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AMERICAN LEGION PONY EXPRESS PLAN FOR TEXAS LEGACY MISSION This is an example of how you may set up and organize a Pony Express network in your area. This is only an example and was established by Texas for the American Legacy Run. Included are Central PE Contacts, Descriptions, News Release, Promotional Flyers, PE Station Certificate, Ride Maps, PE Badge information, etc. Please feel free to utilize any or all of this information for organizing your area.
INTRODUCTION Resurrecting a concept from the Wild West, we are creating a “Pony Express” delivery system using messengers that would involve every post in the nation for state and national level fund raising events. TO BE A REGISTERED AMERICAN LEGION PONY EXPRESS RIDER, YOU MUST SIGN UP AT http://www.alr135.org/pe/join.asp . The American Legion’s first implementation of the Pony Express will be to deliver monetary donations (checks should be made out to The American Legacy Run) for the American Legacy Scholarship Fund to the National Commander at points along his route in The American Legion Rider’s Legacy Run. This fund will provide college money to deceased combat veteran’s children so they don’t miss out on a college education. The plan for the Department of Texas calls for all Texas American Legion PE Stations to deliver or send their collected donations for this fund to an American Legion PE Station central to their location that is willing to deliver centrally collected donations. Then, a Pony Express Rider or Messenger (with a back up rider or a group) would be selected from each of those PE Stations to deliver those donations to one of eleven Key City PE Stations within about a hundred miles of their location. Each of those eleven Key City PE Stations would select a rider, with back up rider or group, to deliver the cumulative donations to the next Key City PE Station in line towards the Central Texas collection PE Station, American Legion Riders Post 135 in Bedford. One rider, with a backup or group, from ALR Post 135 would then take the cumulative donations to a Southern Oklahoma city where the Oklahoma Plan would take over to the sequenced delivery to Kansas, then hooking up with the National Commander at one of the overnight stops along his published route, see http://www.legion.org/legacyrun The same process would be planned for each state with central collection points eventually trickling into a state collection point then being ridden to a point along the Indianapolis to Utah route that Commander Tom Bock and his entourage will be taking on his run to the National Convention. Those Western state Pony Express Rider deliveries from all locations will be scheduled to arrive at a designated time on the first day of the convention where news coverage would be most timely. The Department of Texas planning template will be offered to each state for their planning purposes but, in each state, there must be one PE Station that is willing to organize their state’s ride. This idea has the potential of capturing the imaginations of a significant number of veterans, riders, and the public at large. The drama of an old-styled Pony Express Ride could fire up many veteran riders wanting the honor of being a Pony Express Messenger. Each PE Station is responsible to ensure their donations are carried by their Pony Express Messenger or a group of Messengers which will ride their donations to the next collection point. We also recommend that you assign at least two Messengers to carry your donation as pledges, not cash. This has the potential of collecting a lot of money for this charity and will catch the attention of all local and national media with significant news coverage as the Pony Express Run unfolds. Strict route schedules will be planned to allow PE Station celebrations and media coverage of rider transfers at the designated points along each route, just like the Old West. We plan on a Pony Express Ride poster styled after actual Pony Express posters from the old West with enough details to fire up imaginations.
PONY EXPRESS MESSENGER PINS Gold Ride pins, styled after a replica of the actual Pony Express Rider badges of old, with the initials “A” and “L” on each side of the pony, can be offered for sale to the public to generate revenues for all PE Stations participating in this historic ride. For riders, organizers and supporters, an American Legion Riders Pony Express pin with the “Messenger” designation will be available for sale. Participating American Legion PE Stations can share in this revenue stream by offering these pins for retail sale. To purchase these Badges go to http://www.alr135.org/pe/PEshoppingcart.htm A picture of the PE Badge may be seen at the bottom of this document.
TO BE A REGISTERED AMERICAN LEGION PONY EXPRESS RIDER, YOU SIGN UP AT http://www.alr135.org/pe/join.asp. Future Pony Express rides for charity will be at the discretion of American Legion State Departments or the National Commander.
RIDE PLAN Key Cities
Ride from the South Ø Brownsville & North to Corpus Christi Ø Corpus Christi & North to San Antonio Ø San Antonio & North to Austin Ø Austin & North to Waco Ø Waco & North to Bedford Ø Houston & North to Nagadoches Ø Nagadoches to Bedford
Ride from the East Ø Nagadoches & East to Bedford Ø Texarkana & East to Bedford
Ride from the West Ø Big Spring & East to Abilene Ø Abilene & East to Bedford
Ride from the North Ø Amarillo & South to Lubbock Ø Lubbock & South to Big Spring Ø Big Spring & East to Bedford Ø Wichita Falls & South to Bedford
PLANNING STEPS
FINANCIAL PLAN To be determined by each state Department, for communications.
CONCLUSION In the future, the American Legion Pony Express could be used to facilitate future Texas or national fund raising efforts utilizing the same communications, route and schedule templates for city to city and state to state transfers of donations. It is predicted that American Legion Riders nationwide will covet the honor of becoming American Legion Pony Express Riders. CONTACT FOR TEXAS STATE INFORMATIONRon “Fox” Whipple American Legion Riders Post 135 Historian American Legion Pony Express Texas Coordinator Contact for wholesale Pony Express Pin bulk orders only (see your local PE Station for retail sales) Bedford, Texas Cell: 817-729-7826
CONTACT FOR NATIONAL PLAN INFORMATIONBob “Doc” Kutzner American Legion Riders Post 135 1st Vice Commander American Legion Pony Express National Coordinator Bedford, Texas Cell: 817-422-4008 Checks made payable to “The American Legacy Run”
NEWS RELEASE
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