The Herbert Griffin American Legion Auxiliary met November 5, 2024 at
6:30 PM with 5 officers and one member present. The meeting was
conducted by President Debbie Howell.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and the Preamble to the
American Legion Auxiliary were recited. We sang \u201cMy Country Tis Of
Thee\u201d. The opening prayer was given by Unit 19 Chaplin Teresa Lyle.
The roll call of officers was given by Unit 19 Secretary Gail Gilliam. The
motion to accept the minutes as read was made by Judy Morton and
seconded by Beth McAdams and carried on the floor.
Finance: The finance report was given by Beth McAdams in Libby\u2019s
absence. A motion to accept the report was made by Teresa Lyle,
seconded by Beth McAdams and it carried the floor.
VAVR \u2013 Beth McAdams reported that there will be a \u201cVeterans Tribute\u201d at
First Methodist Church.
Beth also reported that the VA Carnival turned out well. Libby, Beth, Jolene
and Gail Attended.
Children\/Youth \u2013 No Report
Leadership \u2013 President Debbie Howell reported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gail reported on the Divisional Meeting.
Education \u2013 Chair Teresa Lyle reported American Education Week is in the
near future. There was a good discussion regarding taking cookies in
appreciation of the bus drivers garage as they do not get recognition. This
was the agreement of all present.
Membership \u2013 Chair Beth McAdams reported;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Debbie Howell and Beth McAdams visited Anita Jo Foster, Karen Burgess <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Herbert Griffin American Legion Auxiliary met November 5, 2024 at6:30 PM with 5 officers and one member present. The meeting wasconducted by President Debbie Howell.The Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag and the Preamble to theAmerican Legion Auxiliary were recited. We sang \u201cMy Country Tis OfThee\u201d. The opening prayer was given by Unit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1775","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1778,"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1775\/revisions\/1778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legionpost19.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
and delivered 2025 ALA Membership cards on October 24th<\/sup>.
Gail and Beth visited Anita on October 25th<\/sup> and Anita expressed a desire to
receive cards. Address for Life Care is 841 James Campbell Blvd.
Columbia Room 127 A.
Beth has compiled a list of paid and unpaid members and has not received
any renewals via mail in the past week. She emailed those non-paid
members she has addresses for.
Girls State \u2013 Chair Beth received an email on 10\/25\/24 announcing 2025
session of ALA Volunteer Girls State will be at Lipscomb University May 25-
31, 2025. Citizen fee will be $500.00 per person. Registration will began
after the new year. Webinar on Tuesday, November 19 at 12:00 PM
eastern time. Beth has registered as the contact person for this year and
notified the contacts at each school of the dates.
Chaplain \u2013 Chair Teresa Lyle sent a sympathy card to Kim Gattis and family
and also a \u201cThinking of You\u201d card to Breanna Bean and family because
Breanna\u2019s son had surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bills for Presentation \u2013 None
Constitution and By-Laws \u2013 No Report
The Auxiliary Emergency Fund collected $8.00.
Large Pot: Marsha Robinson missed the drawing.
Chaplain Teresa Lyle gave the closing prayer.
The meeting was closed by President \/Debbie Howell.
Next meeting will be December 3, 2024, with dinner at 6:00 PM and
meeting to follow.
For God and County,
Unit 19 Secretary
Gail Gilliam<\/p>\n\n\n\n