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Children_&_Youth_Cont. 
Children & Youth Cont.
 Department
President’s
“Stellar Performance Award”
Children and Youth
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To
the Unit that demonstrates the best Children & Youth program that provides
education to our youth on the issues of drug abuse, child abuse and/or
teenage suicide. The program can highlight all of these issues or just one
issue from the three shown above.
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Entries should be submitted in typewritten form no to exceed 1,000 words.
Cover sheet must include Unit name, Unit number, Unit Children & Youth
Chairman’s name and phone number. Pictures, newspaper clippings,
etc. can be included. |
Susan M. Britton
Department President
All entries must be
sent to the Department President directly:
Submission Deadline: May 10, 2009. Entries will NOT be returned.
For Department President's physical address, contact
Department
Office
Department Awards
Rules for Department
entries:
| Entry must be typed,
double spaced, not to exceed 1000 words, unless otherwise noted under
award instructions. |
| Entry must be in
narrative form and placed in a folder. Pictures, newspaper clippings
and other materials may be included. |
| All entries must
include a cover sheet with the name of the award entered, name of the
Unit/County, name and address of the Unit/County Children & Youth
Chairman, name and address of the County President and the number of
members in the County. The number of words should be noted in the
lower right hand corner of the cover sheet.
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Priscilla Imburgia Award
To the Unit, Children & Youth Chairman who gives the largest donation
to the Child Welfare Foundation.
Violet Argila Plaque plus $100 cash award
To the Unit reporting the best year round program for children with
special needs. (Children with learning disabilities, behavioral problems,
speech, hearing and visually impaired mental retardation or physical
disabilities).
Kay Mazzie Award
To the Unit reporting the best year round Children & Youth program
with emphasis on activities as set forth annually by the American Legion.
Awarded to the Unit in two membership categories:
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Category I 10-100
Members
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Category II
101 Members and above.
Shirley Olinger Award
To the Unit, submitting the most outstanding report on
“Under Our Wings”, program.
“Under our Wings’, we need to reach out to the families around us who need a
little help throughout the year. Many Units adopt a family or families
and provide them with things on all special occasions and in between, if the
need arises.
Department County Award
To the County reporting the best year round Children & Youth program
with emphasis on activities as set forth annually by the American Legion.
Evelyn Sheldon Award
“Youth
Reaches Out” - Awarded to a youth group or an individual youth in
recognition of service to their community or fellow man. The recipient
does not have to be affiliated with the American Legion or the American
Legion Auxiliary. The important thing is that they are making life
better for someone in their community.
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Rules
for “Youth Reaches Out”, award. |
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Entry
must be typed; double spaced on 81/2 X 11 paper and shall not exceed 500
words.
Entry must be in narrative for, enclosed in a folder telling about “Out
Reach”, activities of a group or individual.
Entry must contain a flyleaf with a Unit name and Number and the name,
address and phone number of both the Unit President and the Unit Children
& Youth Chairman. |
Note: The “Youth Reaches
Out”, award will be presented to the nominating Unit at the Department
Convention. The Unit will accept the responsibility for presenting the award
to the recipient at an appropriate time and place. The nominating Unit will
receive a certificate of appreciation.
 All
entries for Department and National Awards with the exception of the
“Stellar Performance Award” must be received by
the Department Children & Youth Chairman no later than May 10, 2009
Nancy G. Kurk
145 Buffalo St. #32
Canandaigua, New York 14424
Email: tekngk@aol.com
National
Awards
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"Outstanding" Promotion of Supporting
Activities – Unit Award
An award
presented to the unit Children & Youth Chairman in each division who
promotes the Most Outstanding Program promoting any or all of the
identified ALA activities. Entry must be in narrative form not to exceed
1,000 words.
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Youth Hero Award – Local/Unit and National Level
An
award for a youth, under 18 years of age, who performs a heroic act of
physical valor. Nominations are to be completed at unit level and mailed
to the Department Secretary, who certifies and mails the application to
National Headquarters,. (No application should be mailed directly to
National Headquarters.) National President will sign the Award Certificate
and it will be returned to the unit to be presented on behalf of the unit
and the national organization. Department C&Y Chairmen should be notified
of the award. Click here for Application.
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Good Deed Award – Local/Unit and National Level
An
award for a youth, under 18 years of age, who do not meet the Youth Hero
Award criteria, but who are great examples of community service. This
award is submitted on the same nomination form as the Youth Hero Award. |
Child
Welfare Foundation Awards
Presented by the American Legion
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Legacy Award:
A plaque presented at National Convention to the top department based on
combined total contributions of the American Legion Family and Eight &
Forty contributions to The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation during
contribution year (June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009).
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Garland M. Murphy, Jr. Award:
A plaque presented to one department from each organization of Legion
family with the greatest contributions to The American Legion Child
Welfare Foundation during contribution year (June 1, 2008 through May 31,
2009). |
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Plaques awarded at their National Convention.
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Excellence Award:
A plaque presented to one of ten Departments from each organization of
Legion family with the highest per capita contribution average for the
contribution year (June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009). Citations mailed to
the runners-up.
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"Heritage
Circle" Gift Club:
A
plaque presented to Departments of The American Legion Family and Eight &
Forty for their cumulative donations during the contribution year June 1,
2008 through May 31, 2009. Plaques will be mailed September 1, 2009. |
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Benefactor - $5000 Patron - $2500 Sponsor - $1000
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Meritorious Achievement Award:
A
plaque presented to the top department in each organization with the
highest increase in per capita giving to The American Legion Child Welfare
Foundation during contribution year (June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009).
Plaques will be mailed September 1, 2009.
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"Children
First" Gift Club:
A plaque presented to organization (Post, Unit, Salon and Squadron) for
their cumulative donation made during the contribution year (June 1, 2008
through May 31, 2009).
Guardian - $1,000 Advocate - $750.00 Caretaker - $500
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"Cornerstone"
Gift Club:
A pin awarded to individuals for their cumulative donations
made during the contribution year (June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009)
Foundation Ambassadors-$1,000, President’s Circle-$500, Foundation
Partners-$250, Century Club-$100 |
Children’s
Miracle Network Hospitals
Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center,
http://www.amc.edu/Patient/services/childrens/index.html
Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo,
http://www.wchob.org/index.asp
Arnot Ogden Medical Center,
Elmira
http://www.arnothealth.org/index.asp?pageId=357
Schneider Children's Hospital/North
Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System,
New Hyde Park
http://www.northshorelij.com/body.cfm?ID=63
Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong,
Rochester
http://www.stronghealth.com/about/hospitals/gch.cfm
http://www.gchas.org/
Golisano Children's Hospital at University
Hospital,
Syracuse
http://www.upstate.edu/gch/
Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare,
Utica
http://www.faxtonstlukeshealthcare.com/body.cfm?id=174
Samaritan Medical Center,
Watertown
http://www.samaritanhealth.com/
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at
Westchester Medical Center,
Valhalla
http://www.worldclassmedicine.com/homepage_mfch.cfm
Children
and Youth Resources (more on the
right)
Let your Shine
brightly for others and don’t forget to sprinkle that stardust
in reporting
all that you do
Reminder:
| All the work that
you have done over the summer or since reporting May 10th, 2008
can be reported November 10th, 2009 for this Auxiliary year. |
| Please review your
quarterly Newsletter for additional information in the Children & Youth
section. |
 Nancy
G. Kurk
Email:
Nancy Kurk
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Children
and Youth Resources
Josh
Co, LLC
P.O. Box 23815
Knoxville, TN 37933-1815
Voice/Fax: 865-675-6064
Email: info@joshandfriends.com
www.joshandfriends.com
Songs
of Love Foundation
P.O. Box 750809
Forest Hills, NY 11375
1-800-960-7664
Fax: 1-718-441-4588
nfo@SongsofLove.org
www.songsoflove.org
“Make
Halloween A Safe and Fun Night”
Brochure (stock #24-012) Designed for children.
Available from The American Legion.
www.legion.org
Alliance
for Children and Families
117 West Lake Park Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53224-3099
Phone: 414-359-1040 or
1-800-221-3726
Fax:1- 414-359-1074
www.alliance1.org
Zero
to Three: National Center
Infants, Toddlers and Families
2000 M St., NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
1-202-638-1411
www.zerotothree.org/military |
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