We had wonderful attendance at the two academies that we had on the last two weekends and a lot of information was given out to the members.  We let all the members know about the recruiting booths that the Post side is having at the State Fair and the Pendleton Round-up and that there would be updates when they had more in the future.  Many of the auxiliary members were very interested in working with the post on their events.  During the time that we talked about recruiting booths, I also gave them some ideas for recruiting booths of their own and how to advertise them in the local area.  So many auxiliaries do bazaars during the fall, that would be a great time to get some new members for the auxiliaries.

I finally got a winner for the four membership groups who got their dues notices the fastest and give me proof that they put them in the mail. The 0-49 group winner was #732; the 50-99 group was #1324; the 100-149 group was #3440 and the 150+ group was #4273.  Thank you for all the treasurers that got their dues notices out so fast, I am sure that you are getting your dues back in faster.  I had a couple of treasurers that took themselves out of this competition because they only have a few annual members and that is okay also but they did get the paperwork out quickly.  I will be getting out the winners their money when I return from my trip.

If you were wondering, we are doing dues angels again this year.  This is when you help pay for a member to get their annual or life membership paid.  Please, for right now write down your name on a piece of paper and also write everyone that you have paid their dues for and put their name and membership number on a piece of paper.  If you don’t know their membership number, leave that to me and I will put it on when I receive it.  I am waiting for a copy of the form that we have used before for the dues angels before and as soon as I get it, I will be sending it out to the presidents and treasurers of the auxiliaries.

If you are wanting to have a recruiting booth, please let Terri or I know and we will get someone from the department to help you.  I know the Post is going to have more this year, and I will let you know where they are going to be.  We would like to have a few all around the state this year and would like to work together to do them.

We are doing well in membership so far this year.  Our goal is to make over 100% this year and there is a lot of money to be made for the department to help with our programs so please, check your family members, the family members of the Post members and keep an application with you all the time so that when you run into a potential member you have a form to give them right then.

At this point right now, we are at 89.11% in membership and we need 463 members to be 100%+ and that goal can be achieved.  Currently, we have 6 auxiliaries that are at 100% and above in membership.  They are #2460 Roseburg, #2666 Hillsboro, #3452 Tualatin, #4070 Lakeview, #3440 Bandon and #965 Coquille.  I would like to see a lot more of these 100%+ and I am sure that we will.  There are several that are getting very close to that number.

There will be more ways to win money in the membership program through the year, so you need to read my articles and find out what we are doing.  I will let you know the next contest soon.  Just keep finding new members for the organization.