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Our Address
5138 49 St
Lacombe AB
T4L 1J2
Contact Us
Phone 403 782 6441
Fax 403 782 2077
Kitchen 403 782 7888
Branch #79 E-mail
more information.
Support Our Troops
Year of the Veteran (2005)
Click on the icon to view this video using your Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Video produced by Veteran Affairs Canada.
VETERAN'S SERVICES and
SENIOR'S MISSION STATEMENT
ALBERTA/NWT COMMAND
O
ur mission is to ensure that the needs of the veterans and their dependants of the AB/NWT Command are met in regards to Health Care, Housing, Finances and social needs.
To achieve our mission we must:
1. Focus on the care given in long term care facilities.
2. Make information available regarding where and what services can be
obtained.
3. Assist with making care-givers available where applicable.
4. Provide Service Officer support from all three levels, i.e. VAC, Provincial, and Branch.
5. Encourage Legion branches to work in cooperation with other voluntary organizations to help –
a) establish drop-in facilities.
b) locate suitable housing according to their financial means.
c) Provide transportation to and from appointments.
d) Establish programs to enhance veterans' and senior's quality of life to
assist them in staying independently in their own homes,
such as:
i. meals-on-wheels,
ii. handyman maintenance,
iii. telephone contact (assurance),
iv. transport to social gatherings,
v. recreational day programs, etc.
Committee Members:
Harvey Shevalier (403) 556-1334
Ken Farrer
(780) 963-6229
Jim Corbett (403) 341-6065
Jacquie McLean (403) 381-8362
Joan O'Reilly (403) 912-9155 (Ladies Auxiliary)
July 2006
Royal Canadian Legion
These are difficult times and it is good to have a caring organization such as the Legion in the community. . .
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Ecole Secondaire
Lacombe Composite High School (ESLCHS)
" Ecole Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School (ESLCHS) has a history of recognizing the contributions of the military to our way of life and of respecting and honoring our veterans.
As a part of this philosophy, when the school underwent a multi-million dollar renovation, it decided to create, at its entryway, a military Memorial Wall. The school celebrated the grand opening of its Memorial Wall on March 11, 2009.
The idea for the Memorial Wall originated from a campaign, spearheaded by the
ESLCHS Social Studies Department, for the purchase of bricks to honor and represent Lacombe veterans in the Juno Beach Centre in France. The entire school got involved in the project, with individual departments conducting fundraisers throughout the school year to support the cause.
In addition to the purchase of bricks for the Juno Beach Centre, ESLCHS also
purchased replica bricks to place on the Memorial Wall in its newly modernized
entrance. The wall is black granite, with the replica bricks set in, and with
engravings of, among other things, Canadian soldiers in the various fields of war in
which Canada has been involved.
Sgt. Wayne Forster, a Canadian soldier currently stationed in Ottawa and recently
repatriated from Afghanistan, cuts the ribbon to officially open the Memorial Wall at
Ecole Secondaire Lacombe Composite High. The Armed Forces flew Sgt. Forster to
Alberta for the grand opening.
The grand opening of the Memorial Wall was and will always be considered a major
event in the life of ESLCHS. "
Note:
The Lacombe Legion Branch #79 provided considerable information and also, the color guard for the Memorial Wall.
For this memorial to all veterans, we thank the teachers and students responsible !
(Picture and article provided courtesy of the Wolf Creek Public School.)
Community Support
Donations to Our Community
( Year 2008 )
· Canada Veterans Hall of Valour
· ECLCHS - Political Thinking
· FCSS - Home Support
· FCSS - Meals on Wheels
· Irish Dance Association
· Kidney Foundation
· Lacombe Dolphins Swim Club - medals
· Lacombe Foundation ($5,000)
· Lacombe Hospital and Care ($6,600)
· Lacombe Minor Hockey
· Lacombe Municipal Ambulance
· Lacombe Musical Festival
· Lacombe Outreach School
· Lacombe Ringette
· Legion Polio Fund
· Legion Bursary Awards (4 students(
· Legion Track and Field
· RCEL (Carribean Veterans)
· Troop Morale Fund
· Salvation Army
· Lacombe Palliative Care Society
· FCSS (Coats for Kids)
· Mother Goose Play School
· LCHS Student Award (1)
· Santas Anonymous
· Lacombe Library
· Various Youth Groups
Total 2008 Donations
$35,347.03
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Sunday Morning Breakfast
( 9:30 am to 1:30 pm )
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February
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March
8 |
April
5 |
May
24 |
June
14 |
July
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August
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Sept
13 |
October
18 |
November
 11 |
December
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Bring your friends and family to the Lacombe Branch
and enjoy a special Sunday breakfast!
Come before church or after!
Personal Information Protection Act
Names, articles, photos and /or images taken of Legion members at various functions may be produced in Legion publicity programs.
If you do not want to be included in Legion publicity, please advise the Lacombe Branch #79 Publicity Chairman.
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An Urgent Request!
A
re you related to, or know a veteran?
The Lacombe Legion Service Officer is compiling a list of the names and phone numbers of local area veterans and corresponding “crisis persons” having close ties to them.
This request definitely includes non-Legion veterans!
Should the need arise, this information is important for providing available assistance for the veteran and the immediate family.
The military service number of the veteran is important.
Please notify the Branch of veterans entering a hospital, or other "Care Giving" Facility.
Please leave the information at the
Lacombe Legion, or
Call (403) 782 6441, or
Fax (403) 782 2077
Definition of a Veteran
There has never a definition of a veteran, prior to year 2000 for the Legion and year 2001 for Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC). Even the Pension Act did not have a definition for them!
Accordingly, at the 26 of November 1999 Sub-Executive meeting , a motion was
introduced to adopt a definition of a veteran which reads as follows:
“A veteran is any person who is serving or who has served in the Armed Forces of Canada, the Commonwealth or its wartime allies or;
who has served in the Merchant Navy or Ferry Command during wartime”.
This was eventually drafted into a resolution, approved by the Dominion Executive Council DEC and the 38th Dominion Convention held in Halifax in June year 2000.
As for the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), they adopted a definition of a veteran in year 2001 which read as follows:
“VAC and the Department of National Defence (DND) have extended veteran status to former Canadian Forces members and Reserve Force members who:
meet DND’s Military Occupational Classification requirements (MOC qualified); and
have been released from the Forces with an Honourable Discharge”.
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