Joseph Zickmund Dept. Commander 2024 - 2025

Department Commander Joseph Zickmund April Message Vermont Legionnaires, April is Children and Youth month. I encourage all of you to revisit your programs and make C & Y a priority in your Posts. It is through our family-focused programs and prioritizing our youth that we can have an impactful effect on our future. Not just our future as an American Legion but also on the future of our country. We have the ability, and the responsibility, to offer Vermont’s youth the educational opportunities and life lessons associated with the fair play of sports, the knowledge of our U.S. Constitution and the ability to speak publicly, the excitement of achieving goals as a Scout and the education of the workings of government. We can shape minds, engage younger veterans with school-age children and make a tremendous impact on the communities in which we live. I would also like to take this opportunity you remind you that I have set my fundraising endeavors on this important pillar of our American Legion. I hope you will consider contributing to these activities so that we never have to turn anyone away because of funding. For many Posts, April is election month for officers and for setting up committees. There are so many Posts that struggle to fill positions. Please consider stepping up, taking part, and making a difference in your Post and community. We’re all busy, we all have full plates, yet some make the time because they see the importance of it. Veteran Affairs & Rehabilitation, National Security, Americanism and Children & Youth. Focusing on supporting veterans, promoting a strong nation, fostering patriotism and caring for the youth. This is who we are, it’s what we do, and we need your help. For God, Country, and the American Veteran, Joe Zickmund Commander, Dept. of VT