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Member Meetings:

LEGION MEMBER MEETING:
January 2nd, 6:30pm
(1st Thursday of the month)
The Elks Lodge

ALR BIKE NIGHT:
TBA Happy Holidays!
(2nd Friday of the month, 6pm)
Post 199

ALR MEETING:
January 12th, 2:30
(3rd *Sunday of the month)
FAIRHOPE VFW

ENTERTAINMENT MEETING:
TBA Happy Holidays
(2nd Monday of the month)
The Canteen
Post Members are welcome to join!

SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION MEETING:
December 16th, 6:30pm
(3rd Monday of the month)
The Canteen

AUXILIARY MEETING:
TBA Happy Holidays
(3rd Wednesday of the month, 6:00pm)
The Elks Lodge

Event Calendar

2025 Membership Legionnaires:

2025 Membership Legionnaires
You can now renew your American Legion Membership for 2025! You can do so at the Canteen, online at your MYLEGION.ORG account, or you may please mail a check to the address information below:
Please mail your notice and your check to us at: American Legion Post 199, P.O. Box 473, Fairhope AL 36533-0473
American Legion dues for 2025 are $60. To renew online with a credit card, go to MyLegion.org

You will need your American Legion ID number to renew online.The number appears on your membership card and will be on your renewal notice. Encourage your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers who are veterans to become members of the American Legion. Every new member brings us a little closer to restoring the main building and makes every sunset a little more fun!Know any non-veterans that like to support veterans and contribute to good, local causes? Encourage them to join the Post 199 Sons of the American Legion or Post 199 American Legion Auxiliary. There are always membership applications at the Canteen and Tiki-bar

Honorary Auxiliary Members Program:

The Auxiliary is now welcoming female Legionnaires to join our Honorary Auxiliary Members Program. Any female Legionnaire who is in good standing as a post member is welcome to participate in our meetings, fundraisers, veterans community programs, educational programs, and social events. As an Honorary member, you will not have to pay our membership fee, but not be able to vote. So come hang out with the girls because after all, “Girls just wanna have fun!”

MEMBER NEWS:

Our Gratitude To all of our volunteers that have joined us to clear the canteen, garage and main building!! Remember our drive to do assist in the matching the initial donation by our generous donor of $75K. Talk to your friends and employers! We need to maintain the momentum.

We Are Hosting The American Legion District Meeting on 15 December at the VFW in Fairhope. We are grateful for all the hard work from our members during 2024. We worked hard to overcome challenges and cap a year’s worth of effort in good stead. Looking forward to bigger and greater things in 2025. Thank You! Gerry Garcia Commander

This Christmas Season the Auxiliary is here to lend a helping hand to Veterans and their families who may be facing challenges. If you or someone you know could use some support in the form of gifts or food, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. You can contact us via email at: auxiliary.199@gmail.com or call us at: 251-279-0388. We’re here for you.

We have launched the next phase of our building reconstruction capital campaign. You are an extremely important part of this process! This campaign will not work without your help! You can contribute to our fundraiser with a gift and/or by circulating the fundraising link below to your family, friends, and any other possible supporters of our campaign. Please share this link to your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or any other social media account that you might have. You can also email and/or text this link to anyone. Visit our NEW GoFundMe Here! Thank you in advance for your help! Sincerely, Joseph “Joe” Harman, Finance Officer, American Legion Post 199 Eastern Shore, Fairhope, Alabama E: Financepost199@yahoo.com

ALR Sponsoring an Accident Assessment Class, looking for 16 members to attend. Please contact: Jim “Redbeard” Currie at (251)978-2292

Canteen & Tiki Bar: We are closed for the Season. Happy Holidays!

We Want You! The Auxiliary is now welcoming female Legionnaires to join our Honorary Auxiliary Members Program. Any female Legionnaire who is in good standing as a post member is welcome to participate in our meetings, fundraisers, veterans community programs, educational programs, and social events. As an Honorary member, you will not have to pay our membership fee, but not be able to vote. So come hang out with the girls because after all, “Girls just wanna have fun!” Members should self police the beach during the day and we need to make sure that we are picking up after ourselves, and if you see trash please put it in its home not on the ground or beach.

2024 -’25 Post 199 Officers

Post Cmdr: Gerry Garcia

Sr-Vice Cmdr: Mike Sumrall

Jr-Vice Cmdr: Jeff Gunther

Post Adjutant: Frank Thrasher

Finance Officer: Joe Harman

Service Officer: Joe Overstreet

Sgt@Arms: Scotty “Mako” Selman

Judge Advocate: Bob Echols

Post Historian: Robert King

EC Chair: James “Red Beard” Currie

EC Position 1: Sam Luter

EC Position 2: Joe Overstreet

EC Position 3: Art Thomas

EC Position 4: Dale Taylor

(Chaplain Position Open.)

A.L.E.R.T. Volunteers needed to staff the American Legion Emergency Response Team. All skill sets, experience, expertise and resources are welcomed. Please contact Charlie Harner via email charlieharner@comcast.net, for more information.

Thank You! Frank Thrasher Post 199 Adjutant