Auxiliary President – Ginny Lucero – 505-453-7401
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s holiday.

December was a busy month for us.

We had a great turn out at the beach walk; all the pecan pie muffins and Sloppy Joes were gone in record time.

We packed 46 care packages to send to our troops with lots of cookies, candy, fudge and a few of the things they need the most.

We delivered 38 Christmas gift to the Sierra Joint Office on Aging (SJOA) for the elderly and those who are shut in.

We delivered nearly 30 Angel tree gifts to the elementary school on behalf of the American Legion Family.

We delivered 46 cookie trays to businesses in the area for their support to our cause.

Thank you all for your support of all these projects and all the baking that everyone did.

The Christmas party last month was a big success, thanks to everyone who participated.

The Veterans Home is in need of folks to help with walking and singing to the veterans; doing nails and helping with Bingo. Please look for the monthly calendar to see what might interest you.

Our cookbook fundraiser is still collecting recipes, please email or submit your recipes to Nancy Trueblood at Nancy100true@gmail.com.

Group A will bake for the monthly bake sale during breakfast on January 12, 2019.

Everyone is invited to attend our monthly membership meeting on Saturday, January 19 at 10:30 a.m. At 5:00 p.m. in the evening there will be a baked potato bar and music by Sue Barr, mark your calendars to attend both.

Don’t forget that we have an aluminum can recycle trailer on Hwy 195 by the Amberjack sign.
We collect box tops & Campbell soup labels for Education, as well as Bullock’s receipts.

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Chaplains Corner – Barbara Thompson
Prayer for Military: O Prince of peace, we humbly ask your protection for all our men and women in military service. Give them unflinching courage to defend with honor, dignity and devotion, the rights of all who are imperiled by injustice and evil. Be their rock, their shield, and their stronghold and let them draw their strength from you. For you are God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayers for Healing: Sandi Harrison, Deone Harty, Charlene Champagne’s husband Roger, Fran Acre, Barbara Thompson’s Dad.

Membership – Linda Nenno
Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Thank you to those who have renewed for 2019. The dues are $40/year, and help us continue the programs that serve Veterans and their families. Membership is our most important program, since without members, we cease to exist. Tell your non-member friends about us, what we do and encourage them to join if they are eligible. Carry a membership application in your purse. You, as a member, know we have some really good things going on at the Post, and we always have a lot of fun, so spread the word. As of December 20, we had 260 paid members. Remember, door cards change January 1, 2019 and you will not be able to get a new one without a 2019 card.

Care Packages – Marty Novak
We sent 46 Christmas Care Packages filled to the brim with home-made cookies, candies, caramel corn, candy canes, and all sorts of goodies to our deployed service men and women. Thanks to all who came to help. And thanks to Captain Joe Baca and Sgt Haro for bringing some of their JROTC cadets to help pack the boxes. We always appreciate these young people helping us with this project. One day we may be sending packages to some of them.

Thanks to all who baked cookies, made candies and all the other goodies and packaged them for sending in the boxes. We couldn’t have done this without you and I know our troops will be happy to get some Christmas goodies from home.

Thanks also to Pam Carlton and her kindergarten/1st grade class at Manzano Christian School for the cards they made for the 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.

Our next Care Package day is January 9. We start packing as soon as we finish setting out the supplies and everything is ready…about 10:15 and we are usually finished by about 11:00. Anyone is welcome to come help us pack. It’s lots of fun. Come join us.

Cell Phones for Soldiers
We are no longer collecting cell phones. Homeland security will only allow me to send 3 cell phones at a time rather than sending them in the medium flat rate box. This is making it too costly to continue.

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.