2025-2026

Pam Seelye

26250 S. Bolland Road

Canby, OR  97013

Home: 503-266-1672

Cell: 503-703-3519

pammysue7@yahoo.com

FEBRUARY

The Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen and Teacher of the Year banquet was held on January 17^th at Seaside.  What a fantastic group of young people from many different areas of Oregon with essay entries that were outstanding.  A big thank you to the Auxiliaries for taking their time to present the program, hand out applications and to help with their local and district judging. This is no small feat.  Give yourselves a pat on the back from me. 

Here are the District VOD winners –

District 2 Winner: Zelda Hooker               District 3 Winner: Talin Sarish

District 4 Winner: Marlie Carmack           District 5 Winner: Ryder Allen

District 6 Winner: Kara Regan                   District 7 Winner: Amanda Etheridge

District 8 Winner: Roy Jones                     District 10 Winner: Maya Rentaria Santos

District 13 Winner: Skyler Anderson        District 14 Winner: Vera Kyei

District 15 Winner: Lexi Lai                       District 16 Winner: Thahseena Nguyen

Department Winners – 1^st Place Lexi Lai Lake Oswego High School 

      2^nd Place Marlie Carmack Bandon High School

      3^rd Place Roy Jones Baker Charter Schools

Patriots Pen Winner for the Department - Prakrithi Balasubramanian District 15 Sherwood Middle School

Your generous donations to the scholarships fund are what makes us able to provide the winners of all of our scholarships with a financial award. Without your hard work of fundraising and your willingness to give those funds it would not be possible to acknowledge these students and their endeavors with a cash award. 

We still have a few deadlines before us. 

February 15^th – Continuing Education Scholarship entries are due to the VFW Auxiliary National Headquarters. This scholarship is only for VFW Auxiliary members that have been a member for a full year, along with their family members such as spouse and children that are at least 21 years of age.

February 15^th – Department of Oregon Continuing Education Scholarship entries are due to the Department Chairman.  This scholarship is for VFW Auxiliary members, spouse, daughter, son or grandchild.

March 31^st – Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest & 3-Dimensional Patriotic Art contest. These are due to the local VFW Auxiliaries by March 31st and then to theDepartment Chairman by April 15^th. 

These contests are open to any student in grades 9-12 by March 31, 2026.

National President Lois Callaha’s 2025-2026 Special Project is the VFW National Auxiliary Continuing Education Scholarships. To make a donation please select the "Make a Gift” tab and then "National President’s 2025-2026 Special Project in MALTA” or mail a check to National Headquarters earmarked "National President’s 2025-2026 Special Project”.

Continue working on these scholarships and continue to send me your monthly activity reports.