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Customized Kershaw Knives benefitting Helmets for Heroes
Tom Lively (OGRE)
Monday August 07, 2023 2:29 pm
California legacy Run 2024-A New Version
Debbie Proffitt (Secretary)
Tuesday May 23, 2023 6:09 am
American Legion Riders Post 119 Placerville CA Poker Run
Jesus Morales
Monday May 08, 2023 7:32 pm
Good evening comrades.
Unless something changes, this is my final Chaplain’s corner. I am writing this on Easter Monday. I am struck by the season. We are in the late middle of Ramadan, Passover has just ended and Easter is done. Let us remember and honor the holidays as they come. For those of you who ride with the Sikhs, they are celebrating Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) around April 14. This is such a powerful season for many religious traditions.
I am so thankful that I have been able to serve at the state level for the past six years. Bob Perryman was the one who helped me to start as an Area VP for Area 1. I say helped, but he pushed me off the ledge. I am grateful to all who have helped me and for the interactions I have had. The opportunity I had to serve with Rey as... (Read more)
Greetings ALR Family!
I have wanted to ‘put pen to paper’ several times, but nothing really inspired me. I find inspiration comes at odd times. This time I was washing dishes. While washing dishes, I had a thought about our family. How proud I am to be a part of this family. How proud it makes me to be associated with the great things our family does. How there is not one chapter, not one member out there who is better than the other. We act as a equals. This is illustrated by when we get ‘2gether’. We all do great things out there, but when we are ‘2gether’, nothing else matters but our camaraderie and our like mindedness to our devotion to mutual helpfulness. This past weekend I was able to split my time between two events; the Area 3 Meeting at Chapter 221, Tehachapi and the Pig Roast... (Read more)
Greetings Riders!
It’s time to check back in with you and let you know what’s up with the Director. I hope everyone had a good Memorial Weekend. It was great to see so much activity from the Riders on social media and how each of you honored our brothers and sisters who made the ultimate sacrifice. As long as we continue to remember and honor them, their memory and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
June will be a busy month for all of us. As for me, I am starting off by riding up to Chapter 119, Placerville’s Poker Run, being held on June 4, 2022. I hope to get to meet some of our newest members from Chapter 95 Oroville! Starting on June 10, 2022, we will be kicking off the California Legacy Run in Fort Bragg and Bakersfield. I will be riding up to Fort Bragg to help... (Read more)
Good afternoon comrades,
It’s been awhile. I am writing to call us to support each other in these challenging times.
Weather, politics, isolation; all these are fuel for an undercurrent of discord. I also follow all the good that the riders are doing with rallies and events in all the areas. I appreciate all the outreach that is done in our communities.
Brothers and sisters, we are members of an historic organization with a great record of service. I am proud to know so many of you and hope to meet many more in the coming months. I look forward to seeing the area posts of events and the messages from our many riders. It is uplifting to witness the implementation of Comrade Molina’s 2gether call.
Reach out to other... (Read more)
MOTORCYCLE CLINIC HOSTED BY ALR CHAPTER 69 HOLLISTER
unknown
Wednesday August 08, 2018 7:37 am
MOTORCYCLE CLINIC HOSTED BY ALR CHAPTER 69 HOLLISTER
AUGUST 26, 2018 @ 0900 VETERANS HALL HOLLISTER
I am happy to announce and support the upcoming Motorcycle Clinic hosted by the ALR Chapter 69 (Hollister) at no charge to our members. The Motorcycle Clinic is being instructed by Sergeant Eddie Chan of the San Jose Police Department. This is a great opportunity for anyone who is able to attend this event and falls in line with our goals to become better Motorcycle Riders.
To attend this Clinic, you must RSVP, Mark A. Scherer, Sr. President, ALR Chapter 69 by email at send2marks@outlook.com.
Instructors Resume: Sergeant Eddie Chan is a Police Officer with 24 years on the San Jose Police Department. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1986 to 1992 and has extensive experience training police motorcycle officers and civilians’ riders alike. Sergeant... (Read more)
RECORDING YOUR MILEAGE FOR YOUR CHAPTER
We have a lot of new Chapter Presidents and riders who might not know, but the American Legion Riders Department of California (ALR DOC) has a place to record all your mileage ridden during the year. Whether you ride in a group or by yourself to support a Veteran’s Funeral, Honor Flight, Veterans Event, Fun Raisers aka Poker Runs, Memorial Day, Parades or even going to another Post for a Meeting, Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner.
Last year, the American Legion Riders recorded a whopping 1,099,050 miles. My challenge to Area VPs, individual Chapter Presidents and Riders, is to get involved and get those numbers reported. We are currently sitting at 95,304 miles for the year so far. So get your miles logged, whether you ride 500 miles or 10,000 miles, we want to know.
The statistics don’t lie, out of 89 Chapters... (Read more)
Do you wear the patch or do you wear the patch? Is the American Legion Riders patch on your back simply a piece of cloth you wear so you can look cool or do you breathe life into the patch and give it meaning?
We have come a long way over these past few years, but I know we are better than what we have accomplished. While we are growing, our parent organizations are not. We need to be the example to them. We have added 17 Chapters in two years and will be voting in two more this month. After that, we are working with 10 other American Legion Posts to add Chapters there.
This is where you come into the equation. You, the individual Rider, are the best advertisement we have. You need to give life to the patch you wear and... (Read more)
Brand loyalty. What does it mean to you?
Brand loyalty is when you consistently choose one brand over competing brands. I eat, breathe, and bleed the American Legion and the American Legion Riders. I do not expect, nor should I expect, everyone to have the same enthusiasm. You should support a person’s desire to be a member of more than one organization. It is good to have variety in your life. What I do expect though, is if you are going to be an officer in our organization that you give it your full and undivided loyalty. If you choose to be a member of different organizations, you dress the part of the organizations event you are attending. Not as a member of the other organization.
As an officer at the Post or Riders level, the membership has an expectation of loyalty to the... (Read more)
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. With warmer weather, it’s time to remind everyone to be on the alert and to share the road with motorcyclists.
Riders who have been cooped up all winter are excited to be out on the road again, but that shouldn’t stop them from using caution.
Both motorcyclists and motorists need to be aware of their surroundings. Checking blind spots, mirrors and using turn signals are necessary when changing lanes and when passing.
...Distracted driving has been on the rise, too. Distractions during driving could mean the difference between seeing a motorcyclist or not when preparing to change lanes. Don’t let one text change anyone’s life forever!
Riders need to take precautions as well. Take a defensive driving course, wear protective gear and keep your bike in its best working condition. Also,... (Read more)
This is The American Legion Riders Department of California
Jim Oxley (Webmaster)
Monday April 23, 2018 10:35 pm
Ideas for developing a membership and recruiting strategy
unknown
Tuesday April 03, 2018 7:39 pm
I wanted to share some suggestions and ideas on how to organize and effectively carry out a membership campaign at the Chapter level. But keep in mind; perspective Riders must first become members of their parent organization. So your recruiting strategy should ensure you’re not only bringing in quality Riders, but quality Veterans, Auxiliary and Sons too.
To be successful, every Chapter needs a strong and effective membership campaign.
Sounds easy enough … but how do you actually go about developing one?
- Recruiting new Riders, reinstating former Riders, or retaining existing Riders is a matter of selling and enforcing the positive aspects of why they need to be members! To do a good job of selling, you must know the product—in this case, the American Legion, its programs and objectives. Questions will be asked and must be answered.
- I would suggest having your Riders attend the American... (Read more)
As Riders, we have done a great job in remembering and honoring the veterans from past conflicts, but are we doing all that we can for the current generation of Veterans?
In the Constitution of the American Legion, the last of the two purposes of the Legion say “to cement the ties and comradeship born of service; and to consecrate the efforts of its members to mutual helpfulness and service to their country.”
We all are aware that when the Vietnam War ended 43 years ago, veterans were not welcomed home or given the support they needed. Since then we have vowed “Never Again” would we allow veterans to return home from our nations conflicts without welcoming them home, and doing everything we can to help them adjust back into civilian life.
Flash-forward to now, and we have vets who have returned (and are still returning) home... (Read more)
Homeless Veterans Outreach Program (HVOP)
I cannot over emphasis that our individual members and Chapters are the ground roots for this program, and the most important element in making this program successful. Our Riders are who will be making the vast majority of initial contact with the homeless veteran’s, and have the greatest chance of making a difference in their lives.
We are not here to recreate the wheel and start yet another program, but the ALR DoC HVOP is envisioned to assist local agencies such as the VA, non-profit groups, local governments, and so on. Our role would best serve our homeless veteran target groups by lending assistance to already up and running groups. Boots on the ground so to speak. But we need to be able to reach out to these veterans and work on getting them into one of these already established programs.
... (Read more)
| Have you ever wondered how the VA came up with the combined rating that it gave you? Have you ever noticed that 1 + 1 does not equal 2 with the VA? One of the most common complaints we get from veterans is ‘How in the word did the VA get the combined rating that they did with all the ratings I have?’ When it comes to service connected compensation claims, the VA takes the view that it should not add whole numbers together to get your rating but, instead, the VA takes percentages of percentages. It is as if the VA says if you are 10% disabled then you are 90% healthy. Therefore, the next rating is not added but is used to take a percentage of the ‘healthy’ 90%. So for a... (Read more) |
Riders!
On September 4th your brothers-in-leather of Chapter 31 will be departing on an epic ride across the country to raise money for the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery (CCCVC). Funds are desperately needed to complete Phase Two of the cemetery, allowing for in-ground burials.
Please visit the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/EpicRide2017/ or the website at www.EpicRide2017.org to learn more and find out the ways you can support the effort.
We are offering two ways to help: Direct donations to the Cemetery Foundation and/or contributions to a GoFundMe account to help the riders and the road crew cover their expenses. Every donation makes a difference.
We also ask that you share this post (or copy and paste) on as many of your Facebook friends’ pages as possible. ... (Read more)
The American Legion Riders of Post 83 Merced, held a Motorcycle Safety Training Day to allow riders to enjoy the day riding several motorcycle training courses at no cost to the riders.
The next training is Sat May 27, 2017....no flyer, we post on our FB Page. American Legion Riders Post 83 Merced. It is pin to the top. We invited Area 3 Vice President Ralph M. To attend if he wanted. This training is for Post 83 only at this time. I think it is something other ALRs could do. We have lots of small videos posted on FB if you scroll down to last Saturday showing the courses. Eventually I would like to help others set this up if interested.
Rob Carrier
rchevy1500@yahoo.com
Area 3 - Chapter 83
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS the American Legion Department of California, in convention assembled in Palm Springs, California, June 22-24, 2007 authorized the establishment of The American Legion Riders Department of California as an official program of The American Legion Department of California, and
WHEREAS the Department of California American Legion Riders has quickly reached a membership of nearly 2000, and
WHEREAS the growth and scope of the Department of California American Legion Riders directly impacts the reputation, good order and name of the Department of California American Legion, and
WHEREAS from time to time programs of the Department of California require direction and oversight by the Department of... (Read more)
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