Carolina Veterans Feed Homeless
Our local Carolina Veterans Organization had descended upon our post and kitchen in force to cook a meal to feed the homeless!
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Speakers’ Bureau – Benefits Beyond Belief
Our Post Speakers’ Bureau was started a number of years ago to help the post commander fill special requests for a speaker, a guest appearance, a historical talk, to join in to speak on a radio program, and more. We get lots and lots of requests. Our speakers can be found in Cary, Henderson, Yanceyville, Hendersonville, Burlington, and far beyond. They are our American Legionnaires on parade. They put a face to the American Legion and our community service as veterans.
Read morePost 6 Wins State Recognition – Web Site Award
Chapel Hill Post No. 6, American Legion, was honored this month at the Department of North Carolina Mid-Winter Conference. Our post won First Place in the Web Site Award competition.
Read moreMarathon Jam Returns for 9th Year!
The Ninth Annual Marathon Jam is at Chapel Hill Post 6 on the last Saturday, in February. This year it is February 27, 2016. It starts at 1 p.m. and goes non-stop to 1 a.m. Come on in and join the fun.
Read moreThe Fish are Jumping
Tim Ross has been busy restocking our post’s fish pond for winter fishing. About 250 6-10 inch Rainbow Trout were delivered by Foster Lake and Pond Management in November!
Read moreOrange County Honors Veterans
The Orange County Department on Aging invites veterans to a breakfast hosted in their honor on Wednesday, November 11, from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Lt. Col. Bernardine (Bernie) Donato, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force (Retired) will be the guest speaker.
Read morePost Membership –
In our newly released newsletter, we included a section on membership and the importance of growing membership. New members are important, but we need to retain all of our existing members.
Read moreUNC Chapel Hill Vets Project – Ruck for Hunger
This event at UNC may be the most important event for Post 6 in recent history. And all we have to do to make it a success is to show up and outreach to UNC vets. And even better yet, show up wearing something (including Post 6 name tag) that identifies you as an American Legion Post 6 member.
Read moreAFROTC Awards at UNC Chapel Hill
With Spring comes graduation and awards ceremonies. Pete Jaeger and Ed Gill presented American Legion ROTC awards to Outstanding Cadets at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Air Force ROTC unit on April 21, 2015.
Read more$10,000 and Counting
John Santa is a very proud of the hard work his Marathon Jammers have done this year. They reached their Chapel Hill goal of $10,000!
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