around me, more’s the pity. I am cat-sitting for a few days, and since they are so darned independent, I have no more excuses.
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Off to the suds - Deborah

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NEXT MEETING 
MONDAY
AUGUST 12 @7PM
Shelly Bastian
Sonny Alexander
Kat Bailey
Rochelle Kaplin
Catherine LaMarche
Isabella Reyes
Makayla Reyes

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Los Alamitos Unit 716 Officers 2018-2019

President - Deborah Driscoll
First Vice - Kelly Huff
Second Vice - Susana Stevens
Secretary - Leslie Goneya
Treasurer - Lori Soutar
Sgt at Arms and Historian - Krista Young
Marshall - Joanie Harris
Parliamentarian - Mary Hernandez
E-Board
Cheryl Eubanks
Barbara Schrack
Joanie Redman
Junior Past president - Irene Hallam

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SUPPORT THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 716 LOS ALAMITOS. Thank you for your generosity. Without the support of our generous donors, the American Legion Auxiliary could not maintain the range of work undertaken by our organization. To those of you who joined us in service to our veterans, military and their families this year, we extend a special word of thanks.
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