American Legion Bloomington Post 550

ABOUT our post

About Bloomington Post 550

The American Legion post for Bloomington was formed in 1947. For many years, it operated a club at 9320 Lyndale Ave. S. That club closed in 2007. The post these days operates at the Bloomington Veterans Club, 311 W. 84th St. and conducts charitable gambling at the Sports Page Bar & Grill and Shantytown Grill. The members determine what to give the funds to during their monthly meetings. Join us and be a part of the charitable donations.

Our post meetings are at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of every month.

Officers

Bloomington American Legion Post 550 Officers

Commander
Dan Welch

1st Vice
Blaine Beste

2nd Vice
Clarence Bunkholt

Adjutant
Warren Christopherson

Finance Officer
Jerry Narragon

Chaplain
Jim Mead

Sgt-at-Arms
Mike Mellin

Membership
Paul Hassing

SAL
Jim Mead

Gambling Mgr
Tim Engstrom

Honor Guard
Dan Welch

Athletics
Ron Nenovich

Bloomington American Legion Auxiliary Unit 550

President
Jody Hassing

1st Vice
Bonnie Proctor

2nd Vice
Joan Boerner

Secretary
Bonnie Proctor

Treasurer
Gabriele Servin

Sgt-at-Arms
Trish Bunkholt

Chaplain
Cathy Moretton

Membership
Bonnie Proctor

Exec. Board
Elizabeth Hassing and Rose Kitt

Past Presidents
Bonnie Proctor

Hon. Jr. President
Liliana Campero

supporting Veterans and our community

The American Legion post for Bloomington was formed in 1947. For many years, it operated a club at 9320 Lyndale Ave. S. That club closed in 2007. The post these days operates at the Bloomington Veterans Club, 311 W. 84th St. and conducts charitable gambling at the Sports Page Bar & Grill and Shantytown Grill. The members determine what to give the funds to during their monthly meetings. Join us and be a part of the charitable donations.

Our post meetings are at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of every month.

Post 550 donating to youth sports

Donations and Fundraising

Our post is dedicated to fundraising and donating back to our community and veterans. This ranges from youth programs to efforts to support our veterans.
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Post 550 color guard marching in a parade

Honor Guard

American Legion Post 550 and VFW Post 1296 have a joint color guard for providing military honors at funerals in Bloomington.
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American Legion bronze level giving society

Charity Events

We are proud of our successful fundraising efforts, mostly through charitable gambling but also through other means, and the Bloomington community knows of our great dedication to youth sports.

Bloomington Legion Post 550 Baseball

The Bloomington Gold and Bloomington Blue baseball teams are long-held traditions of summer in our city. We’ve even reached as far as the American Legion World Series. We offer teams for 19 and under and for 17 and under, and we have the best-looking team bus in the state. Our home games are played at Red Haddox Field.

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Youth contributions

Part of The American Legion’s mission is to support the youth of our country. Our post works hard to raise funds for youth programs in Bloomington. Some examples are the Bloomington Kennedy Activities Foundation, Scouting, local sports boosters, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs. There are too many to list them all. Those jerseys, that scoreboard, the travel expenses, we likely helped out in some manner.