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District 12 News
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Post 770 supports St. Stephen's egg
hunt
Members of Sgt. Donald R. Long Post 770
of the American Legion distribute goodies
to the children at the annual Easter egg
hunt held at St. Stephen's Community
House, 1500 East 17th Avenue, Columbus,
Ohio.
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Blood Drive for the Troops
Representing the American Legion, Pete
Margaritis, 2nd Vice Commander of the 12th
District, promotes the District's "Blood
Drive for the Troops" project at the
annual Ohio National Guard Family
Readiness weekend on Saturday, April 10.
Since this was during the DEC meeting,
Pete represented the Department of Ohio in
receiving the Ohio Adjutant General's
Annual Family Readiness Award for 2010.
Pete was joined by John Tepper of Columbus
Post 82 who helped to promote membership
in the Legion. After the DEC meeting, Pete
and John were joined by District
Commander, Tom Eshelman and 1st Vice
Commander, Steve Ebersole. Thelma Kesler,
"The Cookie Lady" and Diane Schultz, 1st
Vice President of Hilliard Unit 614
represented the Auxiliary.
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'Brother' Hill visits District 12
blood drive
Jonathan Hill, brother of National
Commander Clarence Hill, joins 12th
District Commander Tom Eshelman for the
District's "Blood Drive for the Troops"
held in late January. Jonathan is a
firefighter at Columbus Station 20 and
came to give blood after he got off work
in the morning. The Blood Drive for the
Troops is a 12th District Project that is
held every two months at the Army Reserve
center in Whitehall. Air Force members of
the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP)
come from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
to draw the blood, which is sent to the
Middle East theater of operations within
days. The 12th District and the Department
of Ohio took the support for the ASBP, as
Resolution 41, to the floor of the
National Convention in Louisville, August
of 2009, where it was adopted as American
Legion Policy. On the web at
www.blooddriveforthetroops.org.
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Post 430 dances for a cause
Every Thursday night at American Legion
Post 430 in Bexley instructor Saundra Hill
(in doorway) conducts a line dance class.
Donations are given for boxes of supplies
that are sent to American Soldier Aaron
Davis Jr. and his Company stationed in
Afghanistan. A total of 16 boxes were
shipped on April 6th.
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District 12 Conference
Department Commander Lou Dimmerman was
the guest speaker at the 12th District
Conference on April 18, 2010.
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