Royal Canadian Legion Br. 157 was busy recently making and receiving donations. The Amherstburg Legion made a $500 donation to Dan LeBlanc of the Essex Scottish Regiment to assist with care packages to veterans (top left) while they made a $400 donation to CSC Providence (the French-Catholic school board), specifically to 44 students heading to Europe where one of the stops will be Vimy Ridge. Germany and France are other stops. Essex MPP Anthony Leardi’s office donated Ontario pins and flags while Essex MP Chris Lewis’ office donated Canadian flags to the students. (bottom left). The Legion’s Ladies Auxiliary made a donation of $2,500 to the branch, with Linda McCort presenting the money to Legion acting president Shawn Wilkie and acting first vice president Ian Spanswick (below right). Capt. Stefan Miller was also introduced as the new commanding officer of the #202 Fort Malden Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps and Miller addressed the group at the Legion (below centre). Former commanding officer Capt. Jeff Turner now leads the cadet corps in Tecumseh.
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