Squadrons are encouraged each year to submit photos and videos showing their support of the Four Pillars and the Legion Family.
Squadrons from Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey and Ohio were first-place winners in this year’s Sons of The American Legion Snapshots of Service contest. Entries were judged by the SAL Public and Media Communications Commission and announced at the National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Photos submitted to the Snapshots of Service program had to represent one of the Four Pillars: Americanism, Children and Youth, National Security, or Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation.
Snapshots of Service winners were:
Americanism, 1st place: Squadron 207, West Springfield, Mass.
Americanism, 2nd place: Squadron 105, Belleville, N.J.
Children & Youth, 1st place: Squadron 112, Omaha, Neb.
Children & Youth, 2nd place: Squadron 246, Betterton, Md.
National Security, 1st place: Squadron 257, Loudonville, Ohio,
National Security, 2nd place: none
Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, 1st place: Squadron 105, Belleville, N.J.
Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, 2nd place: Squadron 257, Loudonville, Ohio
The commission also selected winners in the inaugural Videos of Service contest. Video submissions were required to contain an SAL member or members wearing SAL covers or SAL-branded clothing participating in an activity or event that fell under one of three categories: program support; community engagement; or membership and recruitment. The video must have been no longer than five minutes in length and have been posted on social media.
Videos of Service winners were:
Program Support, 1st place: Squadron 457, Phelps, N.Y.; 2nd place, Squadron 414, Sutton, Mass.
Community Engagement, 1st place: Squadron 42, Floyds Knobs, Ind.
Membership & Recruitment, 1st place: Squadron 105, Belleville, N.J.
Entry forms for the 2024 Snapshots of Service and Videos of Service contests are available at https://www.legion.org/sons/publications.
- Sons