2025-2026

Deb Duggan

232 2rd Street

Richland, OR 97870

Ph: 541-403-4331

Email: debdvfwa@gmail.com

JULY

Welcome to the new 2025-2026 Membership Program.  Our National President Lois Callahan’s theme is From Sea to Shining Sea, Honoring our Veterans Who Will Keep Us Free.  What an awesome thought.  Let our Auxiliaries be the Lighthouse that will guide us through the rough seas into calmer waters.  All lighthouses need a good solid foundation to do their job.  Just like our Auxiliaries need a solid foundation to function.  The local auxiliary level this that solid base for our lighthouse.  That solid foundation will help us weather the storm of getting our auxiliaries to 100% in membership.  We are solid foundation of the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.

We as an organization can make the solid base of this auxiliary, Sure we can go out and recruit new members but remember we need to keep our current members.  They are the strong support, and the new members are in training to carry on that support.

Remember this statement, if it was not for the local auxiliary (the base), the district auxiliary, the Department auxiliary and the National auxiliary would not exist.  Let’s build us a solid foundation starting right now in a new year.

Please don’t wait to pay your dues or for your auxiliary to start recruiting.  Work with your post doing recruiting.  If we show the world that we are one team, we show our strength.

If you are planning a recruiting event, please reach out to not only your post but the post and auxiliaries in your District.  Reach out to the Department to join your recruiting event. 

I would be more than happy to join when I can or to get someone closer to help with your event.  Looking forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming Learning Academies.  If there is something you would like to see at the Academies, please let me know.