7 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND A MESSAGE FROMTHE CHAIRMAN It is hard to believe that we are now introducing you to Volume V111 of our annual Military Service Recognition Book. Back in 2013, we were very proud to introduce this Remembrance program to the Legion Branches and membership within our Ontario Provincial Command. And since that time, I am happy to say that the program has been an overwhelming success in recognizing the many Veterans within the Province of Ontario through this special Remembrance publication. As we all know, the past two years have not been easy for any of us having to live through unprecedented times with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we have still managed to continue our work in recognizing our Veterans and in fulfilling our mandate. For the first seven volumes of our books, we published just over 5,000Veteran submissions and with the submissions included in our Volume V111, we will have published close to 6,000 Veteran submissions over the past eight years. Through the great sales work of our Publisher Fenety Marketing, we have been increasing the number of submissions being published in our books year after year. Through the generosity of our advertisers and individuals who have made generous donations towards our program over these past eight years, our Command has also realized a profit of well over a million dollars This is outstanding and I am happy to say that the funds that our Command receives through this program are utilized to support several Veteran Transition Programs that we at our Provincial Command support. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking all of our Branches within our Command who have worked diligently in providingVeteran submissions for our books. For it has been through their efforts and the combined contributions of our Zones, Districts, and Command that we again have been able to produce a most successful publication for our Command. Your dedication, support, and cooperation towards the success of this very important program is certainly appreciated. Keep up the good work. Special thanks to our two Provincial Coordinators Carolyn McCaul and MaryAnn Goheen, our District Coordinators, District Commanders, Zone Commanders, the staff at Ontario Command, our Provincial President Garry Pond, members of our Ladies’ Auxiliary, and all of my fellow Senior Elected Officers of Ontario Command. It is only through the combined efforts of everyone that we continue to be successful in telling the story about Veterans in communities across this great Province of ours. It has been both a privilege and an honour to have served you as Chairman of this great Veterans Remembrance program since its inception in 2013. We will Remember them! Ron Goebel Chairman Military Service Recognition Book Program Ontario Command
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