The Dept. of California Marine Corps League Auxiliary Information Page

Auxiliary President's Message Welcome to the Department of California Marine Corps League Auxiliary web page. Our membership is open to Wives, Widows, Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Step Daughters, Grandmothers, Granddaughters, Step Mothers and Women Marines former or active of those eligible to be members of the Marine Corps League. You must at least sixteen years of age to become a member. Your membership assures that your voice is heard in legislative matters before Congress same as regular members of the league, that affect military and veterans affairs. Units in California are active in community work, rehabilitation, child welfare, Americanism programs and our Veterans hospitals. Marine take care of their own and we take care of our Marines and support them. If anyone has questions regarding joining a unit or forming a unit please contact any of the officers listed on this web page and we will be happy to help you. To those who are already a member please keep up all your hard work. Please keep encouraging anyone who is eligible for membership to join.

Auxiliary National Officers (l-r) Ruth Moyse, Nat'l Jr. Past Pres; Rosemary Foster, Nat'l Northwest Div VP; Caroline Ruhmshottel, Nat'l Sr. VP; Karen Washabaugh, Nat'l President; Rogene Hackbarth, Nat'l Central Div VP; Gerri Tuohy, Nat'l Judge Advocate; Jackie Hunter, Nat'l Assistant Central Div VP; Merveena Wing, Nat'l Rocky Mountain Div VP; Sam Dressler, Nat'l Assistant Northwest Div VP; Geri Phillips, Nat'l Southwest Div VP

 

Auxiliary Information

The Marine Corps League Auxiliary is a non-profit veteran’s organization, and is a subsidiary organization of the Marine Corps League.

Major General John A. Lejeune, founder of the League, was instrumental in initiating the Auxiliary and making sure that the women in a Marine’s life were part of the ‘Marine Family.’ He was active in developing the family and citizenship relationships, down to approving the uniforms that the Auxiliary wears today.

The purposes and principles of the Auxiliary are closely aligned to those that Maj. Gen. Lejeune set forth for the Marine Corps League. If you are eligible for membership, and are interested in supporting Marine values and Auxiliary programs, your membership in our organization will support Marines, veterans, and your community.

Purpose

• Patriotic
  • To preserve the traditions and to promote the interests of t he United States Marine Corps;
  • To maintain true allegiance to American institutions;
• Historical
  • To hold sacred the history and memory of the men who have given their lives to the nation;
  • To perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts, to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines;
• Fraternal
  • To create a bond of comradeship between the Auxiliary and the Marine Corps League;
  • To aid voluntarily and to render assistance to all Marines and former Marines as well as their families;
  • To help decorate the graves of all deceased Marines wherever and whenever possible.

Educational

• To strive for the passage of legislation favorable to the Marine Corps League, and to the United States Marine Corps and its personnel;
• To always foster love of Honesty, Loyalty and Truth, and a reverence to our God, Our Country, Our Family, and Our Home.

Eligibility

• Women Marines, and former Women Marines (who are also eligible to be members of the Marine Corps League);
• Wives, widows, mothers, stepmothers, sisters, daughters, and step-daughters of a Marine or former Marine eligible to belong to the Marine Corps League;
• Must be at least 16 years of age.

Activities

VA Hospital volunteers

Nursing Homes

Child welfare and youth programs

Civic affairs

Assistance to elderly

Aiding veteran families

Community support

Patriotic programs

Other Benefits

Effective voice in Washington, D.C.

Local Unit activities

National conventions

Auxiliary publications

Car rental discounts

Car lease-purchase plans

Career assistance

Travel service

If you find that you support the purposes on which we were founded, and that you have an interest in one or more of the activities of the Auxiliary, and that you meet the eligibility requirements, we invite you to join with us and become a member of the Marine Corps League Auxiliary in the Department of California.

• To join the Auxiliary, please click here to find our application form. (Adobe PDF format)

• Visit the MCL National Auxiliary Website