Mission

The Garfield American Legion Veterans Memorial Scholarship Fund was organized exclusively and specifically to operate a scholarship fund that will benefit the youth of America. First, the scholarship fund will provide educational assistance to the children, grandchildren and legacy of veterans who served our country and were/are life members of the Garfield American Legion Post 255 or has twenty-five (25) consecutive years membership in Post 255. Second, the scholarship fund will provide educational assistance to the children, grandchildren and legacy of veterans who served our country and were/are life members of American Legion Posts throughout Bergen County, New Jersey. Third, the scholarship fund will provide educational assistance to the children, grandchildren and legacy of veterans who honorably served our country and who have thirty (30) consecutive year membership in any bonafide veterans organization in Bergen County.