Outreach Programs

  • Provide Color Guard and Firing Squad for veteran funerals
  • Provide Color Guard and Firing Squad for Veteran Holiday services
  • Provide funeral dinners for the family of deceased veterans of Post 217
  • Raise the Flag at Home football games for Sidney High, Lehman High and the OHSAA Playoff Football Games
  • Raise funds for the Department of Ohio Gifts for Yanks program for veterans
  • Participate in the Department of Ohio Buckeye Boys State program for young men
  • Participate in the Department of Ohio Americanism program for high school youth
  • Participate in the Department of Ohio Oratorical program for high school youth
  • Sponsor an American Legion Baseball team and a Junior Legion Baseball team.
  • Provide scholarships for high school seniors
  • Provide funding for the 4th of July city fireworks
  • Provide a Social Quarters for Legion family members
  • Dispose of retired American Flags
  • Support programs of the Boy Scouts
  • Provide meals / training facilities for military recruiters
  • Host Veteran Service meetings
  • Sponsor local youth sports activities.
  • Provide Hall rentals for weddings, anniversary dinners and fundraisers for the community
  • Provide the Hall to the United Way, Amos Memorial Public Library – Book Fair, local blood drives  and other 501(c)3 organizations for events
  • Help decorate the graves of fallen veterans on Memorial Day