PA American Legion-District 29

05/13/2026

Beginning of the year we had approx 75 followers to our page, it’s tough is getting a new page off the ground, especially when many of our members aren’t on Facebook. I’m proud to report we are 300+ strong!! Thank you for all the like, follows, and shares…help us continue to grow. It will be exponentially easier the larger our page gets.

I’m also looking to bring a few more things to our page, but if you have any suggestions/ideas..please message me. Thank you all!

05/13/2026

Battlefield Circulation: American Legion Post 771🇺🇸

Attending Post meeting after their revitalization to review. Start a goal with small steps, focus on progress, not perfection. The Post looks great after your GI Party, I can see more team mentality and even had a little fun along the way…keep going! 💪🏼

05/12/2026

Report from the field: 🇺🇸🦅
AmericanLegion Cambridge Post 381

“A good night with our Scout Troop, their size went from 12 to 21 and they are getting ready for this weekend's camp out. I dropped off a $500 donation to put toward a new trailer as their old one is falling apart. I also met Beth from Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the deputy commandant when I dropped off two gift cards for their auction.”

Outstanding work Commander, keep up the great job!

05/12/2026

We are 140 members away, back up in 7th place!!
Keep at the hard work, every membership counts!

05/09/2026

** SITREP SATURDAY ** 🇺🇸
We are closer to goal than we have been in years!! Breaks down to less than 7 members per post. Call your members and 945 list, if you’re the Post Adjutant/Commander and still don’t know what that is, email me and I can assist.

I included a chart showing our monthly goal in red and last year compared to this year. We are well above our % from last year. How will we end up? Every membership counts, proud of all your hard work! We CAN do this, LETS GO!! 🇺🇸💪🏼

05/08/2026

District 29: May Recap: 100%+

Good afternoon District 29, keeping this month brief:

Membership:
BLUF: this goal was tough!! Goal was 100%+ and we hit target date with 96.86%. I will provide more details tomorrow on our page, SATURDAY SITREP

We have 149 members to go; we are so close. We need only 7 more members per Post..that is VERY attainable.

Can we do it?? We ALL must work hard but I believe we can. I know some of us have public outreach tables, excellent initiative.

We donate thousands out to community, is your Post covering some of your Veterans? Maybe this year is a tough year for them, maybe it’s a good way to say thank you.
Reach out to other Posts to see if they need help, we are in this together. There has been Posts that have done a “paid it forward” VETERANS taking care of VETERANS, this has been a huge success.
Lets be the example to all other Districts that District 29 exceeds expectations on taking care of our Veterans, buddy checks, and having that personal connection!

Admin
- PSSH will have their Memorial Day ceremony on 24MAY, please bring your Post flag to proudly display
-Many are involved with Memorial Day Parades and I couldn’t be more proud. Take pictures and honor our fallen. It’s a very busy time of year for all of us and can’t thank you enough for what you do.
-Make sure to send all paperwork in as requested from Department.

Fundraising Committee:
Chairperson will be our District 1st Vice, he will be out of town for our District Meeting but will take final volunteers. Commanders bring those names with you. No more than 2/Post
They will present our options at our June meeting so we can hit the ground running. Update: NO NAMES RECEIVED…this is crucial

Next Target Date is: June 14th Round up !!!
Next District meeting is, June 28th, at Corry, 2pm.

I have two service officers scheduled as guest speakers, bring your questions for after the meeting

If you need anything, give me a call!
Be safe and keep up the great work for our Veterans.

v/r

Eric R. Luke
American Legion
Post 105 Commander
29th District Commander
National American Legion College ‘23

05/07/2026

Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home has their own page! Like, follow, and share! This is a great way to see what they have going on. 🇺🇸🪖🏡

The Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home (PSSH) in Erie is the oldest of the six veterans homes, having served as an important historic marker throughout Erie County since it opened in 1886.

05/06/2026

Today is May Target Date!!
Be sure to process all the memberships that came in. You all are doing great, let’s finish strong 💪🏼

05/05/2026

Battlefield Circulation: VFW 470 🇺🇸
Erie County Veterans Memorial Park Edition

Representing the American Legion as one of the newest Directors on this great committee. We will see more posts of the Park and preserving our history/honoring our Veterans. If you’re not following their page, please do so, more to follow!

05/02/2026

** SITREP SATURDAY ** 🇺🇸
We moved back up to #6 in the state! We are this close it would be a shame to miss goal, keep it up! We had significant change in rankings throughout District so updated list below.

I sent out emails on membership awards, those are due May 6. Keep pushing the programs such as Keystone Boys State and State Police Youth Week, very proud of all of your hard work.