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Treasurer – July 2020

On July 8, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Well here we are starting another year…..what a way for the last year to end. Some virtual meetings still happening like the National meeting to vote for National Guard. How amazing that everyone gets the opportunity to vote for the National line officer. Please get your votes in to Janie for this. I hope that the dues renewal letters have gone out already or soon to go out. If you get those letters in, the earlier that the dues will start coming to our direction. Remember, you get to keep an extra 50 cents of the money that you get from your members. So please get your dues reminders out as soon as you can. Please send all new members to me so that I can process them. Our new members really dropped off last year but as soon as you can, please start doing some recruiting. MALTA [...]

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President’s Message July 2020

On July 7, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Greetings Sisters & Brothers, Welcome to the Oregon VFW Auxiliary 2020 – 2021 year. We as the Oregon VFW Auxiliary are Pioneers forging a path thru unfamiliar territory in the effort to move our auxiliary forward. Our mission is, to pioneer techniques to meet our goals under the restrictions of the State due to Covid-19. Nevertheless, our duty to support Veterans, Active Duty, their families, and our communities has not changed. With the uncertainty of the future, our auxiliary will move forward working the programs in many unique ways in order to support veterans. It is particularly important to get all our obligations paid and begin sending out Dues reminders. This year it will be especially important to retain the members we have while working on recruiting to bring in new members. We do realize, it will not be easy to recruit or work for donations to support our veterans [...]

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Hospital – July 2020

On July 3, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

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Conductor – July 2020

On July 3, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

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Training Academy Dates 2020

On July 2, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

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Americanism – July 2020

On July 2, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Good Morning America! I will be the Americanism chairman for the VFW Auxiliary year 2020-2021. As Auxiliary members it is our duty and should be our honor to inform the public what we do as Auxiliary members and citizens of the United States of America. We do have the proper spirit, conviction, and purpose to inform our fellow Americans what honor it is to be here in this beautiful and free country. According to Theodore Roosevelt, “Americanism is a question of spirit, conviction, and purpose, not of creed or birthplace.” Merriam-Webster defines it as “an attachment or allegiance to the traditions, interests, or ideals of the United States.” To our National Ambassador Justine Robles, “Americanism is pride and devotion. Pride in being from and living in the United States of America, and devotion to our Flag and our nation’s traditions.” So the question will be to [...]

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Chaplain – July 2020

On July 2, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Greetings Brothers and Sisters, I would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Debbie Little, but I go by the nickname of “Cookie”. You see, there are three Debbie’s in our line right now, so I was given the nickname of Cookie. I was elected and installed as the Department of Oregon Chaplain on June 13, 2020. I held the position of Department Conductress last year and have moved up the chairs to Chaplain. We are moving in uncharted waters with the Coronavirus Pandemic. I am hopeful that I will be able to visit many of you as the Department Representative during a District meeting. If we continue to move through the Governor’s phases to contain the pandemic, we should be able to hold in person meetings soon. As Chaplain, I am the keeper of the Bibles, Altar Cloths, and the Memorial Basket. It is [...]

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Treasurer May 2020

On May 8, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Well, it’s a very different world that we are living in and things from now on will never be the same, we are learning new ways to communicate and help our veterans and their families. I didn’t think that when we started this new year things would be this way but we have to make do with what we have to do business. I have been hearing all sorts of things about the auxiliary audits for the last quarter. We have good information from National on that and we have let many people know what they are allowing. I hope that most treasurers read this so they know what is going on because I have heard a lot of different things. District Treasurers-most districts didn’t have a meeting and that is okay. No one is turning in an audit until Fall meetings because there was no way to [...]

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Veterans and Family Support May 2020

On May 8, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Greetings Brothers & Sisters, Well, that is a wrap for the Veterans and Family Support Program for 2019-2020. We had a successful year of helping our veterans and their families. Please remember to continue to keep records of what you are doing for the Veterans and Family Support Program so you can report it for the 2020-2021 year. I so enjoyed being your Department Chairman for this fantastic program. So many different things were done by our Auxiliaries this year. Some of what was done include: Yellow Ribbon Events Stand Downs Adopting Units Parades Vietnam Pinning Ceremony POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremonies Wreaths Across America Mailed goodies to deployed Active Duty Military Participated in Red Cross Blood Drive Every Auxiliary in every District participated in the Veterans and Family Support Program. The numbers are: The number of members who participated in the Program 4355 The number of [...]

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Conductress May 2020

On May 8, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Greetings Brothers & Sisters, Well, this is not how I imagined my last couple of months as Department of Oregon’s Conductress would go. As you all know the State Convention has been cancelled and we will not be meeting at the Mill Casino this year. Sigh…. My tenure as your Conductress is going out with a whimper rather than a bang. With that said…. I have really enjoyed my year as your Department Conductress. I represented the Department of Oregon at the National Convention in Orlando, Florida last July and then again in Anchorage, Alaska in November at the National Mid-Winter Meeting. I am sad that I did not get to introduce National President Peggy Haake for her visit to Oregon, but her trip was cancelled due to COVID 19. I would like to say that if you have been thinking about becoming a line officer, look at [...]

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Hospital Year-End Report 2019-20

On May 8, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Thank you, President Janie, for appointing me the Hospital Chair for this program year. I started this year by attending the Department Convention where I was appointed the Hospital Chair for 2019-2020. I attend all of the Training Academies where I presented the Hospital program to the members. I gave each member in attendance, handouts to help them with the program and tutored them on what they could do to further their participation in the program. I also sent monthly reports to the Ambassador, the Department President, and the Department webmaster Lisa. I made sure I passed information down from my Ambassador at the National level to the members of the Department of Oregon. I called a number of auxiliary presidents and program contact people at the auxiliary level and explained the reporting guidelines to each one and helped mentor them in how to get their [...]

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Buddy Poppy/VFW National Home for Children May 2020

On April 23, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Now that the reporting is done, don’t stop reporting! Keep writing your reports so you don’t forget anything. You can drop off Poppies to local Senior Centers or Nursing homes along with a Flanders Field Story, and you can get permission to post the flyer off the web site for the National Home “Helpline”. Keep thinking of ways to keep doing. When we get the “All-Clear” we can plan our Poppy drives. Don’t stop planning your Memorial weekend Poppy Drives! Get all your volunteers lined up and get it all ready. If we can’t do it then we will go to plan B and get another date(s) with the stores. There will be a bigger need as so many are out of work. We may need to two Poppy Drives or more to get the same revenue for our Relief Funds. Thank you. Oregon is 100% reported in [...]

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Hospital Report April 2020

On April 2, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Thank you, Department of Oregon for sending in your year-end reports to me. Also, I want to thank Valorie Wrinkle for forwarding the Chaplain Reports to me. I goofed and forgot to change the mailing address. Reminder to Debbie, don’t do what I did! Please remember to pass this information on to the auxiliary members who don’t have a computer. It is very important to know what each National Ambassador wants and needs on their year-end report form. This information is what Department committee chairmen need to know so they can fill out that form that goes to the Department President at the end of the year. If each Auxiliary would look at that information and try to complete something on it then the Chairman will be more informed and will not have a difficult time finishing the report for our President. Any questions on what I am talking [...]

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Veterans and Family Support April 2020

On April 1, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

Greetings Brothers and Sisters, I hope you are home, practicing Social Distancing and staying healthy. If you are one of our front-line defenders, thank you for your sacrifices. Reporting time for this year is over but it doesn’t mean working for our veterans and their families ends. Please keep track of your hours, mileage and $$ spent on this program so you can report them to the next Chairman. Yes, a Stay at Home Order and Social Distancing can make serving our veterans and their families challenging during this time but there are still things we can do. If you are crafty, Thinking of You or Well Wishes cards and send them to our Veterans Homes and Hospitals. Not creative? If you are the person in your household that takes the essential trip to the pharmacy and grocery store, offer to do the same for a veteran who may [...]

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2020-2021 Warrant and Installation Report for Auxiliaries and/or Districts

On April 1, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

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Medical Masks

On March 26, 2020 By Lisa Lyon

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