The meeting began with a review of the Royal Canadian Legion mandate:
1. To keep remembrance alive!
2. To assist veterans and their families in need. A great discussion ensued as all in attendance stressed the need to remember the veterans who were involved in the Cold War, with NATO and other Canadian conflicts such as the 700 Canadian troops in Lativia at the present time.
It was decided that the Executive would pursue a specific project identifying and asking for the input from veterans in Medicine Hat who are not necessarily Legion members. This will be discussed and developed further at the January Executive meeting for presentation to the general membership for their input and involvement. This project is envisioned to be a permanent fixture/presentation in our Legion.
The 2023 Executive are as follows:
President – Sheila Donner
1st Vice President – Bill Cocks
2nd Vice President – Darwin Bernhardt
Past President – Lorraine Lozo
Executive Members:
- 1. Scott Schall
- 2. Therese McCleave
- 3. Ken McCleave
- 4. Gary Wilson
- 5. Wes Krause
- 6. Bob Cable
As part of the new executive’s responsibilities each member volunteered for the following chair positions:
Lotteries – Ken and Therese McCleave
Sports – Darwin Berhardt
Finance – Bill Cocks
Membership – Therese McCleave
Remembrance Day – Scott Schall
Decoration Day – Scott Schall
Cadet Liaison – Scott Schall
Poppy Campaign – Sheila Donner/ Lorraine Lozo
Poppy Committee – Sheila Donner
Entertainment – TBD
PR – Gary Wilson
Honours and Awards – Bill Cocks, Sheila Donner and Gary Wilson
Maintenance – Roger Beebe
Historian/Archives – Wes Krause
Further Chairs are:
Service Officer – Wayne Donner
Sgt – at – Arms – Scott Schall
If you wish to volunteer to be on any of these committees, please contact the office- 403-527-7184. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Kid’s Christmas Party
The Executive were reminded of the Kids’ Christmas Party scheduled for Sunday December 18th, 1-3 in the canteen, and agreed to donate the money to purchase the candy for the candy bags from Santa. I would like to thank each of them for their generous donation.
Please bring your child or grandchild down to the Legion and enjoy lunch, decorating cupcakes, making Christmas ornaments and visiting with Santa. Just let the office know if you plan to attend.
The British New Years was also discussed. December 31st from 2-9 in the Pub. Come on down and have lots of fun ringing in the New Year.
It was discussed and decided unanimously that the Legion and Pub would be closed Christmas Eve all day.
There will still be a meat raffle on December 23 as per usual. Our Legion17@shaw.ca email is not working, so please contact us at legionmh17@gmail.com.
The President thanked Scott Schall for his leadership with regards to VetBuild, a project where Veterans with PTSD come together to talk and share and to build models. If you are interested in joining them please contact the Office.
Your Robertson Memorial Branch #17 Executive wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year.
