The American Legion Post 9 Family Programs
QPR is a suicide prevention technique that addresses how to determine if someone is contemplating suicide, and how to convince them to get help. Finally you refer them to the help they need. The more people that can do this in our community, the higher the likelihood a veteran in crisis will come into contact with someone trained in suicide prevention. The Be The One initiative makes no claim to preference of suicide prevention training, but it does prefer you partake in some form of it. Post 9 has a certified QPR Gatekeeper Instructor that is providing FREE suicide prevention training at our post.
The American Legion wants to ensure higher education is a possibility for children whose parents lost their lives while serving our country. Beginning with the 2017 award year, The American Legion expanded the scholarship to include children of VA-rated, post-9/11 veterans with a combined disability rating of 50 percent or higher. The American Legion offers support through the Legacy Scholarship Fund.
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.
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.
