Like the Junior Member of the Year program, the Rising Star Junior Award recognizes our younger members and their active participation in the ALA’s mission.
- Five Rising Star Juniors, one in each ALA division, will be selected by the national Junior Activities Committee.
- As a reminder, the ALA divisions are as follows:
- CENTRAL - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- EASTERN - Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
- NORTHWESTERN - Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
- SOUTHERN - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
- WESTERN - Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington
- Winners will receive a citation plaque and will be authorized, along with their chaperones, to travel to the national Junior meeting in their division during the 2026-2027 administrative year.
- The application should be completed by the Junior member applying for the Rising Star Junior Award.
- Applicant must have been a Junior member at the start of the current ALA administrative year and be between the ages of 8-13 at the start of the current administrative year.
- Applicant must be a Junior member in good standing of the American Legion Auxiliary.
- Applicant’s narrative should detail the Junior member’s ALA participation and activities during the past year, June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026. Only activities from that time will be considered. Document with photographs, screenshots, and other evidence of Junior’s ALA participation and activities.
- Essay questions should be the applicant’s original writing and may be checked for the use of AI. Essays deemed 20% or more written by AI will be disqualified.
