Auxiliary- President- Linda Nenno-575-642-6161
The Veterans from the NMSVH continue to enjoy their outing the first Wednesday of every month for dinner, singing and dancing. Our dinner in June will be lasagna.

Many of us got Al Norton’s pontoon boat decorated for the Fiesta parade, everyone had a good time.

New Auxiliary officers for 2016-17 are:
Linda Nenno, President
Martha Thibeau, Vice-President
Ginny Lucero, Secretary
Kathy Madsen, Treasurer
Maurene Propst, Historian
Linda Ross, Chaplain
Johanna Roberts, Sergeant At Arms

The Auxiliary will be preparing and serving a roast beef dinner at 5:00 p.m. on Father’s Day, June 19. It’s free to member dads, $8.00 for all others. Hope you can join us.

June we prepare for the American Legion annual convention. This year’s convention is in Alamogordo starting June 23-26. If you are interested in attending the annual convention, see Linda Nenno for information and application forms.

The 2017 membership cards will be available shortly after the convention. If you haven’t paid your 2016 dues, now is the time to do that. See Linda Nenno or Ginny Lucero.

The poppy poster awards have been given out at the schools. Look for the posters in your local businesses.

The Auxiliary calendar will be available with the June calendar. Check out the activities to see if there is something you’re interested in doing.

Upcoming events
June 9 – Activities meeting at 11:30 a.m.
June 9 – Bunco at 1:00 p.m.
June 18 – General meeting at 10:30 a.m.
June 19 – roast beef dinner in honor of Father’s Day at 5:00 p.m.
June 21 – ladies lunch at Elephant Butte Inn at 12:30 p.m.

Membership—Linda Nenno
356 folks have paid their 2016 dues. Shortly the 2017 cards will be available, if you haven’t renewed, now is the time to do so. If you need assistance, contact Linda Nenno at 575-642-6164 or at xsklmrm@msn.com. Invite your eligible friends to join. As a member you know what good works we do in the community and what fun we also have at the Post.
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The Chaplain’s Corner—Linda Ross

PRAYER FOR THE MILITARY
Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen

GET WELL WISHES
Maureen Thomas, Maida Sanders, Arlea Hadley, Cathy Hill, Sherry Pearce, Jack Hodges, Claudia Thrash, Joy Corpolongo, Tom Novak, Doug Leasburg, Elaine Garlow, Pam Guillot, Karen Mogen, Kandy Layne, Pat Knull’s sister, Charles Bucher, Papa Vince, and Ted and Moe Graham’s Daughter, and Linda Knull’s sister.

May God bless each of you and aid you in your recovery.
Amen.

CONDOLENCES
Jim and Deborah MacDonald in the loss of his Mother.

May God bless you and be with you during this time of sorrow.

The tongue has no bones
But it is strong enough to break a heart.
So…be careful with your words.

FLAG DAY PRAYER
O God, we thank Thee for the Flag of our Country and for all that our Flag represents. We thank Thee for giving the victory to brave and valiant men who have given their last measure of strength in order that it might wave over the land of the free and home of the brave. Grant that this Union of Sovereign States may remain forever an indissoluble Union flying the same Flag. In Jesus name we Pray, Amen.

Care packages—Marty Novak
In May we sent 20 Care Packages. We had 1 of our guys come home this month and 8 others took his place. They will be there until November. So in June we will be sending a few more. Thanks to our American Legion Family for the help and support they give us, to the members, non-members, groups, organizations, and business of our community for their monetary donations, memorials and donations of supplies and to all those who come to pack the boxes. It takes us all to keep this project going.

I know that the postage has gone up and Charity money is tight and donations are down so we are trying to keep the number of packages down, but we can’t forget these brave men and women who are deployed and protecting us and our freedom.

We always do Care Packages on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Our next packing day is June 8. Some of us arrive at 10 to start setting things up and making boxes. We start filling the boxes about 10:30 and we are usually finished by 11. Anyone is welcome.

Cell Phones for Soldiers
We are still collecting used cell phones. These phones are sent for recycling and provide calling cards for our Troops. There is a collection container in the entry way of the Post.

Auxiliary- President- Linda Nenno-575-642-6161

Our April dinner for Veterans was extra special this month. In addition to our usual group of Veterans from NMSVH, we hosted 7 active Marines who were training in our area. I hope they enjoyed their meal and our hospitality.

Four Auxiliary members attended the District 7 meeting in Silver City. New officers for the 2016-2017 year were elected and Unit president’s reports were shared. Naida Neeley, winner of the Oratorical contest, gave a speech on our constitutional rights if we are arrested.

Most of us have been busy writing reports this month. Marty reported we have submitted 10,674 volunteer hours since last May. Wow! As we finish up the fiscal year, we have chosen Poppy poster winners and Scholarship recipients. Ginny Lucero presented Leadership awards to Cyndi Wipf, Martha Thibeau, Mary Miller, and Johanna Roberts for completing the Basics class, which is all about the history of the ALA. The slate of officers for next year was presented at our general meeting.

They are:
President—Linda Nenno
Historian—Maurene Propst
Vice President—Martha Thibeau
Chaplain—Linda Ross
Secretary—Ginny Lucero
Sergeant At Arms—Johanna Roberts
Treasurer—Kathy Madsen

We will have a float in the Fiesta Parade on May 7. The theme is “Honoring Mothers and Law Enforcement.” If you’d like to help decorate or ride on the float, contact Linda Nenno or Ginny Lucero.

Program of the Month—Poppies, Sharon Pierson, chairman

At the end of World War I, The American Legion adopted the poppy as a symbol of freedom and the blood sacrificed by troops in wartimes. The use of the poppy symbolically comes from the poem In Flanders Fields, which movingly begins, “In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row”, referring to the poppies that sprang up in the churned-up earth of newly dug soldiers’ graves over parts of Belgium and France. The poem was written by Lt. Col. John McCrae in 1915 after witnessing the death of his friend, a fellow soldier.

In 1921 the American Legion Auxiliary adopted the poppy as its memorial flower and in 1924, in conjunction with the American Legion, instituted the national Poppy Program to protect the memorial poppy from becoming commercialized by outside interests.

Today the ALA continues the practice of distributing Poppies on Memorial Day and other Patriotic holidays. Donations received from these distributions are used to assist active-duty military, veterans, and their families.

A Poppy Poster contest is held each year to educate our children about the meaning of the Memorial Poppy and how it represents our veterans and the many sacrifices they have made for us.

The ladies restroom at Post 44 is decorated in Poppies and a Poppy donation can resides on the countertop. If you have any spare change please help us to help our veterans.

Look for a new addition to this newsletter. We will have a special “Auxiliary” calendar printed on the back of the Post activities calendar. Check it out and see if there is something you’d like to do.

Upcoming events:

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May 7—Fiesta Parade 10:00 (Starts at Veteran’s Home)
May 10—Activities meeting 11:00
May 12—Bunco 1:00
May 17—Ladies Lunch El Faro 12:30
May 21—General meeting 10:30
May 24—Bunco 12:00
Nay 30—Memorial Day Ceremonies

Membership—Linda Nenno

Membership keeps growing slowly. We now have 350 paid members, still a long way from our June 1 goal of 442. We have had a few new members join in the last few months, and that is wonderful. If you have not renewed, please do it soon. If you need assistance, contact me at 575-642-6164 or xsklmrm@msn.com. Invite your eligible friends to join. You, as a member know what good works we do in the community, and how much fun we have at the Post.

The Chaplain’s Corner Linda Ross
PRAYER FOR THE MILITARY: Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.

GET WELL WISHES: Bill Edwards, Claudia Thrash, Joy Corpolongo, Linda Ross, Sherry Pearce, Jack Hodges, Doug Leasburg, Pam Guillot, Karen Mogen, Pam Sallee, Bill Curlott, Papa Vince, Daughter of Ted and Moe Graham, Sharon Pierson’s sister Brenda Palmer as well as her uncle and her dad, Arlea Hadley, Cathy Hill, Pat Knull’s sister, Kandy Layne.

OUR CONDOLENCES: Our condolences to Bill and Joyce Hudgens on the loss of his sister and Tillman Smith in the loss of his wife Terri Smith.
The tongue has no bones
But it is strong enough to break a heart.
So…be careful with your words.

MEMORIAL DAY PRAYER: Almighty God our Heavenly Father, in your hands are the living and the dead; we give you thanks for all those , our comrades, who have laid down their lives in the service of our Country. May they rest in peace, and may light perpetual shine upon them. May the good work of seeking justice for the oppressed and peace for all mankind be rewarded with success, that their sacrifices shall not have been in vain. And may we neverfail to remember the awsome cost of the freedom that we enjoy. All this we ask in Your Hold Name. Amen

Care packages- -Marty Novak

In April we sent 45 Care Packages. Thanks to our American Legion Family for the help and support they give us, to the members, non-members, groups, organizations, and business of our community for their monetary donations, memorials and donations of supplies and to all those who come to pack the boxes. It takes us all to keep this project going.

We always do Care Packages on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Our next packing day is May 11. Some of us arrive at 10 to start setting things up and making boxes. We start filling the boxes about 10:30 and we are usually finished by 11. Anyone is welcome.

Cell Phones for Soldiers

We are still collecting used cell phones. These phones are sent for recycling and provide calling cards for our Troops. There is a collection container in the entry way of the Post.

What is a Veteran: A Veteran…whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve…is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to “The United States of America” for an amount of “up to, and including his/her life.” That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country today, who no longer understand that act.