Post 2001 Steps Up to Support Mute/Deaf Family

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This past Friday, American Legion Post 2001 and other volunteers helped a deaf/mute family relocate from Washington State to Ashburn, VA.  Sheila and Willie Hall are mute and deaf individuals who recently made the decision to move their family across the country.  

 

Their oldest daughter and youngest son helped interpret Sheila and Willie’s needs via sign language.  With close communication, Legionnaires and volunteers provided the family with lunch, moving coordination, physical moving labor, car repairs and relocation logistics.  The seven volunteers included local Realtors, a local business owner, and Post 2001 members.     

 

American Legion Post 2001 supports an inclusive community and stands ready to assist where needed most. Since the start of the pandemic, Post 2001 has communicated much needed information to the deaf and hard hearing community, via specific resources: COVID-19 Resources | Leonard W. Kidd Memorial (ashburnlegion.org). If you or a loved one are deaf, mute, or hard hearing and would like to request assistance please email adjutant@ashburnlegion.org. Other Loudoun County resources include:

 

Services – Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons (nvrc.org)

 

Sign Language Interpreting Services in Loudoun County | Interpreters for the Deaf in Loudoun County (hissign.com)

AL Post 2001 Presents Hockey Sponsorship Award

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In an ongoing effort to support our youth with sports programs, on October 29, 2020, American Legion Post 2001 presented a sponsorship check to the Ashburn Xtreme Hockey Club. Hockey Director Troy MacCormick and Sponsorship Coordinator Shannon Lauterstein accepted the award (see photo).

The Xtreme was formed during the spring of 2002 with the intent of putting forth a hockey experience that concentrates on skill development. Some principles of the Xtreme include pursuing a greater practice-to-game ratio, forming a sense of “community” within the club and helping its participants become better hockey players and better people.

Xtreme teams are members of the Capital Beltway Hockey League and compete in USA Hockey’s Tier II classification. All practices and home games are played at the Ashburn Ice House . The Xtreme’s CBHL schedules, in addition to strong Tier I-oriented non-league schedules, form a competitive environment in which to test its participants.