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NALPA Certificates - NALPA members should have a NALPA Certificate showing they are members of NALPA. If you have never received a certificate please let NALPA Executive Director Mike Duggan know. You may find his contact information in the “Contact Us” section. For some reason we can’t explain, when the second renewal postcard went out, some went to members that had already renewed. For this we apologize. For those members that did receive this postcard in error please e-mail Mike Duggan and he will get the records straight. The correct membership card has 2009 printed at the left as you look at the card. If you are a current member and know of anyone that wishes to be a member have them fill out the application on this web site and send it to Debra Murrell P.O. Box 1055 Indianapolis, IN 46206 and we will get their card to them ASAP. We encourage the area Vice Presidents to contact members in their area and ask them to renew their membership. You may contact Dolly at zdolly@scicable.com or Mike Duggan at mdug1015@roadrunner.com and we will try to help you the best we can. Reminder - NALPA members are eligible for discount subscriptions to The American Legion Dispatch and The American Legion Magazine for only $6.00 each per year!
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Members of NALPA encourage the exchange of ideas, promote the development of local newsletters and public relations activities, strive to communicate the corporate goals of The American Legion family organizations and recognizes achievement through an annual newsletter and newspaper awards program. NALPA has been working to facilitate this communication for more than 80 years.
In 1922 then National Adjutant Lemuel Bolles, appointed William Richie, Jr., an Omaha, Neb., lawyer, as chairman of a special committee to consider the organization of a National American Legion Press Association. The following year NALPA was established with 20 department and local publications forming the initial membership.
In 1925 NALPA expanded membership eligibility to publication staff members, Department and Post Historians and professional newspapermen interest in Legion publicity.
Today, more than 1,000 members of NALPA are involved in local communications initiatives with a central purpose: to keep members up-to-date on local organizational happenings. Members of NALPA believe that local newsletters and other efforts are essential to a growing membership program.
