Ladies Auxilary

LA logoThe Ladies Auxiliary received their charter on April 18th 1947 at that time we were called The Ladies Auxiliary to Colonel Lennox Br. 258, later in 1964 we became the Ladies Auxiliary to Highland Creek Branch 258, Royal Canadian Legion. 

Our 1st President was Dorothy Gilmore (Cook).  When we first started out there was no suitable hall to raise funds, so we would have card parties at members home. This was the only way we could help raise money. 

Around 1951 the legion had a nice hall & a kitchen, which at that time we started catering functions in the Hall and we also started to host our bingo in the Hall.  We still have bingo every Tuesday with all monies going to veterans care & school scholarships.  We have four schools in our area that we go and present these scholarships to. We still continue to have many fundraisers to raise money for charities, veterans and our branch.  Every month we donate to the branch. and the Tony Stacey Centre for Veterans Care.  Every year we make a donation to the L.A. Provincial Bursary and Charitable Foundation Fund. We participate in many sports like darts, euchre and cribbage at zone level, later going to district and provincial levels.   We also participate in branch parades and the poppy campaign. We have a membership of just over one hundred, 17 are life members. 

Many of our Life Members and our Past Presidents are still very active in the Ladies Auxiliary.  Every year in April we have our Birthday Banquet which is the one day that the Executive of the Branch prepare & serves a meal for us. The Ladies Auxiliary is still very busy doing catering and serving at the branch doing wedding, funerals, sports banquets etc and also helping out with branch internal functions. Usually after most of these functions the ladies will stay and socialize with each other. 

 

2011 - 2012 Executive

President Shirley McMurter 416-282-4793
Past President Nancy Clark 905-837-9117
1st Vice President Brenda Butt 416-616-2974
2nd Vice President Ann Butterfield 416-282-1391
Treasurer Wilma Snelgrove 416-284-9106
Recording Secretary Yvonne Tracey 905-706-9509
Sergeant-at-Arms Verna Heath 905-839-7516
Kitchen Conveners Irene Stevens 416-439-3089
  Sandy Steele 416-286-4457
Hostesses Pat Fisher 416-282-5290
  Ann Collins 416-284-4344
Sick Convener Betty Moss 416-284-0569
Social Convener  
Chaplain Margaret Pearson 416-465-2238
Sports Convener Jackie LePage 416-431-6379
Standard Bearers Kathleen White 416-284-8292
Ann Harvey 416-289-0704
Connie Marshment 416-439-1218
Executive Donna Waite 416-298-1926
Cindy Arnold 416-282-6237

For more information about how the Ladies Auxilary works within the Legion and to see a copy of their General Bylaws visit this Link to a secion of the Royal Canadian Legion Domminion Command website

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Click here to see pictures of our Poppy Campaign Volunteers in the Community, along with members of the community who happily made a contribution to the Poppy Campaign.


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