Legion gets financial boost
By Dale Woodard on March 19, 2021.
Michael Cormican, president of the General Stewart Branch of the Legion, is seen here with MP Rachael Harder. Herald photo by Dale WoodardThe Royal Canadian Legion General Stewart Branch No. 4 has received a financial shot in the arm.
The branch was recently the recipient of $10,849.30 through‚ Veterans Organization Emergency Support Funding to assist them through what’s been a tough past year with the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Legion has been closed a couple of times already over the past year due to COVID. Of course, when you’re closed, you’re not doing any business, but you still have bills,” said General Stewart Branch president Michael Cormican. “The federal government kindly gave the Royal Canadian Legion some monies to share with their branches to help support them through the difficulties of closure.”
On Thursday afternoon Lethbridge MP Rachael Harder was on hand to present a certificate to Cormican.
“About three weeks ago we were notified we were approved for $10,849.30, which will go a long way to help us keep going,” said Cormican. “All the MP offices were notified of the monies that were given.
“So we have received the money already and I dutifully phoned MP Harder’s office and reminded them we had received the money and we wanted to do something. I thought this would be a good opportunity for us to show our support of each other and also bring the membership up to date about the support of the Legion so we can continue existing.”
“I think one of the really important things about today was having the opportunity to acknowledge funding that has come from the Federal government toward the Legion to help in the good work they’re doing to serve our community here in Lethbridge,” added Harder. “We have veterans as young as 18 and as old as 102 who come to the Legion for various levels of support. So to make sure this place is well-funded and has the ability to give back to our community, and especially to our veterans and their families, is incredibly important. So certainly today was an opportunity to celebrate the good work that is being done here by Michael and his team.”
With the donation secured, Cormican said a finance meeting was held Thursday night and that the branch will have an executive meeting next week.
“Usually, we take recommendations from the committee on what to do or what’s needed and we discuss as the executive committee where the money will go,” said Cormican. “The Legion is multi-faceted, but the main objective is helping veterans and their families. That can mean young, middle-aged or older. A veteran can be as young as 18 or can be 100 years old. In fact, we have two veterans this past week who on March 9 celebrated 100th birthdays and we have two more coming up in the coming months.”
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