2024-2025

Debra Duggan

PO Box 143

Richland, OR 97870

541-403-4331

debdvfwa@gmail.com

FEBRUARY

Good morning, everyone!

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Mid-Winter Conference in Portland, OR at the Embassy Suites.

I would like to congratulate the Scholarship Chairman, Pam Seelye for a job well done.  She kept it light and fun. The District winners were all amazing! They are our future, and the future is looking great. 

 

It was wonderful to have our National Conductor, Sandra Uzell as our National representative.  I hope all that attended had a chance to visit with her. She was a very enjoyable guest. Sandra was impressed with the Floor Team and most impressed with the way our Auxiliaries work so well together. 

 

I want to thank Valorie Wrinkle and Cookie Little for taking the bull by the horns and getting lunch ordered in for us when the hotel restaurant was not open on Saturday.  It is amazing what we can accomplish with communication and working together.  Thank you all for being patient with the process. 

 

Thank you also to all the Auxiliaries that answered our urgent call when we needed funds to pay the caterer’s bill for the annual "National Guard Youth Ball.” At our C of A Meeting on Sunday morning we voted to add that program and the Run2Remember to the Veterans and Family Support Program. By doing this we hope to avoid a last-minute rush to gather donations needed to support these events. It is amazing how strong we are when we all work together.

 

Please continue to reach out to the members who have not paid.  We would like to be at 100% as a Department prior to May 1.  Treasurers, if you have members in your auxiliary that have not paid their dues, please contact them.  Ask them if we can help them meet their obligations.  If you need help doing this, please reach out to the Membership Chairman Sonya Sallee or any of the Line Officers.  We are here to help your auxiliary be successful.

 

We have two months left to get our Program reports into the Chairmen, so please have your Auxiliaries turn in their reports. 

 

 

Happy Valentines Day to you all.