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Our Address
5138 49 St$
Lacombe AB
T4L 1J2
Our Electronic Mail
Phone 403 782 6441
Fax
403 782 2077
Kitchen 403 782 7888
E-mail * Lacombe Branch #79
To find our Branch
view the map at
this location.
Support Our Troops
Year of the Veteran
This video was produced by Veteran Affairs Canada.
Click on the icon
to view this video using your Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Notable Quotes
When in England at a conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if the United States plans for Iraq were just an example of 'empire building' by George Bush.
He answered by saying,
"Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return! "
National Peacekeepers Day
is on August 9
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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 at the above address.
Branch #79 Reports for Year 2007
Branch Membership Report
For: General Meeting Date: May 1, 2008
REPORT:
It has been a busy year for membership . . .
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Community Support
Donations to Our Community
( Year 2007 )
· Veteran Support
· Lacombe Outreach School
· Canadian Cancer Society
· Legion Senior Slo-pitch Team
· Lacombe Slo-pitch League
· Polio Donations
· Youth Group Donation
· Meals on Wheels
· Home Support
· Lacombe Minor Hockey
· Salvation Army
· Christmas Food Certificates
· FCSS Handi-van ($5,000 for medical equipment)
· Lacombe Hospital and Health Care ($5,000)
· Lacombe Ambulance Service ($8,268)
· Lacombe and District Music Festival
· Student Group Bus Transportation
to Calgary Airport-trip to Ottawa
· Lacombe High School (Political Thinking to Ottawa)
· RLC Group Morale Fund
· Encounters with Canada
· Big Brothers / Big Sisters
· Wheel Chair purchase (3 chairs)
· Legion Track and Field Support
· Bowl for Kids
· Mother Goose Playschool
· Lacombe Ringette Ass'n
· Minor Hockey Ass'n
· Santas Anonymous Fund
· FCSS Christmas Food Fund
· Legion Branch #79 Bursaries
· Legion Branch #79 Essay and Poster Awards
· School Mentoring Program
· Victoria McNice Student Forum
· Red Deer Legion Pipe Band
and more . . . !
Total
$32,320
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 car-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)
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Sunday Morning Breakfast
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Bring your friends and family to the Lacombe Branch
and enjoy a special Sunday breakfast!
Come before church or after!
Breakfast is served between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
The men in the Branch are the cooks on
November 11, Remembrance Day
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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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