2025-2026

Sonya Sallee

673 W Sandpiper Avenue

Hermiston, OR 97838

Ph: 503-656-8088

Email: ortreasvfwa@gmail.com

OCTOBER

Well, another month has gone by, and I am waiting to get more reports from the auxiliaries about what they are doing in the hospitals and nursing homes for our veterans.  I haven’t gotten many reports so far to see what you are doing so please encourage to hospital chairman to write up about the things that have been happening with our hospitalized veterans.  I love getting reports from all of you and finding some more ways to help our veterans.

So far 16 auxiliaries have paid their $2.00/member obligation for hospitals.  I would like to see that increase and would like to have all the money into department by the end of the year for this obligation.  This money is used for the next year to give to the VAVS and deputies to have the money that they use to buy things for our hospitalized veterans. It is really a good thing to get that money and have for the veterans and the VAVS people are happy when they know that there is money there for their use.  I know a couple of the places haven’t been spending much, but the end of the year and the holidays are coming up soon.  So that money is there to be used for the veterans to have a good Christmas. I know last year when we took our holiday bags into the nursing homes the workers told me that they were appreciated because some of those residents do not have any family around that brings them anything and it makes you very unhappy.

Please, if anyone is using the unusual holiday idea please let me know so that I can write about it in my articles.  I think that an ice cream day in the middle of winter would be totally amazing.  I just might have to get ahold of the person at my nursing home or The Dalles and get that done for some time soon.  But please let me know If you have something special that you are going to do in the hospitals and nursing homes.  I just might show up at your event.

I hope that the list of things needed helped everyone.  I am going to get a major shipment on its way to White City since we haven’t sent a lot there without a representative there. I discussed it with the Cooties, and they are sending me some money to help so it will be a good thing for the residents of White City.  It would be so great to get a representative back there but I know it is far away from all of our auxiliaries, but it would be nice to have it taken care of again.

I hope that you have a great month and remember our veterans that are in the hospitals and care facilities, they need to know that we care about them. It doesn’t take a lot of time, but it does so much for them.  I like it when I hear that our members are out doing things for our veterans.  Keep up the good work.