Presidents Message
September 2026
Greetings
Brothers and Sisters.
Happy
Fall Ya’ll. The weather sure changed quickly here. It is windy, cloudy and is
about to rain. Not that I really mind with all the fires we have had here, but
I sure miss the sunny warm days already.
I
can’t believe it is September already. School starts next week so please
remember to slow down and keep an eye out for kids heading to the bus or
walking to school. September is Suicide Awareness month; I hope that everyone
has a suicide awareness display set up to remind everyone of the warning signs
and resources available to those that may be struggling with mental health
issues.
Did
you have the chance to attend any of our recent Training Academies? We had a
lot of positive feedback on them, and I am so happy that so many of you
attended. We had a lot of fun and of course I loved seeing all of you. It’s
good to get back to the basics occasionally and I feel like we forget all the
little things that we used to do.
I
have a surprise for you. At our Mid-Winter Conference not only we be honoring
our VFW scholarship winners, but we have the chance to see our Illustrating
America winners as well. The deadline for the Illustrating America contest was
changed by National to December. We decided that they deserved a little
recognition as well and will display their artwork as well as let you know who
the winners are at Mid-Winter.
But
that is not all the surprises. As usual we will have a meeting on Saturday
afternoon, but it will be brief. At that meeting you will receive a schedule of
breakout trainings to attend. Yep, more training will be available to you. Some
of the sessions will be short and some will be longer, such as the ones for
secretaries and treasurers. If there are subjects that you would like more training
on, please feel free to send me an email and let me know what you want to learn
more about.
Here is a list of important upcoming events:
Check
out the Department Auxiliary website as we have been busy updating it and will
post more information as soon as we have it. The web address is: vfwauxor.org
District
meetings are also coming up. Please plan on attending. Your districts play an
important role as they are the "go between” your Auxiliary and the Department.
I
hope that you all had a fantastic summer. I know that I did. I can’t wait to
see you all soon. Until next time, take care and…
TREAT EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT
Loyally,
Terri Steller
Department of Oregon President
tlsteller@gmail.com