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“Keep The Sun Shining On Our Veterans” & “Believe We Can Do It!” Treasurer, Linda Evans President, Laurie Herman Secretary, Karlene Beams [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Arkansas VFW, Auxiliary View Issue 03 2018-2019 September 2018 ============================================================================================ National President. Also, Patti Leitner at the Presidents Update Installation of Officers Ceremony, and Karlene Beams TO BE READ AT MEETING AND FILED at her post as Page. Great photos ladies ! Dear Brothers and Sisters I hope you were able to stay cool and dry in August. ****************************************** September means fall will be “in the air”. What better time to celebrate than at our Fall Festival and Homecoming weekend September 14th and 15th. Come Friday and meet our District 10 Representative while enjoying a Linda Evans picnic style dinner around the pool. Saturday will be our C of #5 Maple Lane A meeting, followed by the programs presentation. This is our Greenbrier, AR 72058 third round of training for you to make sure you have what 501-269-0439 you need to work the programs that benefit our Veterans. If [email protected] you were not able to attend previous training sessions, please make an effort to attend this program presentation. We will be National Membership Contest also be talking about MALTA, On Line Academy, and the new Building on the VFW Auxiliary Foundation Book. Bring Help Us with Training and Promoting and Win Money! your questions, our chairmen will be around all weekend to Auxiliary Membership Chairman, this is your chance to answer them. Our activities will end with a wonderful dinner win a National Award. We want to know how you have followed by Karaoke. been successful in promoting training with members on By now you have all had your first District meetings. You recruiting within your Auxiliary. Your tips will be should be sharing what you have done recently, and what you shared across the country. To participate, you need to have coming up! What works for your auxiliary may also work for another and in the end our veterans benefit from the send to your Dept. Membership Chairman by December work you all do. 31, 2018, exact information on how you trained your Mentors- have you checked in with your District Presidents? Auxiliary members in the art of recruitment (training How did their meeting go? Do they have any questions? materials, PowerPoints, handouts, etc.). Linda Evans, District Presidents – Have you spoken to your Auxiliary Membership Chairman will forward one winner to the Presidents? Have you been able to help them with their National Ambassador 1/31/19, so the award can be questions? Members – if you have any questions – just ask! announced at the 2019 National Mid-Year Conference. Keep communicating – that is what keeps us strong! We still need a lot of new and rejoined members to meet our Create A Fact Sheet or Brochure first quarter goals. Please recruit, recruit, recruit! Our ability to support our Veterans in the manor they should be comes from A second possibility of obtaining a National Award adding members. It is true, there is strength in numbers! Find with the same December 31, 2018, deadline to Linda those husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, grandparents and Evans, Membership Chairman is a fact sheet or grandchildren who have a veteran in their family. One of the brochure that you/or your members created to pass out great ways to honor them is to join our organization. “No one to potential or new members. When creating these fact does more for Veterans than the VFW” and we are beside the sheets or brochures be sure to include information you VFW all the way! would have loved to have received yourself as a brand Line Officers presented recruiter pins at District meetings in new member. The same timeline as above. Winner August. It was a proud moment for those presenting and receiving. Your next chance to have me give you your pin will named at the 2019 National Mid-Year Conference be at Fall Fest. Make Me Proud Arkansas! Call me if you need help, and if you want or need Loyally…..Laurie training, I am available on Saturdays, do not like to PS: Check out the VFWA E-Newsletter that was sent on 8-16- drive at night. 18! Photos of National Convention are now available to view. Linda There are some great shots of PDP Vicki at the Circle of Excellence Ceremony, with Lois Callahan assisting the 1 “Keep The Sun Shining On Our Veterans” & “Believe We Can Do It!” Treasurer, Linda Evans President, Laurie Herman Secretary, Karlene Beams [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Arkansas VFW, Auxiliary View Issue 03 2018-2019 September 2018 ============================================================================================ Kim Davis Donna L. Bader 1201 Daniel Drive 14 Irvin Lane Paragould AR 72450 Plumerville, AR 72127 870-476-4963 501-208-2941 [email protected] [email protected] SAFETY IN AMERICA/DISASTER Hello sisters and brothers! PREPAREDNESS With the uncertainty of our world today, it is important Whew! What a busy summer! to be prepared for emergencies. The following information is only a basic guideline. For more You all blow me away with all the wonderful things information on things to do to secure your safety and you are doing for our nation's heroes and their families! that of your family, go to FEMA.Gov Keep up the great work and keep reporting. You ALL inspire me when I become weary. BACKPACK IN YOUR CAR WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: Use the resources on vfwauxiliary.org. If you're not Flashlight and Batteries or Safety Light (Snaplight), comfortable with a computer, visit your library and ask Emergency Blanket Bottled Water Crackers for help. (Be sure and take membership applications Canned Food and Can Opener Whistle with you, because when they see what great things you're up to...they'll want to be a part of this great METAL CONTAINER W/LID AND HANDLE IN organization!) Print the resources card and post them AN EASY ACCESS LOCATION IN YOUR HOME WITH THE FOLLOWING: at your shelters, food banks, libraries, etc. Important papers, such as copies of bank information and insurance for health, home, and auto If I can ever be of help, please reach out. 2 week supply of medications Spare set of keys for home and auto Phone and charger Flashlight and Because "We Can Do It!" batteries School has started. It is time to get the Flag And we keep the sun shining on our veterans! Education information into the school rooms. Also make sure to get the National Teacher Citizenship With love, Kim Award applications out to the schools. Talk to your school officials and plan a flag folding ceremony in a Additional Note from President Laurie: classroom or auditorium setting. Teach Patriotism by Thank you so much to all the Chairmen and example – always stand at attention and salute our Volunteers that helped make the first Family Freedom Great American Flag as the National Anthem is played Festival such a success. The VFW supported our and when the Flag goes by in a parade. Event is a huge way. Thank you Commander Griffin Flags Across America: Put American Flags out on and your team for your attendance and labor. We Patriot’s Day (9/11/18) and POW/MIA Appreciation couldn’t have done it without you. Also a big thank Day (9/16/18). you to those that visited and came to support all of the It is up to us to “Keep The Sun Shining on Our booths that were decorated so very Patriotic. It was a Veterans” and I “Believe, We Can Do It”. very hot but this Auxiliary showed what they are really Always grateful, Donna made of. 2 “Keep The Sun Shining On Our Veterans” & “Believe We Can Do It!” Treasurer, Linda Evans President, Laurie Herman Secretary, Karlene Beams [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Arkansas VFW, Auxiliary View Issue 03 2018-2019 September 2018 ============================================================================================ Vicki McGahhey Lois Callahan 108 Lavender Ln. 363 Lawson Road Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Little Rock, AR 72210 870-718-3803 501-840-2135 [email protected] [email protected] Brothers and Sisters, We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful organization to belong to where we can honor our Dear Members: veterans and promote patriotism; which is so greatly There are many ways to support the VFW National needed now in our country. We need to grow our Home for Children. One way is to become a VFW organization by recruiting new or rejoined members; and we need to retain them! In order to maintain the health National Home for Children Life Member. and viability of each Auxiliary and our organization; we One Arkansas Auxiliary has a fun and effective need to be mentoring. Any member can be a Mentor. All way of purchasing Life Memberships. Each they have to do is C A R E. meeting, they collect money from attendees. Once C - Catch the member when they first join. Take them every quarter, they place their member’s names in under your wings and show them the ins and outs of our organization; and encourage them to greater heights or drawings for Life Memberships. simply keep them coming back for more of the wonderful Another Auxiliary shared that they have made it a things the VFW Auxiliary has to offer. practice to purchase a Life Membership for their A - Ask them to participate. Most people will not just President each year. jump in and volunteer to do things. They need to be Applications for Life Memberships can be found on asked.