The bookazine can be downloaded on legion.org/publications.
"The Whole Child" bookazine has been updated for 2025 to reflect The American Legion's continued commitment to children and youth. The bookazine highlights the origins of the Whole Child concept, ways The American Legion supports children and youth through its Temporary Financial Assistance program, Child Welfare Foundation and other advocacy efforts, and the impact had at the local, state and national level.
For example:
$5,210,706 – the amount that local American Legion posts provided in cash aid to benefit children in need in their communities in 2024.
8,701 – local American Legion child health and safety programs conducted by posts in 2024.
11,161 – number of children whose homes were stabilized between 2013 and 2023 with help from American Legion Temporary Financial Assistance grants.
$5,430,738 – amount in national American Legion Temporary Financial Assistance grants awarded over the last decade to military and qualified American Legion families with minor children at home who are confronted with unexpected financial emergencies.
$21,536,485.50 – amount the American Legion Child Welfare Foundation has awarded in grants since 1954 to nonprofits that contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children and youth.
Download “The Whole Child” under Youth & Family Support.
- Dispatch