American Legion Charities, Inc.,
details $1.7 million in contributions

American Legion Charities Inc. has received since inception on August 4, 2004 (through July 31, 2008) from Posts contracted with Charities, Inc., $17,527,461.95 and paid back to them $15,774,714.00. The Directors of Charities, Inc., in return dispersed $1,702,630.00 to the following Department Charities (from 08-04-2004 to 07-31-2008):

To the Districts for their charities - $175,000.00
(14 Districts at $12,500.00)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Of Lorain City, Williams City Veterans Memorial Building Program, North Union District Veterans Memorial (Richwood, Oh), Union City Veterans Remembrance Committee, Western Reserve Monument, Sharon Lane Fund, ODN, Fallen Heroes, Fairview Cemetery Monument, Morrow Vets Memorial, Delhi Twp, Soldiers Monumental Assoc. of Pickaway Co. - $28,900.00

Fisher House Cincinnati - $11,000.00

Fisher/Nightingale Houses, Inc. (Wright-Patterson AFB) - $12,000.00

Joseph House - $8,000.00

Ohio Business Week Foundation (High School Students) - $10,000.00

Heather French Foundation For Veterans - $500.00

Department Costs For Programs Of VA & R, Americanism - $477,230.00
Special Olympics, Legion Baseball And Buckeye Boys State

Ohio Emergency Relief Fund - $50,000.00

National Emergency Fund - $190,000.00

Child Welfare Foundation - $225,000.00

Legacy Scholarship Fund - $180,000.00

6 Children's Hospital - $30,000.00

Operation Iraqi Freedom Chopper Fund - $15,000.00

National American Legion Aux (Wash D.C. Poppy Fund) - $3,000.00

Troop Care Package, Adopt a Platoon, and Family Support - $93,000.00

Honor Flight - $40,000.00

Highway Patrol Cadets and Highway Patrol Aux. - $6,000.00

Austintown Choir - $500.00

Motts Museum - $25,000.00

Camp Cheerful - $15,000.00

Cystic Fibrosis - $2,000.00

Make a Wish - $1,000.00

Community Shelter Board - $5,000.00

Cleveland Cultural - $4,000.00

Children Miracle Network - $5,000.00

OPERATION LANDSTUHL - $15,000.00

Special Olympics - $45,000.00

A and G and Oratorical - $4,000.00

USO - $6,000.00

Operation Military Kids - $2,500.00

Kids Wish Network - $1,000.00

Children Miracle Network - $6,000.00

Salvation Army - $1,000.00

Alzheimer's Fund - $10,000.00

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