Upcoming Events
Veterans Food Drive
Saturday, January 25th, 2025 from10am to 3pm
at the John M. Perry Post 1044 of The American Legion
691 NY-340, Sparkill NY
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Purpose – to collect non-perishable food for food-challenged veterans. All food collected will be given to the Veterans Food
Pantry run by the Rockland County Veterans Service Agency. -
Suggested Items - supermarket gift cards, canned soup / vegetables / fruit, boxed mac-n-cheese, pasta and sauces, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, instant mashed potatoes, cookies, crackers, fruit snacks, cooking oil, etc.
Please help needy veterans in our Rockland County community.
Please share the below flyer with family, friends and other acquaintances:
Veterans Food Drive Flyer (PDF)
Other Upcoming Events at the Perry Post
Friday Jan 24th - Recognition Dinner for Past Post Commander Frank Letizia, Jr. - 6pm.
Perry Post Legion Family Only Event - to honor and thank PPC Letizia for his service as Post Commander.
Will include hot dinner, cold drinks and warm Perry Post camaraderie.
Tues Feb 4th - Monthly Membership Meeting
7pm Exec Board, 8pm General Membership, Pizza to follow
Open to all Perry Post Legionnaires and SAL members
Saturday Feb 8th - Montrose VA Hospital Ward Party at Perry Post - 12 noon.
Perry Post Legion Family Only Event - to honor and thank PPC Letizia for his service as Post Commander.
Will include an extensive luncheon, cold soft drinks and Paul the Magic Man entertainment.
Past Success of Perry Post Drives
Thanks to the generosity of our Perry Post Legion Family and our Rockland County
community, our recent drives have successfully raised a substantial amount of donations.
See the following table for the details:
JOHN M. PERRY POST No. 1044
of The American Legion
691 NY-340, SPARKILL NY 10976 [street address]
PO Box 311, Sparkill NY 10976 [mailing address]
1-845-365-4586
~Rockland County, Ninth District, American Legion Department of New York~
Since our charter in 1938, The American Legion John M. Perry Post #1044 of Sparkill NY, has been welcoming VETERANS from all branches of our Armed Forces. Today, we continue to welcome all men and women military personnel and their families serving our country.
Joining our Post enables you to continue serving your God, Country and Community. The John M. Perry Post #1044 mission is to implement the goals, aspirations, dreams, peace and blessings for our country, friends and families embodied in our preamble below.
~PREAMBLE TO THE AMERICAN LEGION CONSTITUTION~
For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To maintain law and order;
To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;
To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in All Wars;
To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community state and nation;
To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;
To make right the master of might;
To promote peace and good will on earth;
To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of Justice, Freedom and Democracy;
To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
