{"id":25884,"date":"2026-06-23T01:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T01:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/watch-scottsdale-american-legion-faces-financial-crisis-asks-community-for-help-abc15-arizona\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T01:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T01:19:21","slug":"watch-scottsdale-american-legion-faces-financial-crisis-asks-community-for-help-abc15-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/watch-scottsdale-american-legion-faces-financial-crisis-asks-community-for-help-abc15-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Scottsdale American Legion faces financial crisis, asks community for help &#8211; ABC15 Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTTSDALE, AZ \u2014 The Scottsdale American Legion has been a gathering place for the men and women who served our country. Now it needs the community to return the favor.<br \/>The decades-old building in Old Town Scottsdale is facing an estimated $60,000 in repairs on its electrical systems and to replace aging refrigerators and freezers.<br \/>\u201cWe are in a crisis, a financial crisis, with the infrastructure,\u201d said Thomas Ghrist, the post\u2019s commander.<br \/>The post is planning several fundraisers, including one on the Fourth of July with entertainment. That event is open to the public.<br \/>\u201cWe are looking for whatever anyone can do for us,\u201d he said.<br \/>Donations can be dropped off in person or mailed to the legion at 7145 E. 2nd St. Scottsdale, 85251. The post also is acceptindonations via Zelle at: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"mailto:finance@azpost44.org\"><u>finance@azpost44.org<\/u><\/a><br \/><i>ABC15 Scottsdale reporter Anne Ryman has the full story in the video player above<\/i><br \/>We&#8217;re all about Scottsdale \u2014 the schools, the neighborhoods, the businesses, the decisions being made at City Hall and in the community that affect your daily life.<br \/>Connect with your community by joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/yourscottsdalenews\/\">Your Scottsdale News Facebook Group!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your Scottsdale News:<br \/>abc15.com staff<\/p>\n<p>Shelby Evans, Cronkite News<\/p>\n<p>Anne Ryman<\/p>\n<p>Anne Ryman<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"#report-a-typo\" data-name=\"report-a-typo\">Report a typo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxNTzVUMVZHcnZTb0xWUkFhSDh5LXpJcFllM3ZxUHpFbWpCd3FpUmNhWURPdXZpZ09JTXZteUwxZkFmbFlvcWNFRDdXa0RKQUFrYnlUUGctRzdZZmJBTnJOYjlDU2NIRjctNXF0Zjl4Ukl4SUhLa2JFbVNOdkxkMjdVSTVTYnRUQ1hIMFBXSC1nd05tZU4xeDhHNTZyVEltYnRad3YxUExvOTdxV1dSNFl5cHEyby1vVk4tX0FQa3h5Qlg0b2ZNdjhONTNlWFo2QjhtUjEtR3hlcW8?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTTSDALE, AZ \u2014 The Scottsdale American Legion has been a gathering place for the men and women who served our country. Now it needs the community to return the favor.The decades-old building in Old Town Scottsdale is facing an estimated $60,000 in repairs on its electrical systems and to replace aging refrigerators and freezers.\u201cWe are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}