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District 12
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Blood Drive and Yellow
Ribbons
A Blood Drive for the Troops took place
at the Whitehall Ohio Army Reserve Center
on August 13, the same time as the Yellow
Ribbon Event was taking place in Blacklick
for the 629th Surgical Unit.
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District 12 addresses Flag
Shortage
After the announcement that the
Columbus City Schools were to start
reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to our
Flag in every class, every morning again,
it was determined that there were not
enough flags for all of the classrooms, in
fact they were short at least 1,000 flags.
Public Relations Officer Steve Ebersole is
shown being interviewed by Steve Wainfor
of NBC TV4 announcing the intent of the
12th District, working with community
partners, to raise enough money to provide
the flags. This interview took place in
the 12th District Office at Veteran's
Memorial.
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Legion Night at the ballpark
August 5th was American Legion Night
with the Columbus Clippers. Department
Commander Bob Klostermeier is pictured
throwing out the first pitch. There were
about 500 American Legion members with
friends, family and staff from the
Chalmers P. Wylie VA Clinic.
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Commander visits VA facility
The new Department Commander visits the
Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care
Facility on August 4th. Pictured from left
to right are 12th District 1st Vice
Commander Bernie Brogan, Clinic Associate
Director John Glacken, Department
Commander Bob Klostermeier, Department
Sergeant-at-Arms Joe Jeffries, Past
Department Commander Glenn Hickman and
12th District Commander Pete Margaritis.
Also escorting the Department Commander
but not in the picture were 12th District
2nd Vice Commander Gary Fast and 12th
District Public Relations Officer Steve
Ebersole.
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Post 532 Luau supports
troops
The Westland High School Junior ROTC
presents the Colors at the opening of the
Don Gentile Post 532 Luau to support the
troops.
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Worthington Post 239 Legacy
Run
Legion Riders Chapter 239, from
Worthington, Ohio, showed up for the
kickoff of the annual Legacy Run in
Indianapolis to deliver their donation of
$4,200 for the Legacy Scholarship Fund.
Pictured from left to right are National
Commander Jimmie Foster, Chapter 239
members Rick Derry, Marlene Derry, Matt
Favret, Rich Richardson, Laura Favret and
Dan Latiolais. Present, but not pictured,
were Darlene Richardson and Dianne
Latiolais.
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Yellow Ribbon highlights 629th
Surgical Unit
On August 13 and 14, 2011, 12th
District Public Relations Officer Steve
Ebersole and Commander Pete Margaritis
supported the Yellow Ribbon event for the
629th Surgical Unit which is part of the
304 Medical Combat Division to be deployed
later this year. This is a special unit
for the 12th District as they will be
using the blood collected by their Blood
Drive for the Troops project. The 12th
District has blood drives every other
month supported by the Armed Services
Blood Program (ASBP) out of
Wright-Patterson Air For-ce Base. The
blood is then shipped, within a couple of
days of our drives, to the theater of
operation in the Middle East.
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Family Support Briefing
12th District Public Relations Officer
Steve Ebersole gives a briefing to
families at the Naval Reserve Center at
Rickenbacker on the American Legion and
the support that is available to families
during deployments. He also described the
history, organizational structure and
activities of the Legion in supporting the
military and all veterans. Steve and 12th
District Commander Pete Margaritis
maintained a display and table with
pamphlets and brochures, answered
questions and signed up new members during
the day-long event.
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