Charitable Works
Charity and fundraising are a part of the group's mission and continue to be a rallying point for its members. The Legion helped raise more than $11.8 million US in the year 2011 through appearances and fundraising activities such as charity auctions.
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Famous quotes containing the words charitable and/or works:
“Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.”
—J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)
“We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.”
—Bible: New Testament, Galatians 2:15-16.