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The New Hamburg Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is inviting families to sponsor a memorial banner in honour of a veteran. The goal of the initiative is to engage our local community to honour and remember veterans.  All deceased and living veterans who served for Canada/UK and their allies may be honoured.

Each banner will highlight a specific person and will be hung on a light post in the downtown areas of Wilmot.  This year we will begin the programme with 50 veterans displayed in New Hamburg.  In the ensuing years, we will add more banners in New Hamburg and in the other Wilmot communities.  This is not limited to soldiers from Wilmot – you can purchase one for a family member who lived elsewhere.

• Each banner will display:
  • Photo of the Veteran
  • Name of the Veteran
  • The era of service [WWI, WWII etc.]
  • The branch of the military
  • The years served
  • The sponsor of the banner

Each banner will be double-sided in full colour and is guaranteed to last for 10 years. The banners will be placed on the light standards from Thanksgiving until the end of November and then stored at the Legion until the following year.

The cost is $150 per banner.

The Legion will pay for banners for soldiers of those families who cannot afford to purchase one.

Due date for applications this year will be June 30, 2022. 

If interested, please complete the application form and send to Bob Neubauer: rneubauer0726@rogers.com

For further information, contact Bob Neubauer [above] or Marie Voisin: mdvoisin@gmail.com

The New Hamburg Legion is pleased to announce the Remembrance Day Poster and Literary Contest winners for Students in and around New Hamburg. Five students and their families were recognized at an awards presentation. The RCL has sponsored this Youth Education Program for 50 years to promote Remembrance for all of our VETERANS, past and present.

The New Hamburg Branch had 156 entries judged locally with 13 1st place entries going on for judging at the District Level, where we had 1 third place and 4 second place finishers.

The students can enter poems, essays black and white or colored art work in Junior, intermediate or Senior categories. We had 9 schools participate including Grandview Public, Holy Family Public, Forest Glen Public, Wellesley Public, Baden Public, Sir Adam Beck Public, New Dundee Public, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy and Waterloo
Oxford DSS.

Our Awards went to Lukas Stoll from New Dundee Public  for Junior Poems, Cadence Mailoux from Waterloo Oxford for Intermediate Essay, Bethany Austen from Waterloo Oxford for Senior Essay, Michael McDonald from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy for Senior Color Poster and Campbell McDonald from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy for Senior Black and White Poster.

Thank you to our Judges, Jane Eichler, Bonnie Ziegler, Linda Lawrie, Gail Metzger, Marie Voisin and Pat Fisher.

Congratulations and Thank you to all of the participants for Remembering our VETERANS.

  Ross and Jane Eichler Youth Education Chairs Branch 532 New Hamburg

The New Hamburg Legion is partnering with the Parkwood Institute in London to help local Veterans. Throughout the spring and summer, please bring needed items for donation. We are accepting donations during open hours on Wednesdays, Fridays, or Saturdays from 1-5pm.

Needed items include:

• Combs, brushes
• Bars of soap
• Shampoos
• Toothpaste / Tooth brushes
• Mouth wash
• Shaving foam
• Disposable razors
• Lightly scented deodorant
• Kleenex
• Diabetic socks
• Socks with non-slip soles
• Skin moisturizer
• Ball caps
• Note pads and pens
• Men’s and Ladies’ Underwear / undershirts
• T-shirts
• Polident denture cleaner
• Jogging suits
• other donations as appropriate.

Any help is welcome and appreciated. If needed, we can arrange for pickup – contact the Branch.

The official start of spring is just a couple of weeks away, and we’ve got lots going on at the New Hamburg Legion.

On March 23rd we’re holding a Pot Pie Blitz. Details below.

Then on March 26th we’ve got Kelvis and the Burning Love Band in the house! See the full details below.

It’s great to see Covid restrictions being lifted, and that has allowed us to open and hold these events. However even though the vaccine passport is no longer required in many facilities, due to our patronage, the Branch Executive has decided that for the time being vaccine passports are still required to gain entry to the Legion.