In My Opinion......
This page is  mainly for Post members to express their Opinion about the American Legion, Our Post, and Post Activities.
No Politics, No Religious Content. Humor as long as it is approiate for all to read.

Opinion...

Are You a Member?

We have over 230 names on our membership roster but there are between 20-30 that attend the Post activities and or volunteer to support the functions.
A member is someone who, along with paying their dues, also contributes by volunteering and supporting the many activities of the organization. The Post is only as strong as its members, not its membership.
It’s great to say “I belong to the American Legion” but it is of greater pride to be able to say “I am a member of the American Legion, Post 135.”
There are 15-20 individuals from the Auxiliary and the Post that are always available to assist
with any functions or activity they are asked to do. With less than 10% of the members serving 230 + members and numbers of unnamed individuals through our charitable contributions, visits to the Veterans at Tuskegee, Children and Youth programs and other activities just think how much stronger our Post would be and how many more people we could benefit if all of our card carrying comrades would become MEMBERS.
So, are you a Member or just a person that carries their American Legion membership in their wallet?
Are you one of the 10% that does 90% of the work or are you part of the 90% that readily
accepts the credit for the work of the 10%?
Why not join the few and increase our capacity to help more of our Veterans and their families.

We understand that some of our members can not attend Post activities due to illness, physical fitness, jobs and various other reasons and that is the reason that the members that can attend should step up and take part to cover for those comrades that can not!

5/12/11
Not much has changed since I wrote this article over a year ago. Our membership has decreased to less than 220 but the same 15-20 members continue to volunteer and do the work of the Post in supporting the many programs that we have.
A lot of the members that do not particapate still beleive that their annual dues entitles them to partake of all functions, including meals, at no charge and reap the benefits and enjoyment at someone else's expense; i.e., sweat labor.
As we hear so much today about the 'emtitlement programs' and how much it costs all ot us, the taxpayers, we can look at the Post Operations as similar but on a smaller scale. You should only expect to receive benefits in proportion to the time you invest in the Post. If your job or other comittments does not allow you time to volunteer then you should be willing to donate a few dollars towards a meal or other activity to support your Post.

My Opinion,
Earl Hutchinson, Immediate Past Post Commander

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