2025-2026

Sonya Sallee

673 W Sandpiper Avenue

Hermiston, OR 97838

541-701-0496

ortreasvfwa@gmail.com

OCTOBER

Well, here we are going into October, and things are going kind of slow with membership and obligations. We need over 500 new, annual or rejoins to be 100% and we really need to get more memberships in.  If you have sent out your due’s reminders, it’s time to get your second one in the mail.  Membership is very vital to this organization so please call your members to get their dues paid. If you have members that are elderly or sick, please talk at your meeting to either pay their annual or life membership for them.

I have received many applications in the last month or so that have many errors in them.  Please look over your paperwork before sending it to me.  I don’t need the DD214’s as when the investigating committee has looked over the DD214 before they sign the application. Make sure that the campaign medals are on the form and where they served is on the form.  Please don’t write "see DD214” on that section of the form that needs to be filled out on each application.  I know that we all get in a hurry, but it slows down the process if the information on the application isn’t filled out.

Please talk to your auxiliaries about sending some money to the department for the Department President’s Special Project.  It is Guitars for Veterans which is a program that they are doing at the National Home. It helps our veterans by having a guitar and learning to play.  It really helps their mental health, and it is growing in popularity.  Send the money to the department and I will send it all together to National Home and I will make sure that each auxiliary that sends money will be in the letter that I send to National Home.

Also think about sending some money for the National President’s Special Project which is getting more money into our Continuing Education Program. It would be nice to get more money for each student or be able to give out more scholarships. These two programs are very vital to the organization and please send these donations to department so that we know how much we have donated to the programs.