Auxiliary President – Sharon Pierson

• National Anthem Day: March 3^rd was our country’s National Anthem Day and Unit 44 members celebrated the day by assisting with a group walk through the halls of the NMSVH. At several stops along the way the group stopped and sang the National Anthem. The residents enjoyed it so much we decided to repeat the event each 1^st and 3^rd Monday of the month (nails days) and sing various patriotic songs.
• Care Packge Proclamation: On Wednesday, March 5^th, Elephant Butte Mayor Eunice Kent proclaimed the day “Care Package Day”, in honor of the more than 7,300 care packages Unit 44 has sent to deployed troops overseas. Representatives of the Legion, the Riders and the Auxiliary were present to accept the proclamation. As the mayor read it out loud, tears were seen on the faces of many attending the Council session. That evening during the Wednesday night dinner the Auxiliary presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the Legionnaires of Post 44 in recognition of all they have given in support of this program. Their generosity and support has been invaluable to the success of the Care Package project.
• BUNCO: This month we had a great turnout for BUNCO and everyone had a great time. We’ve decided to continue having BUNCO on the third Thursday of the month and possibly the occasional Sunday afternoon. If you haven’t had a chance to stop by and play you are missing out on a lot of fun.
• Visitors for Monthly Meeting: Sharon Finarelli from the Sierra Vista Hospital, as well as two members from EMS stopped by to discuss the new “hands only” CPR technique and provide us with information on current and upcoming services at Sierra Vista. Sharon left brochures for anyone not able to attend the March meeting.
• Potato Bar / Cake Walk: While not quite as successful as last year, we still raised funds for the Auxiliary and had a jolly good time with the cake walk on Sunday, March 16^th. Many thanks to everyone who baked potatoes, provided toppings and, of course to those who baked the cakes.
• Group Walk at NMSVH: March 17th was a fun day at the veteran’s home. At 8:30am our music chairman, Marty Novak and several Unit 44 members got the day off to a rousing start by leading a group of residents on a group walk while singing the “Fight” songs of the different branches of the military. Even residents who were not participating in the walk came out of their rooms to listen and request the singing of their particular fight song. Once again it was a wonderful success. If you like to sing and would like to join the group, show up at the veteran’s home at 8:15am on the first and third Mondays of the month.
• .Pot holder fundraiser: So far this project has been a very successful fund raiser – and we haven’t even taken any potholders to the Craft Fair yet! We’ve had such a great turnout at our “group” potholder making sessions at the Post and several members have been busy making them at home. Hopefully they will sell really well at the “Pecans & More” craft fair on March 28^th & 29^th.                                                                                                                                                                Poppy Poster & Americanism Essay Contests: The posters and essays arein and judging underway. The judging must be completed and the winners in the hands of the Department Chairmen by April 15^th. If you have any interest in helping out please contact Linda Nenno or Joyce Hudgens – believe me when I tell you they will certainly appreciate the help!
• Spring District Meeting: We have received the call for the Spring District meeting to be held on April 12^th at Post 10 in Las Cruces. If you would like to attend please contact Johanna Roberts, Ginny Miller or Linda Nenno for specific information.
• Year End Reports: Just a reminder to all officers and chairmen that year-end reports are due to Department Chairmen by April 15^th.

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Dear Auxiliary Sisters and friends,

Sadly this will be my last newsletter. For personal reasons I have resigned my position as President of Unit 44. I want to thank each and every one of you for all the love, support (and patience) you have shown me for the past two years. While being president was never easy, it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I have enjoyed it, and all of you, more than I have words to express.

Johanna Roberts has stepped up to be your President for the next three months. This will be a difficult time for her, especially as it has come so unexpectedly. I know each of you will give her the same support and understanding I have always known.

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Auxiliary President – Sharon Pierson  

• NMSVH Resident’s Dinner night: February 5^th we were pleased to welcome 7 residents and 2 helpers from the veteran’s home for Wednesday night dinner. Sue Barr sang “God Bless the USA” and several Post members and visitors from the Veteran’s Home formed a circle, holding hands and sang along. The residents are a joy to work with and they appear to have a good time. If you haven’t had a chance to stop by the Post on the first Wednesday of the month and welcome these visitors from the NMSVH then you are missing out. Please join us on March 5^th and say “hello, thank you for your service”.
• Mid-Winter Conference: We had 4 representatives at this year’s Mid-Winter conference in Roswell: Nancy Palladino, Liz Foster, Linda Nenno and Sharon Pierson. We all had a great time, learned a lot, joined Unit 44’s “Chain of Unity” to everyone else’s, collected little “aliens” and laughed at the “Spud” skit performed by the District Presidents – great job Liz!.
• Buddy Baskets: Eva Baca and Sheila Pickett have delivered 3 more Buddy Baskets to veterans just arriving at the Oak Street project. These 2 members have turned out to be great shoppers and are doing a wonderful job for our Unit and District 7.
• Poppy Poster & Americanism Essay Contests: We have received our first batch of Americanism essays and are getting closer to the cutoff date. Calls we’ve received from various schools, with questions, etc, suggests we should have another great batch of essays and posters! We’ll have a very short turnaround time so we can certainly use some help. All the essays and posters are due to us by April 1^st and we must have our winners chosen and turned in to Department by April 15^th so, please if you are interested in judging either essays or posters please contact Sharon Pierson at (575) 740-3639 or skpierson@live.com.

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• Potholders: Whew! We’ve got a great group of gals churning out potholders like crazy and we’ve already sold nearly $150 worth of them – and that is just at the Post! We’ve sold so many we need to make a lot more so we’ll have enough to sell at the Craft Fair at the end of March. If you’d like to join us at the Post for “potholder making sessions” just give me a call (575) 740-3639 and I’ll let you know when the next session is. If you don’t sew, we’ll hand you a pair of scissors, if you don’t like cutting out material you can press seams with the iron, and if you don’t want to do that just come have a drink at the Post and visit with us while we work!
• Certificates of Appreciation: We’ve been out and about presenting certificates of appreciation to local businesses for supporting the American Legion Auxiliary and our Unit and for selling products “Made In America”. So far we have given certificates to

1. The Herald & the Sentinel – for all the articles and photos they publish for Post and Unit 44 on a regular basis
2. Angie Majewicz – for all her hard work on our web site, you should check it out because she has made us look fabulous
3. Elephant Butte Post Office – for processing all our Care Packages every month and doing it with a smile
4. Family Dollar Store & Martha’s Gifts – for selling products made in the United States.

If you know of an individual or business you feel should receive a Certificate of Appreciation from Unit 44, please let me know and we’ll make it happen.

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  NMSVH Valentine’s Day Party:  Two unit members spent an afternoon decorating the Veteran’s Home cafeteria for Valentine’s Day and several members were on hand to help with the Party. Jan Bill, one of our newer members, made a hand beaded bracelet for each female resident – thank you Jan, they loved them. We served refreshments and passed out goody bags, red beaded necklaces and handmade cards. The highlight of the Party was the crowning of the NMSVH “Sweethearts”.
  

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