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MEMBERSHIP
South Dakota shows its impact

for recruiting efforts

The American Legion Department of South Dakota's Legion does, and they don't see
Membership & Marketing Committee has a goal to raise the organization as being
awareness about what the Legion does in the state for veterans, successful or making an impact,
their family and the community. To support this effort, the why should they join?"
committee created a South Dakota American Legion recruiting The committee also is
brochure that includes five years worth of Consolidated Post conducting service projects that
Report data. View the brochure at @ /eg/.on.org/ help showcase the great work that
membershipl255916lsouth-dakota-recruiting-brochure. Legionnaires do across the state.
"When people ask what does the South Dakota American
These service projects are with
Legion do for our communities or veterans, (Legion recruiters) South Dakota-based nonprofits
can pull the brochure out," said Travise Flisrand, the that have a direct impact on
department's Membership and Marketing Committee chairman veterans. Last July, 72
and past department adjutant. "I think it's important that our Legionnaires across the state
posts understand how the Consolidated Post Reports can be volunteered at the DTOM 22/0
utilized for the benefit of telling your communities what they're ranch that provides healing to veterans; and $180,000 was raised
actually doing for them. A veteran will not join an organization by posts for the Midwest Honor Flight. "One, we're helping an
unless they see there is a benefit to them in some way, shape or organization that helps our veterans. And two, a secondary
form. And if they don't know what The American Legion does, if effect, we get a little bit of publicity because a lot of posts struggle
they don't hear anything in town about what The American with tooting their horn." ® sd/eg/.on.org/sd/eg/.onserv/.ng