Donate

Make a Donation to Post 1758

American Legion Post 1758 is a 501(c)(19) veterans organization and donations are tax deductible.

If you wish to make a donation to Manny Bacon Post 1758, you can mail a check to:

American Legion Post 1758 Manny Bacon Post
P.O. Box 92
Hopwell Junction, NY 12533-0092

You can also donate using fund-transfer services:

If your bank is Hudson Valley Credit Union, you can use HV$end.
Many banks such as Chase, M&T, PNC and Wells Fargo offer Zelle (check here to see if yours does).
Another way to send money is Venmo.

These services allow you to direct funds to an e-mail address. Our e-mail address for donations is: donations@al-ny1758.org.

What We Do

The American Legion was founded on four pillars: Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, National Security, Americanism, and Children & Youth. Each of these pillars encompasses a variety of programs that benefit our nation's veterans, its service members, their families, the youth of America and ordinary citizens. Locally we support veterans through donations to Castle Point VA Hospital and local veterans in need. Each year we provide funding for the American Legion National Emergency Fund which helps veterans affected by natural disasters. We provide honor guards at funerals for local veterans and place over 800 flags on Veterans' graves. Our post supports local youth by sponsoring a Boy’s State candidate and an Oratorical Contest. In addition, we support Wreaths Across America, the East Fishkill 9-11 Ceremony, and host the East Fishkill Memorial Day parade. We award medals and certificates to all Eagle Scouts and sponsor a Venture Crew Air Rifle Team. Our post also provides a color guard each Memorial Day and Veterans Day at John Jay High School ceremonies.