VETS JOB FAIR

http://www.refresheverything.com/vetsjobfairs

Provide job fairs and job training for veterans
| Pepsi Refresh Everything

Have you voted yet today. 

We are starting to move up on the list and
need everyone in New York to help. 

Send this message to everyone and ask
them to vote. 

The deadline is tomorrow but we can win this if everyone
helps. 

The top two vote getters will win the money. We need your help. 

Please click here to vote EVERY DAY..

PEPSI GRANT - VET JOBS

Legion “Job Fairs for Veterans” drops to 25th place in Pepsi competition; votes needed

The American Legion’s “Job Fairs for Veterans” lost another position overnight, dropping to 25th place this morning.
 
Legionnaires, American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of The American Legion, their families, friends, neighbors, work associates and members of their communities across the nation are asked to vote every day online at: http://www.refresheverything.com/vetsjobfairs
You can also vote from your mobile phone: Text* 101758 to Pepsi (73774). *Standard text messaging rates apply.
Please vote today and every day.

PEPSI REFRESH PROJECT

The National Commander … and all of us, I’m sure … would like to receive another $250,000 from Pepsi so The American Legion could award several full-ride scholarships to the deserving children of men and women who lost their lives doing their duty since 9/11.  To do this, we need to each vote every day (www.legion.org) for The American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund.  Please do it now, and encourage your friends and associates to vote also.  There are many worthy charities in the competition, but certainly none more worthy than the Legacy Fund.  “It’s not what we do; it’s who we are!”

LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP

 The American Legion Legacy Scholarship fund is competing for a $250,000 grant to be awarded by the Pepsi Beverage Company as part of its Refresh Everything Project this month. The winning charities are determined by the amount of votes received on the Refresh Everything Web site. The American Legion's Operation Comfort Warriors finished in first place during February's voting and has already been awarded the top grant of $250,000.

"I was very proud of those who supported us in February and enabled us to fund a program that directly supports our wounded heroes," National Commander Clarence Hill said. "Now it's time to come to the aid of another group of deserving people: those whose parents paid the ultimate price and sacrificed their lives while serving in our military during the war on terrorism. The American Legion Legacy Scholarship fund ensures that the children of these fallen heroes will be able to attend college and not have to worry about the rising cost of higher education. We can support the children of these heroes simply by voting every day throughout the month of May. The process will cost you nothing, but the reward can truly make a difference."

About The American Legion Legacy Scholarship

Goals - To provide scholarships to students whose parent died in the service

The American Legion is the largest not-for-profit wartime veterans service organization, federally chartered by congress in 1919. Through its various charitable programs, the main focus of The Legion is to Improve the quality of life for our veterans, active duty personnel, and their families.

Overview

The American Legion Legacy Scholarship benefits college-bound students whose mom or dad lost their lives serving in the U.S. Armed Forces since 9/11. As college tuition and expenses continue to increase it becomes increasingly difficult for a single parent to afford. The American Legion Legacy Scholarship provides assistance with the cost of tuition, fees, and room and board.

Estimates are that over 10,000 children have lost a parent in the US Military since 9/11. This number will continue to rise as more children graduate from high school. Funds from the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project will allow The American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund to help meet this increasing need by providing assistance to deserving students. The American Legion and The American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund will be there to help fulfill President Lincoln’s promise “…to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan…”

To vote for the American Legion Legacy scholarship program, click here.

How will the 250K be Used?

$ 110,000 scholarships awarded for the Fall 2010 semester

$ 110,000 scholarships to be awarded for the Spring 2011 semester

$ 30,000 will be used to promote the availability of additional scholarships

Budget Notes: The American Legion will cover the administrative costs so that all the money will go for scholarships.

It’s official: Legion wins Pepsi contest

The people voted and the troops won. PepsiCo has officially announced that The American Legion's Operation Comfort Warriors will be awarded a $250,000 grant from the soft drink giant after finishing first in voting during February's Refresh Everything Project.
Internet voters were able to choose which of 729 competing charities would receive grants of $5,000, $25,000, $50,000 or $250,000. The top three finishers in the $250,000 category are receiving the grants.

"There are so many people to thank, I don't know where to begin," American Legion National Commander Clarence Hill said. "First, I want to thank Pepsi and its charitable Global Giving Foundation. Then I want to thank The American Legion members, American Legion Auxiliary, Sons of the American Legion members and Legion Riders who supported us by spreading the word and voting. In fact, I want to thank everybody who voted for Operation Comfort Warriors. This was truly a national grassroots effort. Most of all, I want to thank our troops, who go into harm's way for us every day. It is their sacrifice that makes it possible for us to enjoy the freedoms we all share."

Since December 2008, the American Legion family has raised funds for Operation Comfort Warriors, a program dedicated to meeting the needs of wounded military personnel, providing them with comfort items not usually supplied by the government. OCW ensures that patients at U.S. military hospitals and warrior transition units are given items like sweat suits, DVDs, puzzles, electronic devices, books, calling cards and more. The American Legion pays all administrative costs for the program, meaning 100 percent of the donations, including the grant money, will go directly to purchasing items for the troops.

For more on Operation Comfort Warriors, visit www.legion.org/ocw.

PEPSI COLA GRANT

Pepsi Refresh Everything Project: Continue Voting at Pepsi's Site for Veterans Programs

There is power in the numbers of the American Legion Auxiliary Family. Last month, we played a big role in voting for The American Legion Family's Operation Comfort Warriors in the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project. Though the official results will not be announced until later this month, Operation Comfort Warriors was in first place to win the Pepsi Challenge grant of $250,000 for the month of February when the voting ended! Thanks to all of our Auxiliary members who voted every day!

This month, another veterans program is competing for the March Pepsi Refresh Everything Challenge Grant Project: MyVetwork, a mission-compatible organization whose "Vet Effect" project helps veterans be prepared for today's civilian workforce.

Let's develop the habit of voting each month for good mission-match causes to win a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Everything grant. Vote for MyVetwork today by clicking here.

Set up your Pepsi account today for future polls. Stay tuned - there may be an American Legion Auxiliary project competing for a $250,000 Pepsi grant through this easy online voting program!

PEPSI GIVEAWAY

Votes needed for Operation Comfort Warriors in Pepsi grant giveaway

With 17 days left in the Pepsi Refresh grant competition, The American Legion’s Operation Comfort Warriors remains in the number 2 position.  Keeping this position, or better yet, moving once again into the number 1 position, is the goal for midnight, February 28.  On March 1, Pepsi will announce the top two winners of the $250,000 grants.

Competition is keen and growing by other charities vying in the competition.  It is imperative that every member of The American Legion family votes every day, both at the office and at home.  Spread the word to all family members, neighbors, friends, and local community groups who would like to see our wounded warriors get the comfort items they so richly deserve.

Go to The American Legion Web site – www.legion.org - and click on the “Vote Today” icon on the right, or access the site directly at: http://www.refresheverything.com/operationcomfortwarriors.

REMEMBER: VOTE EVERY DAY!

OPERATION COMFORT WARRIORS

Pepsi Refresh Project - Good Luck!

Legion Family,

The American Legion family has raised more than $300,000 to purchase comfort items for U.S. troops recovering in hospitals and warrior transition units around the globe. Now we have the opportunity to nearly double what was raised. Pepsi Cola is offering a $250,000 grant to the top two charities (based on votes) as part of its  Pepsi Refresh project. There are 729 charities competing and as of Feb. 1, Operation Comfort Warriors is 21st  in votes.

All overhead and administrative costs for Operation Comfort Warriors is paid for by The American Legion, meaning 100 percent of donations go toward helping the troops. If OCW were to receive the Pepsi grant, that money would also go entirely to the troops. Please go to http://refresheverything.com/operationcomfortwarriors and vote.

Just as importantly, use your post and department newspapers, facebook pages, web sites, twitter and all other tools at your disposal to encourage others to vote for this great cause.

The refresheverything grant can make a difference in the lives of hundreds of our disabled troops.

If you have any questions about OCW, please feel free to call Communications Director John Raughter at (317)630-1350 of visit http://legion.org/troops/operationcomfort.

Thank you for your support,
Dan Wheeler
National Adjutant