Contents NOVEMBER 2016 s VOLUME 77, ISSUE 4 TM Features


7 Bright Ideas A husband and wife in Pennsylvania team up to recruit new members.


8 103rd National Convention More than 2,000 Auxiliary members came together in Charlotte, North Carolina, to celebrate and make important decisions for the organization.


13 2016-2017 National Guard Meet Jean Hamil, who was elected as the VFW Auxiliary’s National Guard.


14 Your Vote Counts Make a difference by supporting candidates who support veterans’ issues.


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15 Make the Holidays Brighter for Veterans Give the gift of spending time with veterans.


16 Veterans get a rehabilitative scuba trip thanks to the Aloha Spirit of Auxiliary 12122


18 Flags of Honor A unique site in Montana memorializes veterans from the Civil War through present day. Its caretakers are Auxiliary members.


16 15 18 In Every Issue


19 HQ Memo 20 Our History


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


About the Cover Honoring tradition, embracing the new program year and all that the future has in store for the VFW Auxiliary – Department Presidents clockwise from bottom right: Natalie Copeland, Mississippi; Kathy Fystrom, Minnesota; Gloria Dobbie, Michigan; Jessie Stober, Oregon; Donna Mills, Pennsylvania; and then-Rhode Island Senior Vice-President (now Department President) Stephen Doherty.


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