Legion Week Sept. 18-24, 2016

June Crawford | Sep 21, 2016

Each year, the Royal Canadian Legion celebrates Legion Week on the third week of September. Legion Week provides us with an opportunity to inform the public exactly what goes on within a branch, and what the branch in turn does for the community.

The Legion is a non-profit organization assuming the responsibility of maintaining the tradition of Remembrance of those who paid the supreme sacrifice by defending our great nation in past and present conflicts, so that we as Canadians can live in the freedom that we enjoy today!

We continue to support and represent our veterans of past and present with many benefits as a result of the determination of our dedicated members at all levels of the organization.

Legion branches across the province work together with their affiliated organization to raise funds in support of the many programs within the Royal Canadian Legion. The monies raised supports numerous programs benefiting our veterans, seniors and youth within our own local community.

September 18-24, 2016, has been proclaimed Legion Week throughout the Province of Ontario. Sharbot Lake Branch 425 celebrates this event every year with a seniors' day of bingo and dinner held on the Tuesday of Legion Week, which is a very successful day of fun, food and camaraderie.

Sharbot Lake Hollowood Branch 425 takes this opportunity to invite the general public to visit the Legion, or talk with a member, to learn what we're all about and to consider joining in the activities put on for the enjoyment of the community, and perhaps even consider joining our organization.