ANAVETS UNIT #19

ANAVETS MEXICO – UNIT #19
Shoulder to Shoulder
A place for ALL Veterans

On September 01, 2020, the Army, Navy, Air Force Veterans Association in Canada (ANAVETS) granted it's first international charter to Mexico, headquartered at Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. As of November 2021, our membership stands at over 80 active members and continues to grow as more veterans from all branches of International service discover we are here for them. ANAVETS Unit #19 also welcomes Police and Fire Services members along with any members of our community that wish be a part of an excellent world-class organization.

ANAVETS HISTORY ANAVETS is the oldest veterans organization in Canada, having been founded in 1840. Membership is open to all veterans, police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, Coast Guard, and the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires, family members. Friends and members of the community are always welcomed to join our ranks.

We provide support to Canadian, American, Mexican, and British Common-wealth veterans, families, and the community-at-large. You are invited to come to our gatherings for a visit and get to know our membership and friends. You do not have to be a member to attend our events. Please come by to learn more about our services and charitable community efforts.

Organization

ANAVETS is comprised of a Dominion Command Headquarters located in Ottawa, Canada along with seven provincial commands. Currently the Association has units in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia as well as a unit in Woodstock N.B. and a unit in the United States (ANAVICUS), which is part of the American Legion. There is now an ANAVETS Unit located at Lake Chapala, Mexico. Ladies’ Auxiliaries may be found at some units. When formed, they come under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Commands’ Ladies’ Auxiliaries.

Management

The affairs of the Association are managed by the Executive Officers of the Association. The Executive Officers and the Provincial Command Presidents form the Board of Directors, which directs policy and administration of the Association. This policy and administration must be ratified biennially by the Association in Convention.

Purpose

1. To unite fraternally, persons who have served in Her Majesty’s armed forces or any auxiliary force thereof or in the armed forces or any auxiliary force of any nation allied to the British Commonwealth of Nations engaged in an active combat zone and persons who support the purposes and objects of the Association, which Association shall be a non-partisan and non sectarian body for the purpose of good fellowship, mutual improvement and assistance, and patriotic endeavour and service to Canada and the British Commonwealth of Nations;

2. To increase the public influence of veterans by organization, by parades and by giving as an entity expressions of opinion upon public questions affecting the rights of veterans or concerning the welfare of the whole or any part of the British Commonwealth of Nations;

3. To stimulate the spirit of patriotism in Canada and promote closer unity and co-ordination within the British Commonwealth of Nations;

4. To assist the British Commonwealth of Nations when occasion requires in enlisting recruits for Her Majesty’s forces;

5. To acquire, maintain and operate clubs, homes and meeting places for the benefit of veterans, and to furnish, stock and equip the same with such furniture, furnishings, plants, animals, implements, equipment, appliances, libraries, and means of entertainment and amusement, as may be considered desirable by the Association;

6. To acquire and maintain museums in connection with any premises of the Association for the interest, education, or benefit of its members;

7. To levy upon its members, or upon bodies to whom it has granted charters as authorized herein, fees or assessments from time to time as may be required for the support of the Association and the carrying out of its objects; and to raise funds for the purpose of the Association by such means, with others, as providing entertainment, operating canteens and places of refreshment and amusement; and

8. To assist any of Her Majesty’s naval, military naval air forces on active service, by establishments for the rest and comfort of, and as meeting places for those composing such forces.

Where We Meet

ANAVETS Unit 19 meets at MAMA's Musical Bar Thursdays @ 12 noon for lunch, fellowship, games, and Special Events throughout the year