2025-2026

Sonya Sallee

673 W Sandpiper Avenue

Hermiston, OR 97838

541-701-0496

ortreasvfwa@gmail.com

NOVEMBER

Well, getting closer to the end of this year and we are doing well with our obligations and donations, if your auxiliary hasn’t done this yet, please talk about this at your next meeting and get your money into the Department.  If you haven’t written up any standing rules, please get some written up, it will certainly help your treasurer if you have them written up so that they can pay some of your obligations without having to wait for a meeting.  Such as making sure that you put your bond in your standing rules and writing it out so that the treasurer can send in the bond for 1.5% of what you have in your accounts.  If you have $20,000.00 in your account, then you should bond your auxiliary for $30,000.00 then you will probably get all or most of your money back from the bonding company.

As the treasurer I am hoping that you have all sent out a second dues notice for your members that haven’t paid their dues. Remind them, that if they don’t get them paid by December 31, 2025, they will no longer be a member in good standing. Have your auxiliary look at the names that are still on your list and think about paying the dues on the people that you vote to pay.

Remember we have many programs that really need your help, our hospitals and scholarships are coming up soon.  It would be nice to have some more money to give the winners and show that we appreciate their hard work.  We also have the Military Ball coming up and we will need money for that soon.  I know that it sounds like all I am doing is begging for money, but some of our funds are low right now and they need some help.

Please make sure that when you turn in your applications to me, they are totally filled out so that it takes less time to get them processed and the members being members.  I got one not to long ago and the recruiter wasn’t written on the form and not even the auxiliary number and town.  When I looked a little further, there were no signatures on the investigating committee.  This is valuable information so please take just a little while to take a look at the form before you send it in.

I hope many of you get online and get on my Zoom meeting to learn about the things that are coming down from National. I will probably have a few more classes next week or the week after as we have some people that are out of town this week so reach out to me and we will schedule more.  If you don’t get the information, you will have some problems at the beginning of the year.

Have a great month and hope to see you on Zoom. I am enjoying my classes so far.