2025-2026

Sonya Sallee

673 W Sandpiper Avenue

Hermiston, OR 97838

541-701-0496

ortreasvfwa@gmail.com

DECEMBER

Well, here is the end of the year and I hope that you all are looking forward to the holiday season. I really surprised myself this year, I decorated my house, was interested in shopping for my family and I even sent out cards with letters and pictures of my kids. I am looking forward to the rest of the week after.

Only a few weeks until the Mid-Winter conference and we are still a little short for the scholarships this year for the students. We will have to give a little less money this year if we don’t get more money in the next couple of weeks. Remember everyone, these students are the future, and we need to support them. If you have a meeting in the next couple of weeks, please talk about sending some money and email me and let me know if you are sending the money so I can add it to the total.

Also, if you have some extra money for the teachers please send it to me. I am going to send a check to the Quartermaster with the money that we have gotten so far for the teacher’s money and let her add it to the money that they are giving to them. I know that we haven’t been giving money to this program and it is a Post program, but I think that we need to start giving more money to this program. It is good to give a little money to our teachers, they do a great job, and they don’t get paid well.

Please check your applications before sending them to me, I have found some big issues with the applications that I have been getting. If you have a member that is joining and they have a Post member that they are joining under, the Post member must still be alive if not it must be a non-affiliated member and you need to have their campaign medals, when they served and where they served.  There are certain campaign medals that are eligible and those are the ones that you can put on the paperwork. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Remember we need to start using the new applications because if the application doesn’t say 2026 on the bottom, it can’t be used. So please start using the new forms.

If I don’t get a copy of the December 31, 2025, bank statement with your audit, your audit isn’t complete and I will be calling you to get the statement. With all the auxiliaries using debit cards and other methods of payment I need to make sure that the trustees are checking the statement and signing them. Please send them both to me in January.

Have a great holiday season and remember the reason for the season. Also please think about the members that might be missing members of their family this year, try calling or sending cards to your members that might not be able to have a good holiday.