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Support America's Veterans - Join the Somers American Legion Auxiliary (ALA)

The honor and sacrifice of our country’s military servicemembers come to mind when we see images of men and women deployed overseas or a young child being reunited with his/her mother or father who was serving abroad. All of these images tug at the heartstrings, but once gone, they are quickly forgotten. More than 1 million military troops serving around the world will join the ranks of America’s more than 22 million veterans in the next five years. The transition back to civilian life is not always an easy one – many troops will come home to Veterans Affairs hospitals, struggle to find employment and try to relearn how to live a daily civilian life. There are many ways Somers and neighboring residents can help returning troops make this transition. As a member of the Somers unit of the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA), you can support and honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military and their families, both at home and abroad. The ALA is the world’s largest women’s patriotic service organization, with nearly 800,000 members and 9,000 units in communities across the nation. I invite you to learn more about the ALA at www.ALAforVeterans.org. The American Legion Auxiliary serves nearly 1 million veterans every year. Right here in Somers, we continue to help mitigate the challenges our veterans face and deliver upon our mission by organizing events throughout the year to support veterans and their families in civilian life. The time to honor and support those who have sacrificed so much to serve our country is now. If you are a wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, granddaughter or great-granddaughter of a war-time veteran, or if you are a veteran yourself who has served our great country, I’d like to extend the invitation for you to learn more about our organization by participating at an upcoming volunteer event. By serving and supporting those who have given so much to us, we can help reshape and establish a thriving future for them. Please join us. To learn more, contact the Somers unit via email at: Info@SomersPost101.org. You can also get an application online at: http://www.somerspost101.org/index.php?id=116, print, fill it out and mail it to: Somers American Legion Auxiliary Unit 101, P.O. Box 101, Somers, CT 06071.

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