Russell Trivia ……. Raised 12,171… Great Evening
Even though we are closed (for now) we are still meeting and discussing Legion Business. I thought would be nice to highlight a few picks that our Executive have done in the past few months.
Out and About in August....
Meadows Retirement Open House.
A number of Legion members and spouses attended their reception on on Wednesday, August 16th.
It was a wonderful afternoon of food, live entertainment and of connececting with fellow Legion members, veterans and seniors in our community.
Many thanks to Christine and everyone at the Russell Meadows Retirement Community for the invitation.
We are always looking forward to helping, joining and visiting local community events.
August is almost here.....
Hiya just some info on what we have been up to….. Canada Day Breakfast came back and we were able to serve up some breakfast up at the Russell Arena. We have over 500 people join us. Great turnout we cant wait to offer this again next year.
This past weekend we were asked to host a BBQ for a community baseball tournament. We had a sell out day. Everyone had a great time lots of laughs, food and some good old fun. Thank you to Doug Long and his team for inviting us. Great Job to the executive and volunteers who came out to run this.
The September 30th Golf tourney registration is doing great only a few spots left. send us a message if you would like to register.
What a hit!!!!!!!!!!!! Canada Day Breakfast
Well we brought back our FREE Russell Canada Day Breakfast and this year we served up over 500 Breakfast plates….
Thank you to all of the volunteers and guests who joined us at the Russell Arena for this years Breakfast.
Have you picked up your copy of From Village To Vimy written by our Youth and Education Executive Member Phil Gurski???
You can email to borealisrisk@gmail.com to purchase your copy.
Welcome to the 2023/2024 Executives.
Well June has arrived. We have had our elections and we welcome our new 2023/2024 Comrades. Check out our Executive on our webpage.
Other news the September Golf Tourney has room for a few more teams dont miss out. Email entertainment.rcl.372@gmail.com to register. We are so excited to be bringing this back.
We were excited to give 2 Legion Student Bursaries out this year. Congrats to the 2 local students.
Our own Phil Gurski who is the Executive in charge of our Youth and Education has released his book called From Village to Vimy. If you are interested in ordering a signed copy please email youthed.rcl372@gmail.com.
We have had information about construction and are very optimistic for a Fall Re open. Stay tuned for more information.
Welcome May
Unfortunately we are not open. We have no new updates as of yet.
May 10th is our 2023 Elections and General Meeting Upstairs at the Legion. Also from the Veterans Service Officer has asked to let everyone know of an information session being held. Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) Branch 372 (LTH) Russell will be hosting a Veterans Information
Session 22 June 2023 at 1:00pm at the Branch on Legion St., Russell.
This information session is open to all Military and RCMP Veterans and a family member
regardless of membership status with the RCL. Present will the local Branch Service Officer and
the Provincial Service Officer. They will be there to answer questions regarding disability and
support services available to Veterans.
The Branch’s Membership Officer and Poppy Fund Chairperson will be there should you wish to
engage with them.
Pass the word on to other Veterans because these information sessions only happen
occasionally.
If you need more information you can contact the 372 (LTH) Branch Service Officer at
serveoff.rcl372@gmail.com.
There are some teams still available to register for our Legion Gold Tournament register my emailing entertainment.rcl372@gmail.com
Spring is the air...... Welcome Spring.......
We are super excited to announce the return of our memorial golf tournament.
This year our tournament will be September 30th at Cloverdale links.
Check out all the details on the poster . We will have a maximum of 25 teams don’t delay in registration. Register by emailing entertainment.rcl372@gmail.com
Payment due at registration.
What an amazing evening hosted by the Russell Trivia.
Executive Board Members happily accepted this check for 12,645 when all said and done!!!! Thank you
What an amazing Trivia Fundraiser we had this past weekend. We had a sold out event and over 115 items donated to our night.
We raised 12,645 for our Branch. Thank you to the Russell Trivia for all you do for our community.
February has arrived.....
To give a February update. We are still closed at the moment BUT hopeful we are moving in the right direction to reopening.
We are awaiting permit approvals to commence before the construction on the Legions can start. As soon as we have any reopening news we will share with all of our membership.
We certainly are trying hard to get us reopened.
On event news as we are closed and still having to pay our bills as you can imagine the bank account is diminishing quite quickly.
Russell Trivia Night is hosting a night for us.
We have been overwhelmed with so many silent, live and raffle tree donations. We have 30 sold out tables and expecting an amazing turn out!!!
Last night we hade a general meeting it was nice to see some new and returning faces. Stay tuned for more info as we receive any.
January of the New Year...
We are unfortunately not sure when we will be given the go ahead to reopen our Branch. We will notify everyone as soon as we are given the green light to go ahead.
News From our Membership and Fist VP we will be going ahead and having our General Meeting on Wednesday, February 8th at 8:00pm in the legion upstairs hall. We hope you will be able to attend. Check our Main Page for more details.
Our Trivia Night that is being held on March 4th hosted by Connie Johnson and her amazing Trivia team is completely sold out. We thank you for this amazing support!!!! Check out our Facebook Page for more details on how you can still support by purchasing tickets for our Gift Card Tree that has been donated by Some Amazing local Businesses.