COMMUNITY (Cont.)
The Kiwanis Club of Avalon Park
The Kiwanis Club of Avalon Park has kicked off the 2020-21 school year with resuming several of their programs with the local schools. Some of the including sponsoring K-Kids at all of the elementary schools, Builders clubs in the middle schools and Key Club at Timber Creek as well as East River and Lake Nona as well as CKI at UCF. Most of these clubs are still very active in serving the community with projects as well as holding virtual meetings.
and the special teacher of the month awards at each school. The weekly Kiwanis reading program is resuming as the club is working with some of the elementary schools on a virtual reading session on Thursdays.
The Club also resumed it’s Kiwanis Terrific Kids awards at all of the elementary and middle schools,
The American Legion and its Founding Pillars: National Security
The American Legion is the largest veteran’s service organization. In 1919, The American Legion was founded on four pillars: Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, National Security, Americanism, and Children & Youth. Each of these pillars encompasses a variety of programs that benefits our nation’s veterans, its service members, their families, the youth of American and ordinary citizens. Pillar II: National Security
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 exposed this nation’s vulnerabilities and magnified the importance of this value - not only for military veterans, but for all Americans. Since then, The American Legion has passed national resolutions supporting and reconfirming its support for the Global War on Terrorism and for all who have critical responsibilities in fighting it: the White House; Congress; departments of Defense, State and Homeland Security; and, foremost, the troops and civilians protecting U.S. interests at home and abroad from terrorist acts. The American Legion’s national security position is multi-faceted. Key aspects include: • Ensuring a well-funded, well-equipped, and well-trained military. • Focusing awareness and surveillance on rogue nations, terrorist groups and global threats to U.S. security around the world. • Supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and urging its steadfast protection of U.S. borders, ports, and other entry points. • Enabling a decent quality of life for troops and their fami-
lies – active duty and reserve-component alike – that includes reasonable compensation, benefits, health care, childcare, and family support programs. • Providing an efficient and compassionate healing and transition program for wounded, ill or injured warriors. Also, within the Legion’s national security pillar is the Foreign Relations Commission that works closely with the Department of State to seek peaceful solutions to conflicts around the world, and to advance the goals of U.S. foreign policy. The American Legion’s national security positions include these key areas: • Strong National Defense • Military Quality of Life • Homeland Security • Immigration Enforcement • Foreign Relations • Full Accounting of American POW/MIAs If you are a military veteran and would like to learn more about The American Legion, visit us at www.avalonparkpost409.org.
