2025-2026

Sonya Sallee

673 W Sandpiper Avenue

Hermiston, OR 97838

Ph: 503-656-8088

Email: ortreasvfwa@gmail.com

DECEMBER

Being December, I always think of our hospitalized veterans in the hospitals and nursing homes in our state and the reports that I am getting from the auxiliaries are amazing, the things that you are doing for our hospitalized veterans. Not only in the hospitals and nursing homes but in your local nursing homes, taking gift bags and caroling in the homes makes me proud to be a VFW member. I received an email from our activity’s director at the home in The Dalles and between a few VFW members went shopping and got enough things that every resident in the home got a gift from the Department VFW. I was glad that we were able to do this for our veterans.

We have done well on the money for the yearly obligations. We are down to 3 auxiliaries needing to send their money in and I will be contacting someone in those auxiliaries and getting that money in. Thank you all for responding to my requests and getting that money into us. That is the money that we will use next year for our representatives at the hospitals and nursing homes to provide goods for the veterans, so I am glad that we are getting the money turned in.

I am going to be making an order and send to the Hospital in White City next month. I sent money for their Christmas party, and the activities director was very happy that we helped with that. If any other auxiliary would like to get a copy of White City’s wish list, I can send it to you and I will also get the address so that you can make an order and send it from Amazon to the hospital.

Please continue sending in your reports of what you are doing for the hospitals, I am enjoying them thoroughly and it’s amazing that you are doing so much for the vets in hospital and nursing home facilities.

We are still looking for volunteers for our facilities; I know that some have people working there but we still need more. I know that we really need someone at White City, but it is so far away from our auxiliaries, just like The Dalles. I know that it’s a lot but if someone could just go to these places occasionally it would sure be nice. We need to have more presence in these places. Maybe we can work on that next year.

I hope that you have a great holiday season and enjoy the time with your family and friends and if you have time please let the residents in the facilities know that we are there for them. They will really appreciate that. See you again next year.