Comrades, friends, relatives, supporters,

I am pleased to report that on May 14, 2019, our Leonard W. Kidd Memorial American Legion Post 2001 has been honored by Loudoun County’s 100 Women Strong philanthropic organization as a recipient of a $6,000 grant, which reflects full funding of our submitted request.

Seeking a grant from this organization was Finance Officer Richard Ryan’s idea. He authored the grant request and did the legwork to get it in front of the committee, who have until now only looked at 501(c)3 non-profit groups. He convinced them, and they agreed, to look at a Veteran 501(c)19 organization request for the first time ever in their 10 year history.

He and I attended the 100 Women Strong grant awarding reception at Telos on Tuesday evening, where the Group recognized us and 32 other community non-profits with grants ranging from $2000 to $20,000.

Our grant money is to be used to help veterans avoid eviction due to rent payment issues.

Many of the organization’s members including their President, Karen G. Schaufeld, made a point to seek us out afterwards to express how pleased and impressed they were with the work that our Post does in support of our veterans and our community.

Please take a minute to read The Loudoun Now newspaper article on this event at this link:
https://loudounnow.com/2019/05/15/100womenstrong-announces-297k-in-grants/

It provides more information on 100WomenStrong, a wonderful philanthropic organization started in Loudoun County 10 years ago.

We are grateful for their assistance in supporting the less fortunate Veterans in Loudoun County.

And a big Bravo Zulu to Comrade Richard Ryan for getting this done!

Chuck Loomis
Commander
The American Legion
Leonard W. Kidd Memorial Post 2001
Ashburn, VA Our friend Christy Kenady (l), the Northern Virginia Program Manager of EveryMind, Secretary of LCCVEB and  wife  of  Post  Comrade  Scott  Kanady  receiving  $8K  grant.

Commander Chuck Loomis, Richard Ryan and Christy Kenady.