AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

May 2021

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

Dear Unit Members,

Happy Spring! I am ready for no snow

or cold weather.

I hope by now that you have paid your

Unit 3 dues for 2021. If not, please send in your dues to

Lynne Wild today. Thank you!

In the past few weeks, we made selections of several high

school juniors to attend this year’s session of Cornhusker Girls State. There will

be some changes this year --- Girls State will be done by Zoom. This is going to

be very interesting to see how this will work, but we need to keep everyone safe.

On March 13th, the District 12 Convention will be held at the Hickman

Community Center. Elections for the new District President and Vice President

will take place this year.

Since Post 3 was asked to move its District 15 Convention from their normal

February meeting night to March, we plan to help celebrate the American Legion

Birthday at the April meeting.

I am also hoping that we can have a recognition of a number of long-time

Lincoln Unit 3 members in April. Lynne Wild will be connecting you if you

have been a member for fifty years or more.

In May, we will have Poppy Day at the Unit 3 meeting. Also, we will be

announcing our Unit 3 Scholarship recipients.

We plan to take part in Memorial Day services at Wyuka Cemetery. The

Lincoln Memorial Day Observance Association (LMDOA) has already begun

work on making plans for this annual event.

Thank you for being an American Legion Auxiliary member.

The 2020-2021 year is coming to an end for Unit 3, with elections of officers being held at the May 11th meeting. Officers elected for the coming year are as follows: President --- Barbara Skillman, Vice President --- Char Moore, Secretary --- Nancy Vallis, Treasurer --- Lori Gubser, Historian --- Helen Faust-Chrastil, and Chaplain --- Jeanie Harris. Installation will be held at the June 8th meeting. We as a unit tried to help our veterans the best we could with so many restrictions. We are working on next year’s centerpieces for the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home in Bellevue. (Turkeys made from cube tissue boxes with feathers.)

For God and Country,

Barbara Skillman

President, Lincoln Unit 3

Auxiliary Scholarships Announcement 2021

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

The American Legion Auxiliary supports various scholarship programs at the National, Departmental, and Unit levels that benefit veterans, the descendants of veterans, and The American Legion Family.

The Auxiliary announces the availability of its scholarships for graduating high school seniors for the Class of 2021. Applicants can only be awarded one scholarship per year.

All National and Department scholarship packets must be submitted through an Auxiliary Unit by MARCH 1, 2021.

Unit #3 scholarship packets must be submitted to Unit #3 or one of our Scholarship Chairmen by APRIL 1, 2021.

If you are interested in applying for an American Legion Auxiliary scholarship, check the links below for eligibility requirements, application forms, and deadlines. Scholarship information is available from guidance counselors at all public and private high schools. If you need additional information on how the application process is handled, please contact one of our Scholarship Co-Chairmen, Char Moore or Jeanie Harris:

Char Moore, Scholarship Co-Chairman

American Legion Auxiliary Unit #3

256 W. Rio Road

Lincoln, NE 68505

char moore87@yahoo.com

Jeanie Harris, Scholarship Co-Chairman

American Legion Auxiliary Unit #3

2424 Northline Court

Lincoln, NE 68521

ne-15322Genie@hotmail.com

Unit Level:

www.lincolnpost3.org/american-legion-auxiliary

American Legion Auxiliary Lincoln Unit #3 only sponsors three $500 Scholarships annually. They are only available to a student whose family member is an active member of Lincoln Legion Post #3 or Legion Auxiliary Unit #3, is a Lincoln resident, and plans to attend a Nebraska school of higher education. Attached.

Department Level:

www.nebraskalegionaux.net (hyperlink)

Ruby Paul Campaign Fund Scholarship

Roberta Marie Stretch Memorial Scholarship

Career Technical Education Scholarship

Averly Elaine Keriakedes Memorial Scholarship

Nurses’s Scholarship

Junior Member Loyalty Memorial Scholarship

Viola Heinrich Memorial Scholarship

National Level:

www.alaforveterans.org (hyperlink)

Children of Warriors National Presidents’ Scholarship