Edward H. White II
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 521
P.O. 5362, Pasadena, TX 77508
February 5, 2022
Dear American Legion Family:
For the past two years Unit 521 in Pasadena has had to cancel their Annual Cancer Research Dinner and fundraiser due to the CoVid virus, but this year we have resumed our program, and we are extending an invitation to all members of the American Legion Family to attend.
The Annual Cancer Research Dinner will be held Friday, February 18, 2022, at American Legion Post 521 located at
2221 Preston, Pasadena, TX 77503. Dinner will be from 5:00 pm-6:30pm. Ticket cost for the dinner is $15.00.
Dinner tickets may be purchased in advance by sending your check made payable to ALA Unit 521 to PO Box 5362, Pasadena, TX 77508, to reserve your place, or can be paid at the door. If you plan to attend advance notice will be greatly appreciated so we will know how much food to prepare. The deadline to notify me is February 11, 2022.
Please call, text, (713-419-9518) or email (carlene@flash.net) me your intention to attend the dinner.
The menu is Chicken Fettucine Alfredo or Shrimp Fettucine Alfredo, served with Salad, garlic bread, dessert, and drink.
Please advise which entrée you prefer when you advise us of your attendance.
Following the dinner there will be a special program from 6:30-7:30pm to recognize and honor cancer survivors and memorialize the special people in your life who did not survive this dreaded disease. Special luminaries with enclosed candles will be “lit” in their honor or memory as each person’s name is called. Following the ceremony, you will be able to take the luminary bag with your loved one’s name on it with you if you should desire to do so. The donation per luminary candle is $5 each, and all proceeds from the luminaries and the dinner will go direct to our ALA Department Cancer Research Program. Anyone may purchase luminaries and have their loved one’s name read during the program or they may make donations direct to our Cancer Research Program with checks made payable to ALA Unit 521, earmarked Cancer Research. We encourage you to share this information with other members, friends, relatives, and anyone you feel may be interested in joining us for the dinner or sponsoring a luminary. To honor a loved one with a luminary please print your name, the honorees name and whether you are honoring them or memorializing them on a separate sheet of paper, enclose your check with a donation of $5 for each luminary and mail to ALA Unit 521, PO Box 5362, Pasadena, TX 77508.
We are very excited to share with you that our Department President Teresa Copeland will be attending as our special guest. We would love to have you and your members come out and help us give her a great welcome to our part of Texas. Other special guests attending will be our Department Cancer Research Chairman Sharon Phelps, and National Executive Committeewoman Christine Trahan. Please let me know if you have any questions. You may send an email RSVP back to me along with your choice of meals to carlene@flash.net or call/text me @ 713-419-9518.
Best regards,
Carlene Ashworth, Secretary
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 521
PO Box 5362, Pasadena, TX 77508