We are drawing closer and closer to the end of another year for this organization. We are still working on this program and with spring coming up it would be a great time to think about having some recruiting booths.  I know a lot of towns that have bazaars and spring flings and that would be a great place to bring more people into the VFWA.  Every day when I go to the mailbox and I find new applications for membership and I do a happy dance, it shows that there are some of the members that are out there getting more members for their auxiliary.

At this time, we are at 96.64% and we need 187 to become 100%+. It’s so amazing how many new members have joined us this year. Out of our 36 auxiliaries, 19 of them were 100%+ and that is over half of the auxiliaries in the department. Out of the auxiliaries that haven’t made it to 100% most of them have less than 10 members to achieve their goal.  If some of those members are older, a dues angel might be the best thing that could happen for them.

I have another incentive to tempt you with this month. I want to see more auxiliaries attain the goal of 100% so for the next 5 auxiliaries that attain their 100% goal, I will be giving you a monetary prize for your auxiliary for you to use on one of your programs. So, I will be keeping an eye on the numbers and when your auxiliary hits 100% I will send out a check.

I forgot to tell you all, I had a little contest in November and December for the auxiliary member that got the newest members for their auxiliary during that time. Well, I don’t know how many people read my article, but I only gave out 1 award for this contest and it was to Caitlyn Hacker and she got in 2 new members.  She was very surprised at her $50 check.

I am doing something at my auxiliary for the members that haven’t paid their dues yet this year. I am going to send them one more letter and let them know that they are now members not in good standing. I am going to inform them that we have been paying their dues for a few years, and we haven’t heard from them about wanting to continue. I am going to try to find out from them how old they are since I don’t have a birth date on most of them.  I will also inform them that we will not be paying their dues anymore and that their membership will lapse at the end of this year.  I am hoping to hear from a few of them and find out information about them. Hopefully they will get back with me and we will be 100% this year.