by Tim Aboudara | Apr 12, 2020
Here’s an update on The American Legion California Boys State program: Samsung Scholarship Program for 2020: National Adjutant Dan Wheeler announced this past week that the Samsung Scholarship Program for 2020 has been cancelled. This is due, in part, that as of...
by Jared Morgan | Mar 31, 2020
The American Legion’s connection to child welfare is deep in its roots. In 1924, some five years after the end of World War I, The American Legion began raising money for an endowment fund that would, among other things, feed the organization’s efforts to care for the...
by caLegion Contributor | Mar 27, 2020
By Roxanne Jones Chair, Children & Youth Commission Since the 1920’s, The American Legion has been actively involved with children’s issues, and often the driving force on behalf of children on the federal, state and local levels. In 1938, April was formally...
by caLegion Contributor | Nov 13, 2019
2020 California Boys State http://www.boysstatecalifornia.org/dates/ 2020 Session: June 20-27, 2020 at California State University, Sacramento American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government...
by caLegion Contributor | Nov 4, 2019
Meet the members of the 2019-2020 Boys State Commission and supporters (11/02/2019). Photograph taken by: Henry Sanchez, Dept Historian. — with Tim Aboudara Sr, Dick Shick, Edward J. Grimsley, Hugh Evans Crooks Jr, Gary Leach, Ed Denson, Theodore...
by caLegion Contributor | Nov 3, 2019
Boys State Commission Holds Annual Meeting By Tim Aboudara, Sr., Chief Counselor The American Legion California Boys State Commission held its annual meeting at Yolo Post 77 in Woodland on November 2. This meeting was the most “historic” in many years. A review...
