Newsletter

Our newsletter is a weekly email blast for Members. Keep up with News from American Legion Post 199 here!

Member Meetings:

LEGION MEMBER MEETING:
6:30pm
1st Thursday of the Month
The Elks Lodge, Fairhope

ALR MEETING:
2:30
3rd Sunday of the Month
Gaston-Lee VFW, Fairhope

SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION MEETING:
6:30pm
(3rd Monday of the month)
Gaston-Lee VFW, Fairhope

AUXILIARY MEETING:
6:00pm
3rd Wednesday of the Month
The Elks Lodge, Fairhope

2025 Membership Legionnaires:

2025 Membership Legionnaires
You can now renew your American Legion Membership for 2025! You can do so at the Canteen, online at your MYLEGION.ORG account, or you may please mail a check to the address information below:
Please mail your notice and your check to us at: American Legion Post 199, P.O. Box 473, Fairhope AL 36533-0473
American Legion dues for 2025 are $60. To renew online with a credit card, go to MyLegion.org

You will need your American Legion ID number to renew online.The number appears on your membership card and will be on your renewal notice. Encourage your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers who are veterans to become members of the American Legion. Every new member brings us a little closer to restoring the main building and makes every sunset a little more fun!Know any non-veterans that like to support veterans and contribute to good, local causes? Encourage them to join the Post 199 Sons of the American Legion or Post 199 American Legion Auxiliary.

The Auxiliary is now welcoming female Legionnaires to join our Honorary Auxiliary Members Program. Any female Legionnaire who is in good standing as a post member is welcome to participate in our meetings, fundraisers, veterans community programs, educational programs, and social events. As an Honorary member, you will not have to pay our membership fee, but not be able to vote. So come hang out with the girls because after all, “Girls just wanna have fun!”

MEMBER NEWS:

We have launched the next phase of our building reconstruction capital campaign. You are an extremely important part of this process! This campaign will not work without your help! You can contribute to our fundraiser with a gift and/or by circulating the fundraising link below to your family, friends, and any other possible supporters of our campaign. Please share this link to your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or any other social media account that you might have. You can also email and/or text this link to anyone.  Visit our NEW GoFundMe Here! Thank you in advance for your help! Sincerely, Joseph “Joe” Harman, Finance Officer, American Legion Post 199 Eastern Shore, Fairhope, Alabama E: Financepost199@yahoo.com

2024 -’25 Post 199 Officers

Post Cmdr: Dale Taylor

Sr-Vice Cmdr: Mike Sumrall

Jr-Vice Cmdr: Jeff Gunther

Post Adjutant: Frank Thrasher

Finance Officer: Joe Harman

Service Officer: Scotty Selman

Sgt@Arms: Scotty Selman

Judge Advocate: Bob Echols

Post Historian: Robert King

EC Chair: James Currie

EC Position 1: Sam Luter

EC Position 2: Joe Overstreet

EC Position 3: Art Thomas

EC Position 4: Mike Bowman

Chaplain: John Propp

Public Affairs: Dr. Tonya Butler

A.L.E.R.T. Volunteers needed to staff the American Legion Emergency Response Team. All skill sets, experience, expertise and resources are welcomed. Please contact Charlie Harner via email charlieharner@comcast.net, for more information.

Thank You For Your Support!

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