Auxiliary President – Sharon Pierson  

• NMSVH Resident’s Dinner night: January 8^th we were pleased to welcome 9 residents and 2 helpers from the veteran’s home for Wednesday night dinner. Jim Carrons did a wonderful rendition of “God Bless the USA” and everyone at the Post – including our visitors from the Veteran’s Home – got into the spirit by singing along and joining hands. A big thank you to Brian & Sally Nikiforow, Kathy Norton, Cyndi Wipf, Ginny Lucero, Johanna Roberts, Marty Novak and so many others for not only welcoming our visitors but helping them get seated and served their meals and drinks. Thanks also to the bar staff for their continued patience and assistance every month. It is a group effort to host these veterans each month but well worth the effort when you see the smiles on their faces and hear the heartfelt “thank-you’s” as they leave.
• Bake Sale: We continued with our fundraising bake sales on January 11^th and raised more than $100 this month for our Girls State and Junior’s programs. I know everyone was really tired of baking after the holidays  . . . but, thank you, thank you, thank you! Everyone gets a break from baking this February (since we’ll be at Mid-Winter conference) but I hope those who do not attend the conference will still participate in the “Virtual” bake sale to be held on February 8^th at the Post.
• Buddy Baskets: As most of you know this is an ongoing District 7 project this year and Eva Baca and Sheila Pickett, 2 of our Las Cruces members, have stepped up and are preparing the Buddy Baskets for the Oak Street Veteran’s Project in Las Cruces. They are also staying in touch with them and advising us of the needs there. Thank you Eva & Sheila for all the hard work!
• Poppy Poster & Americanism Essay Contests: This month we continued visiting local schools in preparation for this year’s contests. We also presented last year’s State and National winners with their checks and certificates.  We are expanding our efforts this year to include the Hot Springs High School, the TorC Middle School and the Hatch Valley Elementary Schools. Several members spent (many, many) hours cutting and preparing posters for the Sierra County schools, as they could not afford to provide their students with poster board for the competition. Many more are needed and anyone who would be willing to help prepare the remaining posters please contact Sharon Pierson (740-3639). We are also looking for members to help judge the Poppy posters and the Americanism essays which are due to us on April 1^st. If you are interested please contact Sharon Pierson.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Chain of Accomplishments: Many of you worked on our chain for School of Instruction . . . well, now it is time to finish the job and prepare our chain for Mid-Winter conference. We’ll be gathering at the Post on February 1^st at 1pm to cut strips, write, staple, or glue our accomplishments into a chain to take to our Department President in Roswell. Please join us if you can and add your accomplishments to our chain.
• NMSVH Residents for dinner: The residents are again joining us on the first Wednesday of February for dinner (Feb.5^th). If you’d care to join us in welcoming and serving these wonderful and special individuals please do so. It is a very rewarding experience.
• BUNCO: Bunco is on February 13^th at 1pm – PLEASE join us for this fundraiser – it is a lot of fun and if you get the most Bunco’s, the most Funco’s or (believe it or not) the most losses, you win a cash prize!
• NMSVH Valentine’s Day Party: The veteran’s home Valentine’s Day party starts at 2:30pm on February 14^th and the staff is short handed and asking for our help. If you have the time please stop by and help serve refreshments and fun to our deserving veterans.
• TorC Veteran’s Wall / Museum: Ladies the museum desperately needs help. If you have any interest in helping out please give Maggie Allen a call at 740-1650. They have 2 shifts, 10:00am-1:00pm and 1:00pm-4:00pm, and need help EVERY day, including Saturday. If you can give 3 hours a week or more please call Maggie.
• Deck the Halls: On February 3^rd at 2pm well be decorating for Valentine’s Day and again on February 17^th at 1pm we’ll be decorating for Mardi Gras. We always have a lot of fun “decking the halls” and would love to see you there.

 Auxiliary Membership Report-Linda Nenno

Membership is going well.  We are at 376 paid members, but we still need 27 renewals or new members to meet our !00% goal.  Remember, your card expired December 31, 2013, so get those renewals in so that you can enjoy the post in the coming year.  Your orange key card is no longer good for the door.  You will have to obtain a new one from the bartender and you will need a current membership card to do so.  I also urge you to talk to your friends who might be eligible for membership and let them know what a great organization we are and how much fun we have at the post.

The Chaplain’s Corner – Linda Ross

 

PRAYER FOR THE MILITARY:  O God Almighty, we ask that you will strengthen and protect the members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America.  May their devotion and loyalty to you and to their home-land inspire them in moments of challenge, and comfort them in tribulation and long separation from loved ones.  And finally, we ask that they may return safely to serve you and our Country in the days and years to come.
Amen

 

PRAYER FOR THE ILL:  O God of the strength of the weak and the sufferers, mercifully accept our prayers on behalf of our comrades.  Grant them, if it be your will, the blessing of a swift recovery. Amen

GET WELL WISHES:  Roy Lucero, Truda Melton , Tom Novak, Karen Mogen,  Sofio Trujillo, Butch Walters, Jerry Light, Ruth Handlin, Wyatt Slanina, grandson of TD and Pat Knull and Maida, Brenda, (Sharon Pierson’s sister), and Davonna Stoner,

CONDOLENCES:  Sharon Harris and her family in the loss of her husband, Kevin.

Prayer for President’s Month:  Dear Heavenly Father, we gather here in this month of Presidents giving thanks for this great country and for the many freedoms afforded us under her flag.  We are mindful of the many men and women who gave their all to preserve those freedoms.  May their souls rest in peace.  And for those suffering the ravages of wars in hospitals and homes, we ask a special blessing.  And, Dear Lord, for the good of us all, we reverently ask that “God Bless America.”  Amen

There is no such thing as human wisdom; all is the providence of God.—

President John Adams

Almighty God, who alone can bring order to the chaos that man creates; look mercifully upon us as we go about our daily lives, teach us to apply Thy wisdom to things, guide us in our dealings with our fellow men, and give us renewed strength when we seem to falter along the way; in Thy holy name we pray.  Amen

Care Packages and Cell Phones: Marty Novak

We sent 59 Care Packages in December.  Thanks to all  the people who came to help pack the boxes and all those who made cookies and candies to help fill those boxes with love from home.  We had cards made by the school children and cards signed by the Juniors for the boxes.  What a day it was!  And what a great group of helpers!  When Liz Nellis and I started this project 10 years ago with 14 boxes, we had no idea it was going to still be going 10 years later and that we would have sent just under 7200 Care Packages.  I think it would have scared us…it definitely would have scared me…to think it would get so big.  But these Care Packages mean so much to the Troops who receive them and we have so much help through donations that somehow we are able to do it and we need to continue to do it.  I am so proud of our American Legion Family for the help and support it gives to us.  Thank you all.  And thank you to all those in the community who donate to our Care Packages to the Troops project.  It takes us all to do this.

Anyone is welcome to join us for Care Packages.  It’s a lot of fun.  Our next Care Package packing day is January 8.  We arrive about 10:30 to start arranging the supplies and start packing shortly after that.  It takes about an hour to finish.

CELL PHONES FOR SOLDIERS

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

I wish you all a  healthy, happy, prosperous New Year

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