Education

The education of all of America’s children is essential for the future of our nation. The American Legion Auxiliary joins with The American Legion to aid and support the basic rights of all children to receive an appropriate education. That education should prepare them for a fulfilling life.

Objectives:
1. To help make it possible for a student who has the ability or the desire, to receive an education beyond high school.
2. To encourage the members of The American Legion and its affiliated organizations to take an active part in the development and maintenance of a school system that will serve the needs of all children at every level of education.
3. To encourage students to select careers where personnel shortages exist.

Policies:
1. To explore and summarize existing scholarship sources.
2. To make known to potentially eligible students the sources of scholarships that exist.
3. To develop new scholarship opportunities for the increasing number of students who will reach college age.
4. To cooperate with organizations in the recruitment of students for careers where personnel shortages exist.

Progress of the Education program depends upon the working relationship between national, state, and local levels of our organizations. As an aid to all Education Committees to participate in the program’s progress, we have drawn up the following suggested duties.