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.
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