| Show OtO 0 ican v Legion le Ot t Cop Copy for or Ihl Thi Department D Supplied 4 by the lb American Legion Le lon N News wa 9 S Service r lr BOOSTS COMMUNITY BETTERMENT WORK Community betterment work In all of the 1050 posts of the AmerIcan Legion throughout the nation Is la being and Increased by br a campaign recently launched by hy tho Notional National Americanism commission of the Legion which operates a community betterment bureau for advice ad and guidance to posts In community servo sere service ice work At least one act of unselfish service to the tho community each lIch year ear Is the motto which National Corn Com John 11 I has laid down clown for every post In tho lie entire organization A survey recently made by tle AmerIcanism commission Indicated accordIng to Frank C Cross director that some Legion posts are arc now carryIng on work distinctly and ex ex- exclusively elusively of a community betterment character An additional 2000 posts he said are en engaged aged In projects partly for the benefit of the post Itself and partly for the benefit of ot the community com- com according to the results of af the survey Where posts are already carryIng on community betterment work Com Com- Commander om mander urges that th they un- un un undertake an nn expansion of their pro pro- programs programs grams Every post Is Is called upon to joIn In the work In a spirited deter deter- to do some service worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while for Its local community A feature of ot the Americanism com com- commission's commission's missions mission's campaign to Increase this type of ot work among posts was a n ret ref referendum held by the post In Its local community to give gl the citizens of ot the community nn an opportunity to sug suggest est what In their opinion Is the com corn community activity In which the post can best engage Some fifty community betterment activities covering the entire field and falling Into the lie general classes ot of civic Improvement juvenile ac- ac activities ac activities education recreation and pub pub- public public lic lit education have been carried onby on by posts |
