It’s time to think about Honours and Awards for deserving members of Branch 632. Some of the awards available for our members are the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the Palm Leaf to the MSM and MSA, Life Membership, Certificate of Merit, Certificate of Appreciation, Legionnaire of the Year and a 50-Year Long Service Medal. There are also Awards to Other Than Legion Members such as the Friendship Award, Certificate of Merit, Certificate of Appreciation, Media Award and Founders Award.

The criteria for these awards are set out in Chapter 2 starting on Page 13 of The Royal Canadian Legion, Ritual, Awards and Protocol Manual (February 2025). You can obtain an electronic version of the Manual https://legion.ca/docs/default-source/by-laws-and-policies/ritual-awards-and-protocol-manual.pdf?sfvrsn=9f042df1_6.

Please note that all major award nominations/submissions for meritorious and outstanding service require a citation, or at a minimum, details of information/achievements in support of the nominee warranting the award. When recommending a Comrade for an award try to ensure that “the person being nominated is indeed worthy of consideration for the award and that the outstanding services rendered by the member set the member apart from all the others.”

Nominations for any of these awards should be submitted, along with a signed statement of accomplishments, in a sealed envelope addressed to the undersigned, Comrade Blaine Kiley or Comrade Jean Beck, and left at the upper bar. Nominations may also be emailed to Comrade Marty Keates (keatesm@rogers.com), Comrade Blaine Kiley (blainekiley@yahoo.ca) or Comrade Jean Beck (gandjbeck@rogers.com). The deadline to submit nominations for the 2025/2026 awards is March 27, 2026.

Awards presentations will take place on May 3, 2026 in the upper lounge starting at 1:30 pm.

Bursaries

This is just a reminder that the 2026 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 632 (Orleans) Bursary Program is now open for applications. Information concerning eligibility, how to apply and application forms are available at https://rcl632.ca/bursary/. The deadline for submitting applications is March 27, 2026 and bursaries will be presented on May 3, 2026 at 12:00pm.