Newsletter – August 2013

Auxiliary President – Sharon Pierson – Auxiliary July Events

  • Blue Star Banner:  This month JoAnn Gonzales was presented a banner in honor of her granddaughter Lynn Bravard.

Poppy Distribution: On July 6th Joyce Hudgens, Sandi Harrison, Mary Seeley, LaVerne Walker and Trudie Browning (along with various granddaughters) distributed Poppies at Wal-Mart and collected $400.25 in donations and $21 for Poppy Seed  packets – way to go ladies!!!! Joyce (Poppy co-Chair) tells us they will be distributing Poppies at Wal-Mart again on August 31st so if you are interested in helping out please contact Joyce to sign up.

  • Girls State: Liz Thomas visited with us at the July meeting and told us all about her experience at Girls State this year. Liz was elected City Councilwoman at Girls State, had a wonderful time and thanked all of us for giving her the opportunity to attend.
  • Chain of Unity:  Our newly elected Department President, Janet Romero, has challenged each Unit to create a chain of strips of colored construction paper. On each strip of paper (or link in the chain) should be printed one thing our unit has accomplished this year. On July 23rd a group of members met at the Post to start Unit 44’s chain and that chain was taken to School of Instruction and connected with chains from other units. The purpose is to promote Unity amongst all New Mexico units and show how together we can make a difference. We will having regular “chain making” meetings at the Post and encourage each member to participate by keeping a list of all the things you do as a volunteer and then join us at these meetings to include your “links” in our Unit’s portion of the New Mexico American Legion Auxiliary chain.
  • School Of Instruction:   This year 7 members attended School of Instruction and we all learned a great deal. Our new Department President is full of enthusiasm and ideas so this should be an exciting and fun-filled year for the Auxiliary.
  • 2013 NM Department Convention: Convention this year is from June 27 – June 30.  It should be fun and exciting with our National ALA President, Peggy Thomas, in attendance.
  • UPCOMING EVENTS
  • Convention Awards Celebration:  We will be holding our annual Awards Celebration at the August general meeting (August 17th) where we will announce all the awards our Unit won at the State Convention. Please plan to join us – our Unit was very busy this past year and we would like all members to join in the celebration.
  • Poppy Distribution: We will be having a “Poppy Distribution” on August 31st at Wal-Mart and are looking for volunteers. Anyone interested in manning the station for an hour or two please contact Joyce Hudgens or Linda Nenno.
  • 2nd Annual Legion Golf Tournament: The tournament will be held on September 21st this year. It was a huge success and fundraiser for all the Legion family last year and we have high hopes for this year. We will start obtaining raffle prizes next week and will begin holding 50/50’s at the Post as well as selling raffle tickets for this event

***PLEASE NOTE***Also, the September meeting date has changed from September 21st to September 28th to accommodate the Legion Family Golf Tournament  

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:    Wayne Gilbert, Maida’s grandson, Ruth Handlin and Tom Novak.

OUR CONDOLENCES: 

 

GOD’S TENDER CARE

 When trouble comes, as it does to us all…God is so great and we are so small…

But there is nothing that we need know, if we have faith that wherever we go…

God will be waiting to help us bear our pain and sorrow, our suffering and care…

For no pain or suffering is ever too much

To yield itself to God’s merciful touch!

 

Care Packages: Marty Novak

 CARE PACKAGES AND CELL PHONES

       We sent 69 Care Packages in July.  I want to thank all those who took over for me with the shopping, packing, and mailing of the Care Packages in my absence.  It is comforting to know that I have some very wonderful, helpful friends that I can depend on to get things done when I can’t be there.

Thanks  also to  you wonderful  people who give us regular donations of money or goods for the packages, for Memorials and any kind of donation  for this project because we couldn’t  continue to do this without your help.  There isn’t a lot we  can do for our deployed Troops to make their lives easier and let  them  know  we  care…but these  monthly Care Packages sure help.  Our next packing date is August 14.  We start about 11 AM.  If you haven’t helped pack Care Packages before, come join us.  It’s a lot of fun and gives you a good feeling about sending these guys and gals something from home to let them know we haven’t forgotten them and we appreciate all they are doing for us.

WE STILL NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO MAKE NECK COOLERS.  IT IS VERY HOT OVER THERE AND THE NECK COOLERS HELP TO KEEP THEM AT LEAST A LITTLE COOLER.   IF YOU SEW AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NECK COOLERS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  I HAVE THE PATTERN IF YOU NEED ONE AND EVEN HAVE SOME OF THE CRYSTALS TO PUT INSIDE  IF YOU NEED THEM.

CELL PHONES FOR SOLDIERS:   We are an official collection site for CELL PHONES FOR SOLDIERS and we are continuing  to collect cell phones  that are no longer being used..    There  is a collection container just outside the door at the Post to deposit cell phones in.  Thanks to all of you who are donating them.  The cell phones  are sent for recycling and the money is used to purchase Phone Cards for the soldiers.   These Phone Cards can be used for calling from Iraq, Afghanistan, etc to the US or within  the US.  So if you have unused cell phones  laying around, drop them off in our container and we’ll take care of sending  them  off.

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As a reminder…the desserts that are donated by our members for the Wednesday night dinners help fund our Care Package project.  We ask that you give a minimum of $1.00 for each dessert.  Your generosity is appreciated.

Auxiliary Membership Report – Linda Nenno

The 2014 membership cards are here and I have started Early Bird renewals. Get your card renewed by September 30, and you will have a chance for a free membership for this year. So far we have 97 members who have renewed. That should be close to 25% of our yearly goal. You can leave your dues at the post with any bartender or mail them to PO Box 1618, Elephant Butte, 87935. Membership is still $30/year. If you know someone who is eligible for membership, give them an application or have them contact me. 575-642-6164. Bring them into the Post as your guest and let them see for themselves what a good time we have. Membership is our most important program, and I need everyone’s help to keep it going strong.

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