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Contents MARCH 2016 • VOLUME 76, ISSUE 6 TM Features


7 Bright Ideas Montana National Certifi ed Recruiter Trainer Jane Loucks looks for U.S. Flags as a gateway to recruit new members.


8 103rd National Convention –


Charlotte, North Carolina Learn all about Charlotte and pay special attention to Convention changes on Page 13.


14 Smiles for Veterans Illinois Auxiliaries help veterans get their


smiles back.


16 Operation Nebraska Cares Auxiliary 1347 teamed up with community


veteran service organizations to send more than 300 personalized care packages to veterans serving overseas.


18 Fourth-Annual Celebrating 8 14


America’s Freedom Event Join us under the gaze of the 60-foot-tall visages of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota.


In Every Issue


2 VFW Auxiliary Online 3 President’s Message 4 Editor’s Letter 5 Reader’s Voice 6 Member Spotlight & My Veteran


6 18 – Charlotte signs on The Green, CRVA/Visit Charlotte


19 HQ Memo 20 Our History


About the Cover All signs point to Charlotte: Charlotte, North Carolina, will be the site of the VFW Auxiliary’s 103rd National Convention.


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