The Post Headquarters is located on Ice Pond Road Brewster, New York.
Members of American
Legion, Argonne Post #71 (Brewster) conducted a food drive May 23rd and 24th at Kobacker’s IGA Market to
benefit Putnam CAP. Post Commander Ron Lipschitz coordinated the drive, enlisting the help of the NJROTC from Brewster High School on both Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend.
American Legion members, assisted by the cadets collected 30 boxes of food and $565 in cash donations,
all to benefit the Putnam Community Action Program. The event was a resounding success, as our veterans continued serving
the community. We are so appreciative of their generosity!
Additional thanks to
Design-A-Sign for the sign donation, to Clancy Moving for the offer to store and transport the food, to Kobacker’s Market
for hosting the drive, to Brewster Mail Station for the boxes, to Brewster
Flower Garden for the balloons, to Brewster 10509 for posting the event on their website and finally to
Comcast for publicizing
the event on their Community Board.
The following is a
copy of the letter received by the post from Putnam Community Action Program
121 Main Street, Brewster,
New York 10509
(845) 278-8021 * FAX
(845) 278-8172
Putnam Community Action
Program
May 27, 2009
Dear Commander Lipschitz,
Putnam Community Action
Program extends a sincere thank you to you and all the members of Post 71 for hosting the Memorial Day Weekend Food
Drive at Kobecker's Market in Brewster. Through your planning, hard work and dedication over 30 boxes of food were collected,
along with cash donations totaling $565.61. All proceeds will directly benefit the programs that Putnam CAP provides to the
local community.
You did an astounding
job at organizing and getting the support of many different businesses, to help achieve your goal. Considering the size
of the market, and the length of time that was spent collecting the food, your results were astounding! We only wish that
all our food drives could be so successful as this one!
Seeing veterans continuing
to give to the community was a wounderful sight! Memorial Day is of special significance to you as veterans, and we cannot
thank you enough for giving of yourselfs once again, to support the local residents of your country. You are all great role
models, particulary for the youth who assisted you in this endeavor and I'm sure that you have made a lasting impression on
them.
We look forward to
working with you in the future, as together we strive to assist our neighbors in need.
signed
Judy Callahn
Director
Putnam County Action
Program
845 278-8021 x 17
Through the generorsity
of the citizens of The Town of Southeast American Legion Argonne Post No. 71 has made a donation
of $641.00 to The Castle Point VA Hospital for the purchase of Canteen Books.
