Consolidated Post Report
(CPR) is Our Link to Congress
The Consolidated Post Report (CPR) is the activity report card for Post 66. It records what we did as an American Legion post during the Legion Year. You may wonder how this report links us to The American Legion. Let me explain.
Using the CPR, Post 66 reports our activities on a wide range of topics that are important to the Legion and include:
- Veteran Affairs & Rehabilitation (VA&R)
- National Security
- Media & Communications
- Veterans Employment and Education
- Americanism
- Childene& Youth (C&Y)
- Internal Affairs & Membership
For example, all the pints of blood we collected in our recent blood drive on Veterans Day will be added, under the topic of National Security, to all the other donated pints of blood our members report for the year.
The pints of blood Post 66 collects are then reported in the Post 66 CPR to the Department of California. The Department of California then consolidates the pints of blood reported in our CPR with all the other American Legion CPR reports in California.
After all the California CPRs are compiled into The Department of California CPR, it is submitted to the national office of The American Legion. Once received our California Consolidated Report is consolidated with the reports for departments (states) across the nation.
Our Federal Charter requires The American Legion to report to Congress on the activities of The American Legion during the prior calendar year. The CPR is how we collect the data we consolidate into our report to Congress. It is our activity report card, which is also our link to Congress.
Submit your post’s Consolidated Post Report by June first and strengthen our link to Congress.
Author: Jared Morgan
Jared is the senior editor and web team lead for the Department of California and chair of its Media & Communications Commission. He became a member of the American Legion in 2014 when he joined Palisades Post 283 to find stories about veterans issues for a local newspaper while working as its news editor. He was soon brought in as 283's assistant adjutant and historian to help produce the post's award-winning community newspaper. Since then, Jared has used his media skills to help further the efforts of The American Legion in its advocacy of veterans and their families. Jared has also worked for several years to help revitalize the 100-year-old Santa Monica Post 123, formerly as its adjutant and as a member of its executive board, before transferring back to Post 283.
