At the Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, our purpose is to connect and collaborate with businesses, organizations and community members to enhance our thriving community. We strive to offer superior service and to be resourceful, collaborative and loyal to our members and our community.
In September of 1994 the Lakes-Amelia-Villard-Leven Improvement, Inc approved its Articles of Incorporation. Its purpose was to provide recreation, conservation and opposition to pollution on the three lakes, and their tributary watersheds in Pope County. Maintenance of water quality was the highest priority. Membership was open to all that supported the purpose of the Corporation and paid their dues and fees.
Mission:
The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness.
It is the nation?s largest wartime veterans service organization, committed to mentoring youth and sponsorship of wholesome programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow service
members and veterans.
Hundreds of local American Legion programs and activities strengthen the nation one community at a time.
American Legion Baseball is one of the nation?s most successful amateur athletic programs, educating young people about the importance of sportsmanship, citizenship and fitness. The Operation Comfort Warriors program supports recovering wounded warriors and their families, providing them with "comfort items" and the kind of support that makes a hospital feel a little bit more like home. The Legion also raises millions of dollars in donations at the local, state and national levels to help veterans and their families during times of need and to provide college scholarship opportunities.
The American Legion is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization with great political influence perpetuated by its grass-roots involvement in the legislation process from local districts to Capitol Hill. Legionnaires? sense of obligation to community, state and nation drives an honest advocacy for veterans in Washington. The Legion stands behind the issues most important to the nation's veterans community, backed by resolutions passed by volunteer leadership.
The American Legion?s success depends entirely on active membership, participation and volunteerism. The organization belongs to the people it serves and the communities in which it thrives.
