Congratulations to all newly elected Auxiliary Officers! Congratulations to all newly appointed Chairman. We have a new and exciting year ahead of us dedicated to service to our Legion family of Veterans.
In June, we all should be planning activities for Flag Day and preparing for a "bang up" 4th of July. This is a great time of the year for BBQs, ice cream socials and car washes in your community. These are great activities for your Juniors to be involved in. Girls State will begin with registration at noon on June 13th and conclude with the closing ceremony on Friday evening, June 19th. All Units need to make sure they have sent in 15% of their poppy proceeds to Judy Pusti at Department.
My "3 R's" for membership are to RECRUIT new members, RETAIN renewing members; and REJUVENATE our Units activities. By "rejuvenate" I mean to try new activities and fundraisers and to include more members. Listen to new ideas and dare to try something new. Membership is "continual work in progress" that each and every one of us must live daily. And also remember, our future lies with our Juniors. We must sign up Juniors and start as many Junior Auxiliaries as we can.
We need to "communicate" and "educate". This year as I visit Units, I want to make a list of all the activities and fundraisers that you do. At the end of my year, I want to incorporate all these ideas into a booklet and provide to each unit. I have already heard of many very innovative ideas that would be wonderful to share with the rest of our family.
I know that every Unit does a tremendous amount of volunteer work throughout the year. However, all of these hours are not being reported and we therefore are not getting all the credit we deserve. I would like to highly recommend that each Unit prepare a spreadsheet which lists at the top each of our Programs. Then at the end of each event/activity, the ladies record their hours under the respective programs. At the end of the year, just add up the hours for your annual reports. Also, at monthly meetings, ladies should record their volunteer hours. A volunteer hour sheet could be passed around with the sign in sheet. The different programs are listed in the Unit Handbook. A few Units already do this, but since it is the beginning of a new Auxiliary year, it is the perfect time for all of us to do this!!!
Remember to take pictures of all your events, write letters to the editor, write your Senators and Congressman on issues of importance and be highly visible within your community. Save copies of those pictures, letters, etc. to include in your Public Relations Annual Report and in your Units History/Scrapbook.
If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. My email address is lynnbash@rocketmail.com; my telephone number is (907) 486-6807.
In closing, I want to say "thank you" for electing me as your Department President. It is a very high honor that you have bestowed upon me and I promise I will serve you to the best of my ability.
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