What We Do!
(Contributed by Ladies Auxiliary member
Madam Elsie Suter)
T
he Ladies Auxiliary Charter was signed on June 24, 1948.
· Year 2000 began with 34 members, 3 Voting Affiliate and 10 Life members.
· We raise funds by catering and also by the sale of 'pull tickets' at the regular Monday night Bingo held by the Branch.
· We donate to Command, local charities, Red Deer Women's Shelter, Diabetes Association, Cancer Society, Heart Fund, Lung Association and others.
· We give 2 bursaries yearly to Grade 12 students who are furthering their education.
In our local community, we host birthday parties for patients in the Nursing Home section of the Health Care Centre.
· In the fall the ladies put on an afternoon of Bingo with small surprise gifts as prizes for the residents at the Senior Citizen's Lodge.
· We also have a Bingo and a light tea four times a year.
We have a small choir and at Christmas we enjoy singing carols at the Nursing Home and the Lodge.
· Our Auxiliary has a committee who makes regular visitations to the hospital.
· In appreciation of our membership we get together in October and enjoy a dinner evening, as in a family. This is the time of year when our District Commander is invited and presents years-of-service pins and Life memberships, etc. We also make a practice of sending our members birthday cards just to keep in touch with those who are not so active any more.
· After our regular December meeting we have a light lunch and gift exchange.
· Our membership is growing slowly and we are encouraging friends to make it a project for the coming years to join us.
Membership
· You can become a member if you have served in the Armed Forces of the British Commonwealth.
· A widow, wife, mother, sister, daughter, niece, great-niece, step-daughter, grand-daughter, great-grand-daughter, or step-grand-daughter, grandmother of any person eligible to hold membership in the Royal Canadian Legion.
· With no history in your family, you can join as a Fraternal Affiliate.
· Offers you an opportunity to get involved in the Community.
Great places to meet new people and renew acquaintances or
socialize with your own group of friends.
Benefits
· You can participate in activities such as darts, curling, shuffleboard, bowling, cribbage, and more.
· Summer sports such as golf, ball teams, and so much more!
· Special youth and senior programs.
· Youth Track and Field Camp (Co-ed) at University of Calgary in July.
· A new program-Young Canadian Leadership Camp for Grade XI students held annually at Lakeland College, Vermilion during the month of July.
· Social amenities including dining, dancing, barbeques and special holiday functions.
· Activities for all ages.
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Building Community Spirit
Purposes and Objectives
· To bring about unity of all who have served.
· To extend the spirit of comradeship and mutual help.
· To pass on to their families and descendants the tradition for which they stand.
· To perpetuate the memories and deeds of the fallen and those who die in the future.
· To promote and care for memorials to their valour, and sacrifice, to provide suitable burial, if required, to keep an annual Memorial Day and to preserve the records and memories in perpetuity.
· Veterans are visited regularly, and on major holidays, (Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.) special events are planned and gifts given.
· Throughout Alberta and the N.W.T., hospitals are chosen each year to receive equipment worth up to $4,000 each.
· Individual Auxiliaries support various local charities.
Last year the Ladies Auxiliary in Alberta N.W.T Command donated
in excess of one million dollars to charities.
(Note - Smaller Branches may be unable to achieve all the purposes and objectives noted above).
Declaration of Principles
(excerpts)
(1) The Auxiliary shall be democratic and non-sectarian and shall not be affiliated to, or connected directly or indirectly with any political party or organization.
(2) We affirm our unswerving loyalty to Sovereign, Country and our belief in the rule of people through constitutional methods.
(3)We believe in the duty of service to the Nation to the fullest capacity of the individual.
(4) We believe in the adequate duty of Government provision for disabled soldiers and dependants of deceased soldiers.
Our Motto is - Service
In all matters not provided for in the Constitution,
the General by-laws of the Royal Canadian Legion and Ladies Auxiliary Ritual and Procedures, shall prevail.
(e) Ladies Auxiliary holding dual Membership and the Branch cannot be accredited delegates at Conventions for their respective Branch and Ladies Auxiliary at the same time.
Name
1. The title of this organization shall be the Ladies Auxiliary to the Alberta N.W.T. Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, hereafter referred to as the Auxiliary.
Objects
2. The principles, aims and objects of the Royal Canadian Legion, shall be the principles of the Auxiliary and its duty shall be to assist the local Branch the Royal Canadian Legion, in the activities necessary to the carrying out thereof.
The Auxiliary Prayer
"O God, our Heavenly Father, we remember before Thee this day,
those who laid down their lives in the service of their country.
We remember their courage and devotion to the Sovereign and the country they served.
We pray that their labours be not in vain but that their spirit may live on in us and the generations to come.
We pray that liberty, truth and love may spread over all the world 'til war shall cease to be.
We remember our brethren who are in sickness
or distress.
We remember the widows and other dependants.
We dedicate ourselves to Thy service in the name of those whose memory we revere.
We ask this in the name of our Lord."
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