7 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN Our mission in the Royal Canadian Legion is to serve Veterans, which includes serving military and RCMP members and their families, to promote Remembrance, and to serve our communities and our country. It is also our duty to perpetuate the memory and deeds of the fallen and to pass on to their families and descendants the traditions for which they stand. Recognition and Remembrance are small ways we can show that their sacrifices are not forgotten. Through the publication of our annual Military Service Recognition Book, we are assisting in fulfilling our mission and duty to our Veterans. This year, we are proud to introduce our fifth publication within Ontario Command, in which we recognize and remember our Veterans with pride and honour. Through our first five publications, we have been able to recognize over 3500 of those who have served and are serving in our Canadian Armed Forces, as well as raised funds to assist in providing assistance to our Veterans through various Veteran Transition programs supported by Ontario Command. It is our youth who we must entrust to carry the torch of Remembrance in the future. For this reason, we have had them involved in the makeup of our publication. Each year, rather than utilizing a photograph to depict Remembrance on the cover of our books, we have utilized a poster that a student has crafted and entered into our annual Royal Canadian Legion’s Youth Education Poster Competition. We congratulate those students who have had their poster chosen as the cover for one of our books, and we encourage all students to compete in our annual poster competition. The success of our program during our first five years would not have been possible if it were not for the combined support, cooperation and dedication of our Branches, Zones, Districts and Command in promoting our program on a regular basis to our membership, our Veterans, and to the families of Veterans throughout Ontario Command. So, my sincere thanks and appreciation to each and every-one involved for the dedication and assistance you give towards the success of our very important and special program. Keep up the good work! Some special thanks as well to our hard-working coordinators, Carolyn McCaul and Mary Ann Goheen. Their dedication towards our program has been outstanding. Also, special thanks for all of the support we have received from our staff at Ontario Command, our President, Sharon McKeown and all of my fellow Senior Elected Officers of Ontario Command. I also wish to thank our publisher Fenety Marketing and all of their staff for all of their support, cooperation and understanding in making our first five books so successful. It is only through everyone’s efforts that we will continue to be successful in telling the story about our Veterans in communities across Ontario. It has been both a privilege and an honour to have been the Chairman of this great Veterans program for the past five years. Ron Goebel Chairman Military Service Recognition Book Program Ontario Command
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