OUR ADOPTED SHIPS
- USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN75)
- USS TOPEKA (SSN 754)
FEATURED COUNCIL NEWS
Membership
Drive continues along with efforts in Retention Activity
|
SEA POWER
MAGAZINE
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Click Here for Current Issue.
|
| |
 |
|
"Our sea services are rising to
meet the challenges that confront our nation, and so is the
Navy League."
Sheila
M. McNeill Past National President
|
|
 |
|
Who We Are:
Welcome aboard! We are the Greater Kansas City Council of the Navy
League of the United States.
The Navy League of the United States was founded in 1902 with the encouragement of
President Theodore Roosevelt. The Navy League is unique among
military-oriented associations in that it is a civilian organization
dedicated to the education of our citizens, including our elected officials,
and the support of the men and women of the sea services and their families.
The objective and purpose of the Navy League is educational and motivational. We must
acquire and display before the citizens of our country information as to the conditions of
our naval and maritime forces. We must awaken interest and support in all matters which
aid our maritime capabilities.
 To
this end, the Navy League works closely with the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard, and US-flag Merchant Marine through a network of over 330 councils in
the United States and around the world. The Navy League has nearly 70,000
active members.
The Navy League supports America's young people through its youth
programs, including sponsorship of the US Naval Sea Cadet Corps, the Navy
League Scholarship Program, and the Samuel Eliot Morison Essay Contest.
Individual councils are also involved in promoting youth-oriented activities
in their communities such as NJROTC, MCJROTC, and ROTC units along with
other recognized youth programs. Local councils and national headquarters
provide over $250,000 scholarships and awards every year.
Navy League councils support active duty military personnel through
"adoption" of ships, installations, and units; commissioning ceremonies; award
programs; and other recognition programs.
Over the years, the Navy League has compiled an impressive record of
accomplishments. Today the Navy League is widely respected by citizens, community and
industrial leaders, and public officials. Navy League programs are welcomed in communities
throughout the nation, and members are recognized for their integrity and patriotism.
Click the
logo below and join the Navy League Online Community. Make our Council #1
in membership in this new initiative!
Your Council Sea Cadets are the "Harry S.
Truman Squadron," Please visit
http://HSTSeaCadets.com. For more information contact Bruce Johnson, CO at
(816) 304-3251.
|
Submit
your change of address or updated member information here.
|
 |
Our Next Council Event |
 |
|
MEETING NOTICE
When: Thursday, May 21, 2009
Where:
Hilton Garden Inn and Hotel, Kansas City, Kansas, 5th and Minnesota Avenue,
Kansas City, Kansas
Time: 11:00 am to 1:30pm
Cost: $15
per person, payable at the door.
Parking: Garage behind Hotel or lot across the street from Hotel
on Minnesota Avenue.
Reservations:
Contact Tom Kennedy at maj-dad@kc.rr.com,
or by phone at
816-966-9045
Program:
Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter
of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mary Eisenhower is currently
serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of People to People
International and has traveled extensively throughout six continents. In
1999, Mary started the People to People International Friendship Fund
inspired by an orphanage she visited in Morocco. One hundred percent of all
funds received through the International Friendship Fund go to the efforts
and projects as specified by the donors. Among Mary’s numerous awards are an
Honorary Doctorate in Letter of Humane from Schiller International
University in Florida; the Knight of Peace Award from the International
University of Assisi, Italy; the Medal of Honor from the Slovak Republic,
and Friendship Ambassador – China. Her most recent award was an Honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters from Park University. People to People
International was founded on September 11, 1956, by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Mary joined the organization hoping to carry on her grandfather’s dream. It
has now become her life’s work, and she carries the mission and the
founder’s dream ardently as her own.
|
| Reminder |
Local Dues for 2009 are
now $25.00 and payable upon receipt of invoice.
New Members do not pay
Local Dues in the year that they join the Council.
|
| Reservations |
|
Phone
(816) 966 9045
or e-mail
maj-dad@kc.rr.com
|
|
|
|
|
