1. (9) You can claim any boys that you sponsor for Boys State,
(10) the cost of that sponsorship, or any donations that
help to send a boy to Boys State.
(11) You can claim any girls that you sponsor for Girls State,
(12) the cost of that sponsorship, or any donations that
help to send a girl to Girls State. (Volunteer hours
should be claimed under Community Service)
2. (13) If any squadron members took any of the 5 Star/10
Ideals tests, you may claim the number of participants
and the (14) cost of those tests and awards under the
Education Category.
3. (15) You may claim all 3’x5’flags that you presented to
any schools, organizations, or individuals in your
communities, (16) and the cost of those flags that you
replaced. (17) You may claim credit for each smaller
flag that you placed on a veteran’s grave, or gave out at
parades or other events (18) and the cost of those flags,
(19) and the number of hours spent giving out or placing
those flags.
4. (20) Your squadron may claim the amount of
money that they donate to scholarship funds, individual
scholarships, or Legion and/or Legion Auxiliary
Sponsored scholarships (if your squadron doesn’t
sponsor its own scholarships) If you sponsor a scholarship
you may count the amount of money spent on those
sponsorships. (Any volunteer hours should be claimed
under the remarks or other sponsorships section).
(21) Your squadron can claim the number of hours that its
members spend on fundraisers for scholarships, all hours
that members volunteer at schools in the community, or any
and all educational programs that they put on at schools in
the community, such as Veterans Day programs, Tutoring
students, Etc.
5. (22) You may claim any Squadron sponsored Oratorical
Contest, (23) the number of contestants that you
sponsored, (24) and the cost of the contest and (25)any
hours spent putting on the contest.
6. (26) Your squadron may claim any donations to help
sponsor a Color Guard or any Color Guard teams that you
sponsored. (27) the number of appearances that
the Color Guard made, and (28) the cost, to your
squadron, of those appearances, or any supplies that your
squadron paid for.
7. (29) Your squadron may claim any donations that they
made to the National Emergency Fund (N.E.F.).
8. (30) You may claim the number of Flag Etiquette and Flag
Education Programs (31) and their costs (32) and the
number of hours spent on this program.
(33) You may claim the number of Flag Retirement
Ceremonies that your Squadron performs and (34) the
number of hours spent performing these flag retirements.
9. (35) The following items should be classified under
Community Service:
a). Volunteer hours spent as a Coach for any sports teams
in your community (baseball, basketball, football, soccer,
lacrosse, wrestling, softball, etc. as long as you don’t
receive payment for your services.)
b). Volunteer hours spent as a scouting leader.
c). Volunteer hours spent as a firefighter, paramedic, rescue
personnel, volunteer policeman, etc. as long as you don’t
receive compensation for your services.
d). Volunteer hours performed for your Post and/or Unit such
as repairs to/or for the Post and/or Unit, volunteer hours
helping with fundraisers for the Post and/or Unit,
assistance with Legion/Legion Auxiliary Programs.
e). Volunteer hours spent raising money for Medical
Research such as MD, MS, Epilepsy, AHA, ACS, UCP,
Casey Cares, MD Special Olympics, etc.
f). Volunteer hours spent as a hospital volunteer, nursing
facility volunteer or any health care facility volunteer.
g). (36) All costs/donations to any of the above mentioned
programs such as sports teams
not mentioned before,
donations to fire departments, rescue squads, police
departments, police athletic organizations, donations to
your Posts and Legion Auxiliaries, donations to any
veterans organizations, donations to all medical research
programs or hospice and hospital programs, donations
made to schools in your community or head start
programs, donations to any community food cellars,
community shelters or charitable organizations.
10. (37) You may claim the number of scouting units (Boys or
Girls) that your squadron sponsors, (38) the number of
youths involved in your sponsorship, (39) and the total cost
of those sponsored.
11. (40) Your squadron may claim the total number of youths
sponsored for the Junior Shooting Program and Gun Safety
Program. (41)Your squadron may claim the total number of
hours that were spent on Junior Shooting Sports and Gun
Safety Courses taught by squadron members. (42)Your
squadron may claim the cost of these courses and/or
sponsorships or any donations that were used to help fund
these courses.
12. (43) Your squadron may claim the number of American
Legion Baseball Teams that they sponsored (44) and the cost
of those sponsorships. (Volunteer Hours should be claimed
under Community Service).
13. (45) You squadron may claim Blood Drives, pints collected, (46)
and the hours of putting on the blood drive.
14 (47) Your squadron may claim any other Baseball teams, that
they sponsor, other than American Legion teams, and the cost of those sponsorships. (All other sports teams other than
baseball should be claimed under Community Service).
Other Hours And Donation Not Covered Above
You may claim any donations and hours, in this section that you haven’t claimed before, in the sections listed above. If you have any doubts as to what you may claim, ask yourself this question. "Does the program that you spent time and/or money on pertain to the good of the Community, State, or Nation?" You may, also, list any donations to Toys for Tots or similar programs, in your communities.
You may
not claim money or time spent on attending meetings or conventions or supplies to run your squadron, money spent on hosting meetings, gifts for distinguished guests or money spent on sending members to or attending classes, as these expenses are considered normal operating expenses.
