Battlefield Post 214 and its auxiliary units provide assistance for veterans in Northwest Georgia. They also assist in helping the community. Projects and services include:
- Providing frozen take-home meals for veterans and the elderly
- Serving “game-day” dinners to local high school football teams
- Helping veterans financially, physically and emotionally. This includes connecting them to other resources in Georgia and Tennessee.
Financing Battlefield Post 214’s Projects and Services
Most of Battlefield Post 214’s services are provided through volunteer labor, and through proceeds from weekly Bingo nights, gunshows, car shows, quarterly auctions, dances, facility rental, and donations. Battlefield Post 214 currently receives some grant assistance to provide frozen meals for veterans and senior citizens through Northwest Georgia Utility’s “RoundUp” program.
Grant Funding Sought:
The Post’s facilities at Park City Road need improvement and maintenance. Battlefield Post 214 also seeks to increase community involvement. Potential projects include:
- Energy efficiency work, including HVAC
- Parking lot and disabled parking improvements
- Food pantry storage improvements
- Supporting local youth organizations
- Marketing / community relations
- Helping veterans and seniors in NW Georgia
Battlefield Post 214 is actively seeking grant funding to make these improvements and to expand the Post’s reach, to better serve veterans, senior citizens and others in Northwest Georgia and the Greater Chattanooga area. For more information, please contact Post Comander Jack Staples at gbjackstaples@aol.com or call the Post at 706-86-3992.
The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness.