Mrs. Ziegler, a friend of Unit 42, has knitted and crocheted approx. 60-70 Lap Robes each year and donated them to Unit 42. We deliver them to the Phoenix VA hospital to be given to hospitalized veterans. Thank you Mrs. Ziegler.

This year we ordered 300 poppies for our Veterans to make and distribute. Each year we use the poppies made by the wonderful veterans to decorate many events. We put little bundles together and place them on the graves of the veterans during our Memorial Day Ceremony at the Grand Canyon Cemetery and also during Veterans Day. We use them to decorate and create a nice display at our office in Williams and also for our Commanders Dinners as well. We also have disperse the poppies on Veterans Day inside the
National Park at the Grand Canyon, we did great last year with donations
for our Veterans.

Our Unit collects paperback books for donation to the Whipple VA for our veterans to read and enjoy. We collect westerns, mysteries and many more. If you would like to donate your used or new books please feel free to drop them by our office in Williams. These books are delivered thru out the year depending on when we are able to make the trip to the VA.

At Christmas time we like to donate items to help with the Whipple VA Gift Shop. We usually donate things like clothing, cute gifts, handmade items and sometimes money. It really helps create lots of smiles each year at the VA hospital for all those wonderful veterans. Please ask us how you can help create smiles for our veterans.

Each June the American Legion Auxiliary holds its annual Arizona Girls State. Our Unit sponsors junior girls from the Grand Canyon High School. Please see the Girls State page for more exciting details.