American Legion AuxiliaryDepartment of KentuckyLois Hall

2505 Buttermilk Pike

Villa Hills, KY 41017

May Bulletin

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Ladies.......How about Commander Farley and Ted Austin in the green wigs?? What a

feeling of vengeance we received after last year and President Barbara wearing that

skunk!!!!! And we can do it again!!At Convention!! You know, if only one third of ourmembership would bring in one more member we could reach our 100% l! And if one

half of our membership would bring in one new member, we could reach an all time

high!!! Wouldn't that be a nice present for National President Kris Nelson!!Let's do it!!!!

At Spring Conference we were honored to have Irvin Lyons, Commander of The

Military Order of the Purple Heart, speak to us regarding having Kentucþ proclaimed

the first Purple Heart state in the nation. .We

have taken steps to have the Governor do

this and in addition, we would like every city, town, county and yes, even the smallest ofhamlets, also be proclaimed a Purple Heart body. All you have to do is take aproclamation ( a sample is attached) to your governing entity and have them vote on itand in turn have it signed by the mayor, judge executive etc., and then let me know thatit's been accomplished. We owe it to those brave men and women who have receivedthe Purple Heart to be recognized and this is the perfect way to do it.

We were honored to have the National Commander of the Legion, Fang Wong, visit thispast week and what an engaging man!!! He is just a delight to know.

We traveled with him to Madisonville, Ft. Campbell, Frankfort, Lawrenceburg as wellas other sites and found him to be so passionate about the work being done to benefit

our veterans and military. He has a wonderful sense of humor and seemed to be

impressed with our hospitality.

And believe me, the hospitality was outstanding!!! As usual, everywhere we went we

were received warmly and with great food. You all make me so proud!!!

We hope to have a greatvisit with National President Kris, at the upcoming Conventionand hope that each unit will have as many representatives as possible in attendance. It'salways a greattime as well as a special learning experience. And we want to support

the incoming officers as much as possible.

You ladies are so special!! Y'ou will never know how much you mean to me, theAuxiliary our children, our communities and most of all our veterans and our military.

And speaking of special, one member, Vina Leslie, of Shepherdsville has a specialproject that she needs assistance with. She will donate 20 T.V.s to be raffled offand theproceeds will go toward the building of a family care facility (similar to Fisher House)to be built near Ft. Knox. Anyone who is willing to help please contact her at502-531-0989. We applaud Vina for her efforts and ask for your prayers for her as she isdealing with terminal cancer.

See you at Convention!!

For God and Country

Lois Hall, President 20ll-2012American Legion AuxiliaryDepartment of Kentucþ

PROCLAMATION

City of.

WHEREAS, the people of the city of. ......have grgat admiration andthe utmost gratitude for all the men and women who have selflessly servedtheir country and this community in the armed forces, and

WHEREAS, veterans have paid the high price for freedom by leaving theirfamilies and communities and placing themselves in harm's way for thegood of all, and

WHEREAS, the contributions and sacrifices of the men and women fromthe city of.... .who served in the Armed Forces have been vital inmaintaining the freedoms and way of life enjoyed by our citizens, and

WHEREAS, many men and women in uniform have given their lives whileserving in the Armed Forces, and

WHEREAS, many citizens of our community have earned the Purple HeartMedal as a result of being wounded while engaged in combat with an enemyforce, construed as a singularly meritorious act of essential service, and

WHEREAS, . . . . ...has offrcially been designated as the day in which toremember and recognize veterans who are recipients of the Purple HeartMedal.

NOW, TI{EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the city of.... ..Councilhereby proclaim City of .....Kentucþ as a Purple Heart Cityhonoring the service and sacrifice of our nation's men and women inuniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the

freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.

DateMayor

Headquarters BulletinMay 20L2

The bulletins you are receiving are the first of 2for May. I am sending this groupout now because of the following:

1'. Field Service Report - Our Field Service Chairman, Rose Renn, had to resigndue to health reasons. Edie Underwood has agreed to finish out the year' for Rose. Her annual report is included in this mailing but the report needsto be sent to Edie by May 2L't so she can complete her report.

2. Unit Data Form - this is the form that you need to complete for your duesfor 2OI3. We have not heard from a lot of the Units. These need to becompleted immediately and returned to Headquarters, The dues info mustbe sent to National by May 21't. Please keep in mind that Nationalíncreased our dues for 20L3. ln anticipation of that increase, we voted lastyear to increase the amount sent to Department (which includes theamount to be sent to National) to 516.00 for seniors and SS.OO for juniors.lf you do not respond to this request, we will have no choice but to set yourdues at 515.00 for seniors and SS.OO for juniors. You can return the formby mail, fax (502-352-23811or by email- iklapheke@vahoo.com.

3. We also need the form (included in February's packet that had all thereport forms) that lists your new officers, the delegates and alternates forDepartment Convention. This information is used for the monthly mailinglist. You can send the form by mail, fax (502-352-23811or by email-iklapheke@vahoo.com.

4. The Constitution and Bylaws Committee are currently updating theDepartment's Constitution and Bylaws. They are preparing a summary ofthe changes being made and will be forwarding that information in the 2nd

set of bulletins for May. The changes will be voted on at our DepartmentConvention in June.

5. Membership report will be included in the 2nd set of butletins.

lf you should not have received this mailing, please forward to the right person.

Janet KlaphekeDepartment Secretary

Junior Activities Bulletin

Hello Ladies, the Junior girls have been hard at work with Madam President's Special Project

and they have plarured a special fundraiser to raise money for the Wounded Warriors. The

fundraiser willbe June 9ú, 2012 atunit 34 in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, the fundraiser will start

at noon and last until4pm. There will be a cornhole tournament, a cake walk, a sockhop, and a

meal. The cornhole toumament is $20 per a team, the sockhop is $3, and the meal which consists

of a hamburgerlhotdog, chips, a drink, and a cookie will be $5. These are tentative prices. I'masking at the Junior girls who are participating to be at Lawrenceburg at 10:30am to help set up,also each Junior girl is asked to bring at least 2baked goods for the cake walk, and if anyone

would like to donate to the cake walk it would be very appreciated. The girls have worked reallyhard on this fundraiser and it should be a lot of fun, and the money goes back to MadamPresident's Special Project, so come join!

In August, the National Junior Meeting will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Department ofKentucky Junior girls have been asked if they could donate things for the Family Packs the girlswill be doing at Nationals. The girls have been asked to bring:

Playing Cards- this also includes card games like Old Maid, Crazy Eights, etc.

Small 100 piece puzzlesSpiral NotebooksSidewalk ChalkBooklets of photocopied games- this includes crossword puzzles, seek and finds, easy cookierecipesBeach BallsDominoesSmall 2 player games or ready to make crafts

The girls don't have to get all these items, an¡hing will be appreciated. The items can be

brought to the June Convention. I hope to see all the girls at Convention!! If there are anyquestions you may email me at kayla-robnettl6@vahoo.com or call (502) 5941057.

Junior Activities ChairmanKayla Robnett

Children & YouthCanie Ridge

Hello Ladies! I hope this bulletin finds all of you well. V/e are coming to the end of the yearwhich means year end reports are due. I have already started receiving these narratives and Iwánt to thank the Units that have sent them to me.The only thing I need for Department year end is a narrative. However, National has sent me aform that I received late and they want Units to fill out 3 questions and return them to me byJune lst. The questions are as follows:

Total amount of direct aid spent to help ALL children (not just military children):

Total number of children served in year?

Total amount of contributions made to other agencies EXCEPT Child Welfare Foundation (i.e.:Childrens Miracle Network, St. Jude's Hospital, Riley Children's Hospital, Girls Scouts, etc.):

If you could send these answers to me, I will take them by email, snail mail, or phone call. Myphone number is 502-650-0502. My email address is carrie040968@,yahoo.com and my mailingaddress is 526 N. 27th Street, Louisville, KY 40212.

At State Convention, I will again be having a silent auction. We desperately need Units to makedonations to this auction. It doesn't have to be anything big, but we want to end this year on agood note. Any support you can give will be greatly appreciated.

It has been a pleasure serving for Madam President Lois this year and I do hope we have a greatreporting from Units.

Field Service Annual Report20tt-2012

Please complete and return by May 2lr20l2 tot

edyiota@aol.com or mail to

Edie Underwood1525 Talmadge WayLouisville,l{I 40216

Please report only those hours that are accountable for field service...visiting veterans in the

nursing homes (not the VA Hospital), in their own homes, taking them to the doctors, etc.

UNIT NAME AND NUMBER

# of Volunteers # of Hours Expenditures # of Vets Served

Juniors

Seniors

Unit

Please circle: Field Service or Home Service

For the Junior or Senior volunteer with the most hours.

Junior with the Most Hours # of Hours

Senior with the Most Hours # of Hours

List any contributions made to Fisher House: $

Did the Unit use special designed Veterans Day Cards?

How many cards were sent?

20I3 TJNIT DATA FORM - - DIRECT BILLINqCfype of Print Using Blue or Black Ink) .,

rNon-legìble forzns Wîll þe retu,rneù,

I understand that the dues amount listed below will be printed on the , ,

Membership Renewal Notices that will be mailed to each Senior memberof our Unit. Belolv is the address to be printed on each Renerval noticeshorving rvhere our members are to mail their dues for this unit.

It íé understood that no change in the amount of dues or the addr.essto rvhich the dues are to be sent can be made after a deadline rvhichDepartment Headquarters rvill establish based on the requirements ofNational Headquarters.

DEPARTMENT OF IJNIT NUMBER

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AMERICAN LEGION AUXITIARY

DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY

134 WAL¡IUT STREET / PO BOX 5435FRAN KFORT, KENTUCKY 40602-5435

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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY

TO: ALL UNIT PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES

I need the information requested below iust as soon as vou have had vour elections.

Remember:

f2l weeks prior to the Department Convention. The retiring Unit President and newlyelected President shall be ex-officio delegates to the Department Convention [so theywill take up two(2) of your allotted delegatesl. Each Unit is entitled to two (2)

delegates and two (2) alternates, plus one (1) additional delegate and alternate foreach twenty-five (25) members or a major fraction thereof, whose current dues havebeen received by the Department Treasurer at least fifteen (15) days prior to the firstday of the Convention. Delegates and Alternates shall be elected at least two (2)weeks before Department Convention and their names forwarded to the DepartmentSecretary. The foregoing is taken from the Constitution and Bylaws: Article lV, Section2 and Section 3; Article lX, Section 12. My sincere thanks to everyone for theircooperation.

Unit # Unit Name

Location

PRESIDENT Phone

Mailing Address

SECRETARY

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Phone

Mailing Address

TREASURER Phone

Mailing Address

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Phone

Mailing Address

BE SURE TO INCLUDE ZIP CODES AS THE POST OFFICE WILL NOT DELIVER WITHOUT IT.

ALSO PHONE NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT TOO. The President and Secretary will be

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placed on the monthly mailing list. The Membership Chairman will be receivingcorrespondence from the Department Membership Chairman.

NAMES OF DETEGATES NAMES OF ATTERNATES

Janet KlaphekeDepartment SecretaryP. O. Box5435Fra n kfort, KY 40602-5435