President's Column

Dear Auxiliary Sisters,

By the time you receive this newsletter January will have come and gone with pretty good weather through the month. Hope this finds all of you in good spirits and enjoying the fairly nice weather we’ve been having so far. Hopefully February will be just as nice.

On January 7th we had the 2nd District meeting in Belle Plaine. For once the weather was nice, no sleet or snow storms. There were 6 of us in attendance.

The District Voice of Democracy/Patriot Pen Chairman Wil Burdorf and Barb Meyer announced the winners. Our Patriot Pen winner who took 2nd place at the Post level took 3rd at the District level, Natalia Wendlandt from Kaposia Education Center.

For the poppy displays there were only 5 entries, Post 295 and Auxiliary had two entries and both took 2nd place and received $10.00 each. They now can move on to Midwinter Conference. Good luck Terry and Linda!

By the time you receive this we will have one Auxiliary fish fry done, with 10 more to go. If you have some free time, please feel free to come down and volunteer. We can always use the help, morning and night. Or, just bring the family down and enjoy a great meal.

We had bingo at the Hastings Veterans Home on January 19th. Our next Bingo at the Hastings Veterans Home will be February 16th. We leave the Post at 6:30pm.

Our next Cracker Barrel will be February 29th at the Minneapolis Veterans Home. We leave the post at 6:15pm.

If you would like to volunteer for either of these events please just meet us at the Post.

Membership: Effective as of January 1st your annual dues are now $21.00 a year. If you have not sent them on, please do so as soon as possible. Send your dues to Sharon Nelson at 7104 48th St. N. Oakdale, MN 55128. If you are interested in a Life Membership, please call Sharon at 651-797- 3723 or myself at 651-353-4117 for more information.

Just to remind everyone, the Auxiliary Fish Fries will start on January 27th and run until April 16th. That’s 11 weeks we will need all the volunteers we can get, so come on down and help out, day or night, if you can.

Dates to Remember
Feb. 2nd Ground Hog Day
Feb. 12th Lincoln’s Birthday
Feb. 14th Valentine’s Day
Feb 20th Honor Veteran, Fly the Flag President’s Day
Feb. 22nd Ash Wednesday, Washington’s Birthday
Feb. 27th Orthodox Lent

“Happy Valentine’s Day” to everyone!

In closing, I congratulate those celebrating a birthday or anniversary. I wish you a speedy recovery for those that are ill or injured. I offer my deepest sympathy for those who have lost a loved one.

Loyally Yours,

Annette Smoot
Auxiliary President