Victoria Branch 292 Operating Goals

Vision Statement

“Our vision is to be an effective and efficient veteran and community Service organization”

Mission Statement

“To serve Veterans, which includes serving military, RCMP members, First Responders, and their families, to promote remembrance and to serve our communities and our country.”

Core Values

SERVICE – We provide dedicated support and compassionate assistance.
INTEGRITY – We behave ethically and in a manner which inspires trust, mutual understanding and confidence.
RESPECT – We are supportive, inclusive, courteous and fair to all, honouring the dignity and worth of every person
LOYALTY – We are steadfast in our patriotic allegiance to the Sovereign, to our Country, to The Royal Canadian Legion and to our Comrades.
TEAMWORK – We cooperate and work together selflessly, in Comradeship, to achieve our shared Mission.

President's Message - First Quarter 2025

Initially I would like to thank Branch members, staff and volunteers for all the hard effort that went into making 2024 such a successful year for the Branch. By any standard performance measure, we did very well. Membership reached 1754, our social events were well attended, indeed our licensed capacity was met on several occasions, funds raised via Gaming allowed for increased donations to local charities, and the Branch financials were significantly improved.

In 2025 the focus of your Executive is to continue to deliver a package of activities and an environment that encourages our Members and their guests to participate. We want to grow the amount of funds we can donate to local charities and expect that our Tuesday bingo night will help meet this objective. On the property front we propose to clean and paint the building exterior, upgrade the kitchen, and to install our baffles to improve sound quality in the Lounge. We have recently acquired an industrial grade refrigerator at auction to ensure food storage is meeting necessary standards.

The Executive recognizes the need to improve the tools used to communicate with our Membership and we will work to upgrade both our web site and our use of emails to get information to our Members.

In closing, I would wish a healthy and happy year for our Members. Look forward to seeing you at the Branch and thank you for the support.

Dr. Bill Wilson
President

P.S. General Meetings scheduled for April 12, May 17 and June 21.