Geneva, ILlinois
Community Programs
Programs that promote the American Legion visibility, and enhance localities through our commitment to community, state and nation.
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Our Legacy Donors
This list contains the names of individual citizens from the Tri-Cities community whose gracious and patriotic spirit support our post with unselfish dedication and financial contributions.
Tom Aschom
Peter Banahoski
Nancy & Pat Bell
Gary Bieritz
Scott Carlson
Paul Dailey
Forester DuSell
Stanley Herzog
Mike Hogan
Wayne Johnson
Jon Kallman
Rodger Macy
Steve Marieti
Robert Mayberry
William Park
Dave Pierson
Bill Rosenfelder
James Webb
Robert Wille
Mary Agnes
& Paul Zellmer
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Scouting
Support for the Boy Scout movement came at The American Legion’s first National Convention in 1919. Today, there are more than 2,500 Boy Scout units sponsored by Legion Posts throughout the country.
Supporting Boy Scout activities is natural for Legionnaires, who bring their service-learned skills and experiences as veterans to bear to help build character and positive traits in “Young America”. Few other Post activities generate more goodwill from the community.
Geneva Post 75 is a proud sponsor of Geneva Cub Scout Pack 137!
Geneva Post 75
Scholarship Program
Geneva American Legion Post 75 is accepting applications for our annual scholarship program. Multiple $1,000 and $500 scholarships will be awarded up to a total of $3,500. Applicants must be a direct descendant (child or grandchild) of an active duty, reserve or a honorably discharged veteran of the US military. Applicant must be attending or planning to attend in the upcoming school year a two or four year state accredited college, university or technical school. The proceeds of the scholarship are to be applied toward tuition, fees, room & board and books. The award will be made directly to the school for deposit in the student’s account. All applications will be confidentially reviewed by the Scholarship Selection Committee. Selections will be made in July with awards made in early August. The decision of the committee as to the allocation of the scholarships shall be final. The American Legion exercises the scholarship selection process without regard to any applicant’s race, creed, sex or national origin. Application deadline is June 30.
To receive an application, please submit your request.
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Girls State Scholarships
The program epitomizes the ALA’s mission to honor those who have brought us our freedom through our enduring commitment to develop young women as future leaders grounded in patriotism and Americanism. The young women become knowledgeable of the democratic process and how our republic form of government works at the state and national levels.
Each summer, approximately 16,000 young women participate in weeklong ALA Girls State programs across the nation. Every American Legion Auxiliary Girls State program operates with the same patriotic values through a nonpartisan curriculum where students assume the roles of government leaders, campaigning in mock parties (often called “Federalists” and “Nationalists”) to become mayors and county and state officials of their ALA Girls State. The program is a weeklong immersive learning experience, often held on a college campus where girls live in “cities” within a dormitory-like setting. The learning, experience, memories, and friendships last a lifetime.
Contact us to to begin the process. commander@genevapost75.org
Illinois American Legion Auxiliary Girls State website.
Some additional details at the National American Legion Auxiliary Girls State website.
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Boys State Scholarships
American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for U.S. high school students. A participatory program in which students become part of the operation of local, county and state government, Boys State was founded in 1935 to counter the socialism-inspired Young Pioneer Camps. The program was the idea of two Illinois Legionnaires, Hayes Kennedy and Harold Card, who organized the first Boys State at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a separate but similar program for young women called Girls State.
At Boys State, participants learn the rights, privileges and responsibilities of franchised citizens. The training is objective and centers on the structure of city, county and state governments. Operated by students elected to various offices, Boys State activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law-enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, choruses and recreational programs.
Legion posts select high school juniors to attend the program. In most cases, individual expenses are paid by a sponsoring post, a local business or another community-based organization.
Boys State programs currently exist in all Legion departments in the United States except Hawaii. As separate corporations, Boys State programs vary in content and method of procedure, but each adheres to the same basic concept: teaching government from the township to the state level.
Contact us to to begin the process. commander@genevapost75.org
The Illinois American Legion Boys State website.
https://illinoisboysstate.org/
More information at the National Headquarters website.
Get In Touch
22 S 2nd St.
Geneva, Illinois 60134
(630) 232-2171
al.post75@gmail.com