Department Events and Activities
AMVETS National Programs of Interest
Legion
of Honor, Chapel of the Four Chaplains Awards
Application
deadline for our Legion of Honor from the Chapel of the Four Chaplains is
February 10 2012, to the Department Second Vice Commander. I must have the
documents (typed preferred) for submission to their organization prior to our
program, giving them enough lead time to prepare the documents.
Information on
criteria and application can be found at:
http://www.fourchaplains.org/programs.html
the first award.
Application:
A typed
page of accomplishments can be added.
http://www.fourchaplains.org/Legion%20of%20Honor%20Nominations%20Sheet.pdf
R.O.T.C.
Schools wishing
to participate MUST notify me by March 15, 2012. They
will have until April 15th to provide the specifics on the member being honored.
This way we can hold that date and make appropriate arrangements for the
presentations throughout the Department.
The medals are
on order and we should have enough for the department based on history.
A.A.D.A.A.
The A.A.D.A.A.
program can be found on the page link below.
http://amvets.org/programs/amvets_against_drug_alcohol_abuse.htm
The Department
criteria is the same as National's, except for deadlines.
Entry forms are
on that site as well. There is one entry for all grades.
Entries, both
posters and written, one for each grade/post, should be in the Department by
June 1, or the first day of our Annual Convention, whichever is later, for
consideration. Originals are required, no copies.
The Department
will have gift cards for 1st place winners, in each grade, and will forward the
Department winners to National. The Gift Cards will be distributed, to the
sponsoring Posts, after National Convention.
Two short
recommendations:
Do not have the child's name on the front,
type or print the personal information on an extra page and attach it to the
back of the entry.
Americanism:
There are 3
entries, based on grade.
Entries, both
posters and written, one for each grade/Post, should be in the Department by
June 1, or the first day of our Annual Convention whichever is later, for
consideration. Originals are required, no copies.
The Department
Criteria are the same as National's, except for the deadline.
The
Department will have appropriate gift cards for 1st place Department winners in
each grade, and will forward the Department winners to National. These
will be distributed, to the sponsoring Posts, after National Convention.
Reminder, the
Department 9th grade winner gets a Trip to National's Youth Leadership
Conference held at Freedom's Foundation, Valley Forge, PA
The amount of
the gift cards is on a sliding scale based on how many grades entries are
submitted. If there are no winners in certain grades then the amount for
that grade may be used to supplement other grades. The amount is not known
until the judging and winners are chosen.
Due to the
Gloucester Program finally being reviewed, for what we are paying for, some of
the funds allocated for this year’s winners are being spent there. Later
in the year we will move Program funds around to replace that part of the
budget.
This program
will be evaluated in the Spring and will be adjusted so that,
one school does not receive more in funds for their winners ( and multiple
runner ups # 40) than the entire state. It was too late to adjust this year’s
presentation (in November). The Department does not pay for runner up
positions.
Two short
recommendations:
Do not have the child's name on the front.
Type
or print the personal information on an extra page and attach it to the back of
the entry.
http://amvets.org/programs/americanism.html
SILVER
HELMET:
http://amvets.org/pdfs/SilverHelmet-Nomination-Form.pdf
Silver Helmet
Awards are a National Program Event . Jack Wolf can discuss this with you about
the workings of that committee, since he was a member for 5 years.
The only entry
which MUST go through the nominee's Post and Department is AMVET OF THE YEAR,
which should be in the Department by June 1 (or first day of our Annual
Department Convention which is later) for review and submission to the National
Organization for their Judging.
The presentations
are held in the Spring of the following year, coinciding with our Spring NEC
meeting, held the follow year (Winners announced August 2011 are
presented Spring 2012). This is a formal, black tie or suit event.
Please advice
the programs Vice Commander if you have any entries.
The Department
had a winner under AMERICANISM 2 years ago with the Gloucester School Program,
and a few years prior, Jack Wolf, as National AMVET of the YEAR,
AMVETS
Employer of the Year:
The criteria and
application information is available at National's web site:
The criteria and
Application are on the link listed. Deadline is July 15 of each year.
Winner is announced at the National Annual Convention. This is NOT run by
Programs but from the National Service Foundation. Please let the Programs
Vice Commander know if there is a entry being submitted.
http://www.amvets.org/pdfs/Employer-of-the-Year-(EOY)-Nomination-Form.pdf
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