2024-2025

Sonya Sallee

673 W Sandpiper Avenue

Hermiston, OR 97838

541-701-0496

ortreasvfwa@gmail.com

NOVEMBER

We just returned from the Western Conference in Hawaii, and we had some great news from National. The Western Conference has the highest membership percentage of the 4 conferences and that means if we continue to keep up with membership, each department in the conference will get $50.00 from National. I know that isn’t a lot, but it will show that we are working the membership program and trying to keep our organization alive.  But we can’t do it without getting more members processed.  I haven’t gotten many members while I was gone, and our percentage of membership hasn’t increased a lot. We are at 89.37% and we need 477 members to be 100%. We have time, but we really need to work more to get the members into this organization.

Currently, we have 10 auxiliaries that haven’t received any of their annual members dues for this year. Many of them only have 1 or 2 members that need to be obtained. Please get a calling committee together and start calling your members to see the reason that they haven’t paid their dues.  If you haven’t sent out dues notice, please get one out and let these people know that they need to pay their dues soon to be a member in good standing. So far, we only have 7 auxiliaries that are 100%+ membership, we need to work to get those numbers up. Please try to get some more of your members to get their dues paid. Check on your unpaid members, if they are having financial difficulties, maybe your auxiliary can pay their dues by their relief fund. I am sure that a few of your members need some help. They have been there helping you for years, it is time for us to help them.

Remember my contest for this month, the top two people that recruit members will get $50.00 for your efforts. So far, I haven’t received any applications so please try to work on getting some new members.  Have a recruiting table at your Veterans program or at your community bazaars and get them accepted and sent to me. I would like to have a great competition this month. It would really help us.

Hope you have a great Veterans Day helping your Veterans and a wonderful time with your family for the holidays. We have a great organization, and I hope that we grow this year.