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Maybe a good step to recruit members in my home province. But I have too wonder if it's way past it's time.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-legion-veterans-search-1.4015794

The Legion is dying, and these are signs of it's death throes. There almost as many Legion branches, as there are actual Veterans who attend them. So I think it's time the the GoC start looking at other groups to administer the poppy fund and Veterans plates, and let the legion die in peace.

Miramichi legion branch becomes 'Club 10' to stay viable

Smaller, cheaper spot will be used for concerts and bar, helping legion to stay afloat

By Bridget Yard, CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2017 6:00 AM AT Last Updated: Mar 07, 2017 6:00 AM AT


Peter Murphy, Branch 10 president, says the new location has helped the organization in Newcastle cut costs.

Miramichi's Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10 has changed its name, moved in above the Goody Shop restaurant in Newcastle and adopted a new outlook on legion-run events.

"This is more of a bar atmosphere than you would usually see in a legion and we have changed our name to Club 10," said Peter Murphy, branch president.

"It has more appeal to the public. We're exploring new types of entertainment to improve the business side of things which we really need right now."


The legion sold its old building 10 years ago and leased one of three floors from the new owner after organizers realized they could no longer keep up with the bills.


When the lease expired, Branch 10 decided to cut costs even further by moving to a smaller space.

"This is a new lease on life for us," said Murphy.

Club 10, located at 20 Fountain Head Lane, above the Goody Shop on the downtown square, has already hosted several concerts and operates as a bar.

"That's what we have to do," Murphy said. "We raise money through our poppy campaign but it all goes back to services for veterans. We can't use that money to operate our facilities."

Elsewhere in New Brunswick, other legion branches have struggled to keep their doors open and some are trying to find buyers for their buildings.

In Bathurst, the Branch 18 building has been for sale for over a year and the asking price has dropped. In Dalhousie, the Branch 17 building is up for sale.

"The number of veterans is dropping but there are still a considerable number," said Murphy.

The legion has offered different categories of memberships: for veterans, veterans' families and affiliates, or people who don't fall into the first two groups.

Branch 10 still supports several nursing homes and the local hospital where veterans receive care.

But because of the shrinking number of elderly veterans paying legion memberships and the less active interest from younger veterans, the traditional funding model had to be re-examined, Murphy said.

Response from legion members to the changes has been positive, so far.

"Everybody that has come in, they like the atmosphere," said Murphy. "It's much brighter than the old place."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/miramichi-legion-club-10-1.4011470

Artie Simm , awesome idea..never spent time there, but did a tour once, that was enough to not want to stay..lol

bruce72 wrote:Impersonating a veteran should carry a minimum sentence of a year in prison, with no time off for good behaviour and upon release the guilty individual should have to perform community service with a veterans group one day a week for one year.

This punishment should deter most idiots from attempting to garner attention and admiration from the community for falsely representing themselves and diminishing the sacrifice that bona-fide veterans and their families make.

not regular prison Detention Barracks Edmonton , lol, they want to be soldiers so much they can learn to do drill in jail

Impersonating a veteran should carry a minimum sentence of a year in prison, with no time off for good behaviour and upon release the guilty individual should have to perform community service with a veterans group one day a week for one year.

This punishment should deter most idiots from attempting to garner attention and admiration from the community for falsely representing themselves and diminishing the sacrifice that bona-fide veterans and their families make.

buds doesn't really matter what words you use we are all vets buds so whatever words you use WE ALL understand EXACTLY what you are saying.

propat

"propat" you found the words that i was saying hart to find the right words so ty your understanding exactly what i am thinking and just could not find the way to type it

bosn I'm sure not offended .remembrance day is hard it really is . full of posers right down to the politicians offering their great words in honor of vets and the fallen on that day after spending the year prior fracking over those very same people . a lot of things on this day are fake , a big show , and the very well meaning civies that go don't have any idea .

the big day set aside to honor the fallen and our vets is the one day of the year I see them dishonored most of all . ya show up dressed like a civi ya get treated like one no questions asked . witch is fine by me . ya show up wearing a legion blazer ya get treated like a vet no questions asked .

SVC is doing some great work but what they cant stamp out is the type of stolen valor that has already become institutionalized .

propat

its hard to put in the right words but i went to the remembrance day parade last year for first time in to many years.  as i was making my way to be able to stand with my peers from the osis group and watch other friends that took part in parade to honour those that gave all, i was stopped and told that this area was for vets.  i was a little shocked being a vet and it took a lot to get myself to attend normally i just honour them in my own way at home.  as i was standing there i noticed many vets and was good to see them there but as well i noticed many that had only legion metals on and standing in an area that i was told was for vets i did not say anything and eventually the person that stopped me seen me waving to my osis peers and asked if i was a vet and why i did not say something. i told them i did not want to make a big deal of it seeing it was not the place or time i was only there to show my support. but it did get my mind wondering why if this area was set aside for vets, were there so many that had just the legion uniform on and legion metals and no signs of military service also standing in this group if they had no metals and i was judging them wrongfully then i am sorry but if what i was thinking was correct then they were there as civi's in a now known as civi social club in an area for vets kind of misrepresenting.  i had a few non military friends and family ask me how was the parade and i told them i only wish that if a civi legion person wanted to attend the parade that they please don't put on that uniform that day and misrepresent seeing so many civi's don't know the difference between which ones are military and which ones are just wearing the social club uniform. i hope i don't offend anyone i know there are good civi ones in the legion that do amazing work in there community.  so if you want to set up two area's fine one for vets and one for the legion for non vets.  as well so many places offer free coffee or meals that day and if they had to show a proper id card then those that are civi would not just show up show a legion card and take advantage of these things put out for vets instead of just showing a legion card that has mainly become civi social club.

This is one individual who got caught, how many more are saying they are Veterans and never served a day in their life?

Any organization that fails to provide expenses when asked has something to hide, one word comes to mind, corruption.

Wonder if he had veteran licence plates? Afterall isn't the Legion getting $5 per plate to verify a person is a veteran?

He was a first vice-president so he should of had it. If he did have a vet licence plate then the $5 per is what I always said it is....a scam for the Legion to get money!

I refuse to give $5 to an organization that thinks they own the copyright of the poppy and have the gall to make money on a sacred symbol to ALL real veterans.

Dannypaj wrote:Hence a standardized veteran's ID card.
Aren't we tired of hearing about Stolen Valour?
It is ridiculous of how often we hear about someone's great war storey and later find out that they never served a minute in their life.
Many more benefits with a standardized VETERAN's ID card!

But like every other lie these guys tell it will be "I lost my card" I miss placed it", It was lost when my home burned to the ground"...Every time I see one of these Poser stories I half blame the organizations they join or the people the buy into their bullshit. All you have to do is google the name of any "veteran" who says he was wounded overseas and their name will pop up. the Canadian Army isn`t huge, there is always a story from a major newspaper or local rag, about the hometown hero.
And these guys on Facebook cropping photos etc. just look at their nominal role of friends or post their name to a military site, if no true soldier is a friend of theirs or ever heard about them, then they are just pond scum- anyone who served in the armed forces knows atleast a 100 other soldiers (even if they didn`t like them). Worse still are the family members/wives...husbands? who know their spouse is lying and yet attend functions clinging to their arm, they are just as big douche bags.

Hence a standardized veteran's ID card.
Aren't we tired of hearing about Stolen Valour?
It is ridiculous of how often we hear about someone's great war storey and later find out that they never served a minute in their life.
Many more benefits with a standardized VETERAN's ID card!

outstanding , great work SVC . you guys rock.

propat