About

The American Legion Auxiliary is a patriotic service organization in the United States. Founded in 1919, we are dedicated to supporting veterans, military personnel, and their families. The Auxiliary plays a vital role in various community service projects, fundraising for veterans' programs, advocating for veterans' rights, and providing educational scholarships. Our mission is to serve those who have served, and we are an integral part of the American Legion organization.

With close to 100 different units and over 3000 members in Oklahoma alone, we are committed to serving our local veterans, active duty military, and their families through various programs and initiatives.

We answer the call of Service Not Self. We are the male and female spouses, grandmothers, mothers, sisters, and direct and adopted female descendants of members of The American Legion.

Mission & Vision

Mission Statement

In the spirit of Service Not Self, the mission of the American Legion Auxiliary is to support The American Legion and honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at home and abroad. For God and Country, we advocate for veterans, educate our citizens, mentor youth, and promote patriotism, good citizenship, peace, and security.

Vision Statement

The vision of the American Legion Auxiliary is to support The American Legion while becoming the premier service organization and foundation of every community providing support for our veterans, our military, and their families by shaping a positive future in an atmosphere of fellowship, patriotism, peace and security.

Purposes

In fulfillment of our Mission, the American Legion Auxiliary adheres to the following purposes:

To support and advocate for veterans, active military and their families.

To support the initiatives and programs of The American Legion.

To foster patriotism and responsible citizenship.

To award scholarships and promote quality education and literacy.

To provide educational and leadership opportunities that uphold the ideals of freedom and democracy and encourage good citizenship and patriotism in government.

To increase our capacity to deliver our Mission by providing meaningful volunteer opportunities within our communities.

To empower our membership to achieve personal fulfillment through Service Not Self.

Values

Our statement of values is predicated on the founding purposes:

Commitment to the four founding principles: Justice, Freedom, Democracy, Loyalty.

Service to God, our country, its veterans and their families.

Tradition of patriotism and citizenship.

Personal integrity and family values.

Respect for the uniqueness of individual members.

Truthful, open communication in dealing with the public and our members.

Adherence to the adopted policies and rules.

The preamble to the ALA

For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:

To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;

To maintain law and order;

To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;

To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all wars;

To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;

To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;

To make right the master of might;

To promote peace and goodwill on Earth;

To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom, and democracy;

To participate in and contribute to the accomplishment of the aims and purposes of The American Legion;