March 2013 Edition of the Wisconsin

March 28, 2013

As I write this article, I keep looking out my win-dow hoping for signs of spring, but all I see is snow. I am cer-tain spring will eventually ar-rive so I suppose

we just have to enjoy winter in Wisconsin a bit longer. Winter has not chilled the enthusiasm our Legion Family has for Work-ing Together on projects and events that have such a positive impact on our veterans, active duty military, their families and our communities. The past sev-eral weeks have been very busy for your Department President. I have had the privilege of attend-ing many local, state and two national events this past month, and have seen fi rst-hand how our Legion Family is Working To-gether to accomplish the mission of our organization.

An outstanding event was held on February 15th at the Ho Chunk Conference Center that benefi tted

Diana SirovinaDepartmentPresident

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEour Special Project, the Homeless Women Veterans Grant Fund. Country Singer Ricky Lee, the WDVA and United Women Vet-erans partnered to host a Veterans Benefi t Expo, concert and silent auction with proceeds going to our special project. Legion, Aux-iliary and SAL members were in attendance to assist wherever they were needed. Special thanks to all of them for taking time out to assist at the event which raised $1,824.40 for our Homeless Women Veterans Grant Fund!

I also had the honor of attend-ing the Washington DC National Conference. The primary focus of this event was to provide us with information to share with our Legislators on the “Hill Walk.” I had the privilege of participating with Department Adjutant David Kurtz and other Legionnaires as we met with Representatives and Senators from Wisconsin. Be-ing part of this great event was very enlightening to me as I lis-tened to Adjutant Kurtz present the Legion’s position on a variety of issues that concern our veter-ans and active duty military. We

all need to be better informed on these issues so we can make our voices heard to our Congres-sional Representatives. To learn more about The American Le-gion’s Legislative priorities, go to www.legion.org/legislative.

These are just a couple high-lights of the many outstanding events I have been part of this year. I will be sharing more with you at your Spring Conferences and State Convention later this year. Until then, please continue to work on membership renewals and getting new members for our organization. As a Department, we are considerably short of our goal, but there is still time to cor-rect this situation. Please make every effort to contact your non-renewals and fi nd new members. I know that talking membership numbers gets old after a while but remember, the greater our mem-bership numbers are and the more we Work Together, the more we can do for our veterans, active duty military and their families.

Diana SirovinaDepartment President

Ann RynesDept Membership ChairmanPh: (608) 604-0350Email: [email protected]

Happy Spring, Members! We hope this message fi nds you well and seeing some signs of spring around you. Wisconsin is cur-rently 9th in the nation in mem-bership. We have slipped from 4th place but that doesn’t mean we are giving up! There is still plenty of time to get our current members renewed and fi nd new members for the 2013 member-ship year. We just need to dig in, work harder and of course work together to make it happen!

Did you know that March was National Women’s His-tory Month? The theme for the month was “Women Inspir-ing Innovation through Imagi-nation.” Just think back on all the many accomplishments that have happened just within our organization in the last 93 years! Did you know that in 1919 when the Auxiliary was of-fi cially formed, it took less than a year to form over 1300 Units nationwide? That is an incred-ible number! It just shows that if you give women a task we will not only accomplish it, we will surpass it. Our work in the Aux-

iliary has always inspired those we serve and has truly been in-novative. We are not the Largest Women’s Patriotic Organization by accident! You are a member of an incredible and very special organization that not only brings together families who have served our Country, but also works to support those still serv-ing. We all joined the Auxiliary because of different people in our lives but in the end we were also brought together by them. Throughout our history, we have always embraced the ever changing world around us, con-stantly improving our methods to reach out to members through new means. No matter what else has happened, members of the American Legion Auxiliary have always moved forward, thusly proving that when we work to-gether, women will get the job done. Enjoy National Women’s History Month with your fellow members and share your inspira-tional stories that can bring you together.

Do you know all the ben-efi ts your membership entitles you to? There is a new ben-efi ts guide available on the Na-tional website. Please visit:http://alaforveterans.org/Re-

sources/Member-Benefi ts/ and read up on the changes and how to take advantage of all the ben-efi ts available.

No article would be complete without mentioning the use of social media. If you or your Unit uses Twitter to keep in touch with members, be sure you are using a “hashtag” or # with every tweet to make your mes-sage searchable and easy to fi nd. Let’s say you tweet, “Our Unit is hosting a Pancake Breakfast this weekend! Come on down to fi ll up on breakfast and support our veterans! #veterans”. By using #veterans at the end, other users near you and around the world can fi nd you! Once again, we are reaching new levels in our efforts to communicate effec-tively.

Thank you for all you do as members for our Veterans and remember to “Take the High Road” in all you do and good will be sure to follow.

YOUR TEAM:

Ann Rynes, 608-604-0350,[email protected];

Berne Baer, 920-680-0308, [email protected];

April Kollmorgen, 360-362-2803,[email protected]

MEMBERSHIP

TAKE THE HIGH ROAD2012 2013

MARCH 2013Total Membership: 89.63%

1st - 92.93%6th District

2nd - 92.85%2nd District

3rd - 92.76%1st District

4th - 91.00%3rd District

5th - 90.01%10th District






11th - 85.18%11th District12th - 66.87%

5th District

TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

1st - 6th District

The pleasure of your company is requested at a

JOINT TESTIMONIAL DINNERin honor of

Commander Wayne W. JensenThe American Legion

andPresident Diana Sirovina

American Legion Auxiliary

Saturday, April 27, 2013Cash Bar 5:00 PM • Dinner 6:00 PM

Klemmer’s Banquet Center10401 West Oklahoma Avenue, Milwaukee, WI

Menu Choices:Garlic Rubbed SirloinChicken ala Klemmer

Shrimp in Vodka Sauce

Send $35 Check or Money Order by Saturday, April 6th to: Pam Cole, 4659 S Woodland Dr, Greenfi eld, WI 53228

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CHAPLAIN’SCORNER

Bonnie JakubczykDepartment ChaplainMusic ChairmanPh: (414) 764-6752Email: [email protected]

Please send prayers for Depart-ment President Diana’s prayer book to me by May 1, 2013.

While attending the Zablocki Creative Arts Festival, one per-former gave his all. This Veteran had suffered a stroke that affected his speech. One of his acts was wheelchair dancing. His other act showed such courage as he sang Amazing Grace. He struggled with some of the words but never gave up and many tears were shed. His therapist said singing has been great therapy.

PRAYERHeavenly Father, we give thanks for the wonderful signs of spring and ask that you please keep those serving our Country in your care. Keep us on track as we continue to serve God and Country. We ask for your guidance as we complete our year end reports. In your name we pray,

Amen

MUSICI want to pass this Hymn on:PASS IT ONWords and Music byKurt Kaiser (1969)It only takes a spark to get a fire

going,And soon all those around can

warm up in its glowing;That’s how it is with God’s Love,Once you’ve experienced it,You spread His love to everyone,You want to pass it on.

What a wonderous time is spring,When all the trees are budding,The birds begin to sing, the

flowers start their blooming;That’s how it is with God’s love,Once you’ve experienced it.You want to sing, it’s fresh like

spring,You want to pass it on.

I wish for you my friend,This happiness that I’ve found;You can depend on Him,It matters not where you’re bound,I’ll shout it from the mountain top, I want the world to know,The Lord of love has come to me,I want to pass it on.

WORKING TOGETHERFOR GOD AND COUNTRY

GREETINGS FROM HEADQUARTERSBonnie DorniakExecutive Secretary/TreasurerPh: (608) 745-0124Email: [email protected]

Special thanks are extended to the WDVA, United Women Veterans, Ho-Chunk and Country Singer Ricky Lee for co-sponsor-ing the Veterans Expo and Benefi t Concert on February 15th. Auxiliary members came from across the state to support this successful event that raised $1,824.40 for President Diana’s special project – Home-less Women Veterans Grant Fund.

Auxiliary members are encouraged to at-tend their district spring conference. This is a great time to learn more about the Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary, thank the district of-fi cers for all their hard work during the past year, and provide input as the district plans the year ahead. Please see the schedule on page A4 for more information.

There is still space available for the 2013 ALA Badger Girls State session scheduled for June 16-21. Units interested in spon-soring a delegate should contact Carrie Thrasher at Department Headquarters or their local high school to see if they have eligible junior students who wish to partici-pate. Units that are interested in sponsor-ing a delegate but don’t have a local high school participating in the Girls State pro-gram are encouraged to consider sponsor-ing delegate(s) from another area. Depart-ment has a waiting list of young women who would like to attend ALA Badger Girls State. It is discouraging when we have to deny this great opportunity to educate the future of America due to lack of funds.

2014 Unit Membership Renewal No-tice/Dues information was mailed to Unit Presidents and Membership Chairmen in mid-March. If you have not received your information, please contact Andrea Stoltz at

Department Headquarters as soon as pos-sible. The deadline to return the informa-tion to Department Headquarters is May 3, 2013. In order to prevent the incor-rect dues amount to go out with renewal notices, Units must respond by May 3rd to let us know how much they plan to collect for 2014 dues. National will not accept any changes after May 3rd. The minimum amount collected is $20 for se-nior members and $3 for junior members; units may charge more to offset costs of unit operations.

Units must submit payments for any new members to Department by April 1st if they want these members to appear on the 2014 membership rosters and receive a pre-printed membership card. Name and address changes for current members must also be received by April 1st. 2014 membership cards will be mailed to units after department convention.

CHILDREN & YOUTH

LEADERSHIP

Mary PetrieDepartment Children & Youth ChairmanPh: (920) 261-8161Email: [email protected]

The fi rst C&Y Unit mailing quoted Franklin D. Roosevelt, “We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”

Throughout the year, members have been encouraged to form partnerships within the Legion Family as well as with other organizations, businesses, and com-munity agencies – all for the betterment of our children and youth. To help carry out the Children & Youth mission, ideas have been presented to raise community aware-ness, information and contacts have been shared, and unique partnerships offer-ing special promotions were highlighted. The generous contributions made to this program through monetary gifts, volun-teer opportunities, and promotion of com-munity involvement, have carried out the Auxiliary’s ideal of Service, Not Self. We have accomplished much, but there is so

much more to do. Continue to watch for special promo-

tions. Last Fall, Brawny Paper Towels and Wounded Warriors partnered to raise more than $500,000 for and awareness of the needs of injured service members and their families. JC Penney collected over three million dollars for Boys & Girls Clubs of America and 4-H by ‘rounding up to the nearest dollar’ at checkout. Did you know that Tupperware has partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs for over 15 years or that since 1947 the company has sponsored the National Year of the Youth program, honoring youth who have over-come enormous odds and who demon-strate exceptional character, service to their Club and community, academic per-formance, and contributions to their fam-ily? Visit your favorite products’ web-sites to check for special promotions. For each visitor who likes the Brawny Tow-els Facebook page or sends a thank you on its Wall of Thanks through December, $1 will be added -- up to $350,000 for Wounded Warriors.

The red bandana-bedecked Josh Dogs and Josh’s story have comforted and pre-pared children for surgery for years. Now introducing…G.I. Josh Dogs, sporting camoufl age and comforting small children of a deployed service member. This Josh and accompanying “I’ll Be OK” book, housed in a box featuring the Ameri-can Legion emblem, will be available soon. G.I. Josh will be sold exclusively through the Legion for $26 plus ship-ping and handling. Check the website atwww.legion.org/sons/160764/comfort-canine-friend.

Remember… Youth Hero Awards, hon-oring under 18-years-olds who perform a heroic act of valor, and Good Deed Awards, recognizing those who are excel-lent examples of community service, are available year round.

Your encouragement, support, and fo-cus through Working Together will not only make President Diana proud, it will make a tremendous difference in the lives of our children and youth, preparing them for the future.

Diane WeggenDepartment Leadership Chairman

Are you an unconscious leader?Everyone – including you – is a leader

whether you know it or not. Several times a week, you exhibit leadership traits without even thinking about it.

What are some of these traits? When-ever you offer suggestions or solutions, give support or encouragement to another, clarify or add information, gather data, es-tablish rules, or summarize, you help move someone or a group forward or toward a goal. Thus, you have demonstrated lead-ership, probably without realizing that you have taken the leadership role in each of these instances. This is the reason leader-ship workshops are for all of you.

Join a number of members who are soar-ing to new heights by taking the challenge to become more knowledgeable about the Auxiliary and its programs while taking the National ALA Leadership Correspondence Course. Some units, like Holmen Unit 284 and New London Unit 263, have accepted the challenge and are working together to learn more about the Auxiliary to become

“Angels in Service” serving veterans, their families, and their communities and strengthening their units.

Remember: recognition will be given to units who have the highest number of mem-bers and/or juniors completing the National ALA Leadership Correspondence Courses, and to units, counties, and districts with the highest percentage of members completing the course. Presidents must complete the course to be eligible for the unit, county, or district award.

Mentorship is very important in member-ship development. Recognition will be given to one Unit Leadership Chairman who best implements the mentoring program within her unit and has the highest percent of mem-ber participation (goal is 50 percent) in the National Leadership Correspondence Course (LCC). One recognition certifi cate will be given for the mentoring of senior members and one for mentoring junior members.

June 2nd is the deadline for taking and submitting the LCC for the unit award with the highest overall percentage of members who have successfully passed. Department can receive credit for all members passing

by June 28. Let’s work together and soar to greater heights.

Holmen hosted a successful leadership workshop in January. Thorp Unit 118 will host a workshop on April 6; District 6 has a session on April 20. Everyone is invited to attend workshops including senior and ju-nior members, Legionnaires, and prospec-tive members. This is a great way to learn about your organization.

Your Leadership Committee will work with you to establish a time for a Leadership workshop or to assist you in learning about the Auxiliary by completing the Leader-ship Correspondence Course. “Working together, we will help you fi nd the leader inside yourself!”

LEADERSHIP TEAM:Chairman Diane Weggen,Thorp Unit 118, District 7,[email protected];

Rose Heinz,Appleton Unit 38, District 9,

[email protected];Germaine Hying,

Muscoda Unit 85, District 3,[email protected]

March 28, 2013 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY “WISCONSIN” PAGE A3

Pictured (left to right): Elizabeth Benn, President of United Wom-en Veterans; Country Singer Ricky Lee; ALA President Diana Sirovina; Ashley Natysin of the Ho-Chunk Nation; Carolyn Mor-gan, Women Veterans Outreach Coordinator of WDVA; and Kathy Wollmer, ALA Homeless Women Veterans Chairman.

American Legion Auxiliary members Ginny Teska (left) and Nancy Fisher (right) of Unit 122 made quilts for the veterans at a local nursing home in Phillips, Wisconsin. Jenny Myers (not pictured) also helped with this caring project.

Event Raises Funds for Auxiliary

Members Make Quilts for Veterans

A Veterans Expo, silent auction and Benefi t Concert were held February 15, 2013 at Ho-Chunk Gaming, Wisconsin Dells. The event was sponsored by Wiscon-sin Department of Veterans Af-fairs (WDVA), United Women Veterans, Ho-Chunk Gaming, and Country Singer Ricky Lee.

The event raised $1,824.40, which was donated to the Amer-ican Legion Auxiliary to sup-port President Diana’s special project: Homeless Women Vet-erans Grant Fund.

The American Legion Auxilia-ry thanks everyone who contrib-uted to the success of this event!

POPPY

HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS Kathy WollmerDepartment ChairmanPh: (262) 377-8613

President Diana’s Special Proj-ect this year, “Homeless Women Veterans Grant Program,” has at-tracted attention from other orga-nizations and groups.

In January, the Waunakee High School students, under the lead-ership of Student Council mem-bers Maddie Murphy and Kelly Morgan, designated the Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary’s Homeless Women Veterans (HWV) Fund to be one of the recipients of their an-nual fundraiser. During their bas-ketball game with DeForest, they raised money by taking donations for a “Hoops for Troops” shoot-off at half time and continued fund-raising for a second night during a school dance. Their efforts raised $1,200 for the HWV Fund!

The American Legion Aux-iliary thanks the students of Waunakee High School and As-

Laura CalteuxDepartment Poppy ChairmanPh: (414) 379-2943

Spring is here (supposedly) and that means Poppy Days! Getting your Legion Family involved in the distribution of poppies is a great way of working together to promote the poppy and member-ship. Ask your juniors and SAL to distribute with the Auxiliary – and don’t forget the Legionnaires in your post! Having the entire Le-gion family participate will make for a great poppy drive this year.

Wreaths, centerpieces, hats, jewelry, anything you can think of! The Poppy Usage Contest is still in progress so get your imagi-nations in gear and send me those 8 x 10 pictures of your creations. Raising money for the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival is one way to promote the poppy us-age contest. The unit that raises

sistant Principal Tim Momnartf for highlighting the needs of women veterans and helping them move forward to a safer and more secure life through our grant program.

In February, the Homeless Women Veterans Grant Program was the recipient of all donations received at the Veterans Expo and Ricky Lee Benefi t Concert at Ho-Chunk Casino, Baraboo. Carolyn Morgan, Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Women Veterans Outreach Co-ordinator, sponsored a Veterans Benefi t Expo where more than 120 veterans visited with VA ben-efi t specialists and learned about other available resources.

United Women Veterans spon-sored a silent auction during the day with many wonderful dona-tions received and auctioned. Country Singer Ricky Lee spent the day donating his time and talents by visiting with veterans,

the most money for the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival through the poppy usage contest will receive a citation at Depart-ment Convention. Send your donation to Department using the Poppy Usage Contest form. The form is available on the depart-ment website. I need to receive all entries by May 15th. I can’t wait to see the imaginative ways you use your poppies!

Don’t forget our Poppy Princess and Poppy Poster contests. Get the juniors and school children in your area involved in promoting the poppy. The rules for the con-tests are on the department web-site. Please be sure that all rules are followed, we don’t want any of our contestants to lose out be-cause of a small infraction of the rules. Poppy posters need to be sent to me by May 15th and the Poppy Princess scrapbooks need

singing the Star Spangled Ban-ner during the opening ceremo-ny, and performing a lively en-tertaining concert in the evening. If you missed hearing his song, “She’s An American Soldier,” please listen through his website www.rickyleemusic.com.

A huge THANK YOU goes to the Ho-Chunk Nation for donat-ing space at the Casino, to An-drew Blackhawk Post 129 and drummers for their participation in the opening ceremony and fl ag procession, to Wisconsin Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs, United Women Veterans, and Ricky Lee Music. A special thank you is extended to all who attended, do-nated, volunteered and spent the day with us. At the end of the day, the American Legion Auxiliary added another $1,824.40 to the Homeless Women Veterans Grant Fund – the result of people and or-ganizations “Working Together” for the benefi t of veterans!

to be sent to me by May 1st.Promoting the poppy has never

been easier. You can get all of the promotional materials that you need from department. We have a great Poppy Promotional Kit for just $5.00 each. The kit includes brochures, rack cards, bookmarks and information on our poppy program to help you promote this great Auxiliary program. Use this additional material to make your poppy program the best ever.

Make sure that you keep track of your activities and write that narrative report telling me every-thing you’ve done to promote the poppy and the Poppy Program. If you report on other programs also, please make sure you use separate sheets. Narrative reports are due at Department by May 1st.

Have fun with everything that you do for our veterans and their families!

VETERAN AFFAIRS & REHABILITATIONVirginia KodlVA&R Department ChairmanPh: (715) 669-5432 Email: [email protected]

Veterans Affairs and Reha-bilitation (VA&R) is one of the most important programs of the American Legion Auxiliary – by aiding and assisting our veterans, our heroes, in their recovery. Not only do we take care of them in our hospitals but we help them in their quest to live a better life by supporting the Creative Arts. The performing arts and visual arts are amazing. We have a lot of talented veterans, both men and women, who are fi nding ways to get past some of the hor-rors of war. Helping at Veterans Job Fairs and Career Days is an-other way to support our veterans

as they strive to succeed on the road to recovery. Also be sure to take care of veterans within your own communities. Sometimes we forget that they and their care tak-ers need our support just like the support we give to our hospitals.

Another Auxiliary year is com-ing to an end. I will be looking for reports from all of you. Please be sure to send in your narrative reports along with pictures and newspaper clippings also. Let’s make sure that Wisconsin will shine again this year. What a privilege it was to be at the 2012 National Convention and have Eau Claire Unit 53 receive one of the fi ve Presidential Awards! Wisconsin also received the Central Division Award and we would not have been able to do

that without hearing from all of you. Remember, what you do is very important, especially to all of our veterans.

The hospital tours are com-pleted. It is amazing the changes that have been done in each of them to improve the care that is given to our veterans – both male and female.

I attended the dedication of the new Veterans Home in Chippe-wa Falls and they are reviewing the applications and selecting the veterans who will be moving in. What a beautiful home!! If you get the chance, stop by and take a tour. The Auxiliary is working through the process to appoint a Hospital Representative to work with voluntary services at this new facility.

If not cashed within 90 days, the check will be voided without any notifi cation sent to you. If it’s after 90 days call our offi ce. We are open Monday-Friday 8:00am–4:30pm. Phone: 608-745-0124.

February 2013 Calendar Fundraiser

1 15.00 03015 Dennis O’Connor Escondido CA2 15.00 37562 Patricia Sumstad Colfax3 25.00 33060 Briana Vanden Langenberg Seymour4 15.00 31779 Viola Dost Hawkins5 15.00 41393 Ilene Zastrow La Crosse6 15.00 09333 Toni Boettcher Adams7 15.00 46201 Ellen Cerney Merrill8 15.00 12864 Joan Gabrish Milwaukee9 15.00 11636 LaVone Havlik Janesville10 25.00 38445 Mary Beversdorf Wittenberg11 15.00 09836 Linda Hughes Cambria12 15.00 06624 Thomas Chadek Racine13 15.00 27171 Del & Julia Flitsch Gays Mills14 500.00 40817 Beverly Thienes Onalaska15 15.00 14688 Ron Gerhard New Berlin16 15.00 09614 Mary Radke West Baraboo17 25.00 21281 Betty Clement West Bend18 15.00 16393 Kristin Wicke Cambridge19 15.00 10780 Marge Nachreiner Sauk City20 15.00 17089 Ann Zimmer Milwaukee21 15.00 35353 Arlene Capra Cumberland22 15.00 01639 Virginia Kemper Wauwatosa23 15.00 28239 Sharon Rocco Kenosha24 25.00 27930 Mary Koontz Eau Claire25 15.00 26538 Kelley Schanen Grafton26 15.00 01300 Andrea Heger Cudahy27 15.00 32609 Dale Buschmann Sturgeon Bay28 15.00 08194 Marilou Nemitz Lancaster

945.00

If not cashed within 60 days, check will be voided without any notification sent to you.After 60 days, call our office at 608-745-0124. We are open Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm.

CALENDAR FUNDRAISERFEBRUARY 2013 WINNERS

PAGE A4 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY “WISCONSIN” March 28, 2013

Pictured (left to right): Kelly Moran, Presi-dent Diana Sirovina and Maddie Murphy

Pictured (left to right): Ann Kaczkowski, Linda Wieck, and Kathy Halloran.

Waunakee High School Supports Veterans

Unit 243 PresentsDeployment Gift Bags

2013 BADGER GIRLS STATE ORIENTATION SCHEDULE

Kelly Moran and Maddie Murphy of Waunakee High School organized two fundraising events in January to support President Diana Sirovina’s special project, “Homeless Women Veterans Grant Fund.”

They raised money during the boys’ basketball game against DeForest High School through the “Miracle Minute” and “Hoops for Troops” challenges and raised additional funds during the school’s Win-ter Formal.

Kelly, Maddie and the Student Council of Waunakee High School raised $1,200 to support homeless women veterans! We thank them for their dedication and com-mitment.

On December 1, 2012 members of Ladewig-Zinkgraf Unit 243 in Plymouth participated in the sendoff of 121st Bat-tery B National Guard deployment to Af-ghanistan.

The Unit assembled gift bags for 79 families that included small gifts, snack food, and gift certificates to show that the American Legion Auxiliary cares about them and appreciates their sacrifice. Lo-cal companies contributed to the project.

Thank YouI want to thank everyone for the

birthday wishes. I was looking forward to turning 60, but was not ready for the number of wishes I received as they were overwhelming. You are all awesome!

There isn’t an organization out there that has members who would take the time to acknowledge an employee like this great organization did – and I am humbled by this gesture.

Linda “Peachy” CasonDepartment Bookkeeper

2013 DISTRICT SPRING CONFERENCES

2013 DISTRICT SPRING CONFERENCES

Dist Date Location Registration Time/Fee

Luncheon Cost

Make check Payable to:

Send check to: Contact Person Dead- line

#1 4/20/2013 Twin Lakes Unit 544

989 Legion Dr., Twin Lakes

Registration: 8-9 am/

Conference: 9:00 am

Fee: $15.00

Included in

Registration ALA Unit 544

Emma Chism

1189 Medinah Way Twin Lakes WI 53181

Emma Chism

Ph: 262-877-9498 4/10/13

#2 4/27/2013 American Legion Post 67

129 S Main, Lake Mills

Registration: 8-8:55 am

Fee: $1.00 $12.00

Dorothy Wineke,

ALA Jefferson

County President

Dorothy Wineke

109 Franklin Street

Lake Mills, WI 53551

Dorothy Wineke

Ph: 920-648-2883 4/15/13

#3 4/20/2013 Darlington Post 214

1400 Keep St., Darlington

Registration: 8-9 am

Fee: $1.00 $10.00 Unit 214

Cindy Corley 11740 Center Hill Rd

Darlington, WI 53530

Cindy Corley

Ph: 608-776-4229 4/5/13


6351 W. Grange, Greendale

Reg.: 9:30-10 am

Fee: $2.00 $15.00 ALA 4th District

Bonnie Jakubczyk

7441 S. Logan Ave

Oak Creek, WI 53154

Bonnie Jakubczyk

Ph: 414-764-6752 Email: [email protected]

4/26/13

#5 No District Conference

#6 4/20/2013 Briggsville Legion Hall

W8539 State Rd., Hwy 23

Reg.: 9-10:15am

Fee: .50¢ $9.50 ALA Unit 329

Sue Bailey

152 Grouse Court

Briggsville, WI 53920

Sue Bailey

Ph: 608-981-2226 4/10/13


1116 Angelo Rd., Sparta


Fee: $2.00 $8.00 ALA Unit 100

Gail Raddatz

PO Box 704

Sparta, WI 54656

Gail Raddatz

Ph: 608-487-0654 3/16/13

#8 4/13/2013 Wisc. Veterans Home – King


$17.00 includes Lunch

Reg/Lunch = $22 at

door ALA Unit 161

Penny Joren

N1894 County Road K

Waupaca, WI 54981

Penny Joren

Ph: 715-281-4578 4/1/13

#9 5/11/2013 Kimberly Community Center

515 W Kimberly Ave. Registration: 8-8:45 am

Fee: $1.00 $10.00 ALA Unit 60

Nancy Angell 401 W Henry St

Kaukauna,WI 54130

Shirley Hopfensberger Ph: 920-687-9313

[email protected]

4/30/13

#10 4/20/2013 St. Bridget’s Church

211 E. Division St., River Falls Registration: 8-9 am

Fee: $2.00 $7.00

ALA Unit 121

Jeanne Williams

552 Fairhome Rd

Roberts, WI 54023

Jeanne Williams

Ph: 612-532-7248

Email: [email protected]

4/10/13

#11 4/20/2013 Lac du Flambeau Casino Registration: 8:30 am

Fee: $3.00 $12.00 n/a Pay at registration

Barb Johnson

Ph: 715-292-9835

[email protected]

n/a


108 N. Oak St., Grantsburg Conference: 9 am

Current as of 3/19/13

DIST DATE LOCATION REGISTRATION LUNCHEON MAKE CHECK SEND CHECK CONTACT DEAD TIME/FEE COST PAYABLE TO TO PERSON LINE

CURRENT AS OF 3/19/13

*County conducts a joint Badger Girls & Badger Boys Orientation This is a partial list. If you do not see your county listed, check www.badgergirlsstate.org for session updates.

5th District Members are invited to attend the 4th District Spring Conference

current as of 3/22/2013

2013 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY BADGER GIRLS STATE ORIENTATION SCHEDULE

Counties with an asterisk (*) conduct a joint Badger Girls & Badger Boys Orientation.

This is a partial list. Additional Counties will be posted to www.badgergirlsstate.org/2013 Orientation tab as information becomes

available.

County Date Time Location Local Contact(s) Presenter(s)

*Barron 5/19/2013 1:00 pm Rice Lake Veteran’s Center

1404 Macauley Avenue Carol Johnson: 715-458-4566 BGS: Gayle Janson: 715-463-5723

BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Brown,Door-Kewaunee 5/13/2013 7:00 pm AL Post 11 Clubhouse

1708 N. Irwin St., Green Bay Berne Baer: 920-494-4404 BGS: Berne Baer: 920-494-4404

BBS: John Cumicek: 920-676-9597

*Burnett, Bayfield, Douglas & Washburn 4/14/2013 1:00 pm

Grantsburg Legion Post 185 108 N Oak St. Gayle Janson: 715-463-5723

BGS: Gayle Janson: 715-463-5723 BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Calumet & Manitowoc 4/24/2013 7:00 pm Brillion HS

W1101 Cty Rd HR

Jeannine Conradt: 920-986-3800

BBS: John Giese: 920-756-2024

BGS: Jeannine Conradt: 920-986-3800

BBS: Russ Hanseter: 920-833-2469

*Chippewa 5/5/2013 1:00 pm American Legion Hall

135 Clark St., Boyd Teresa Isensee: 715-667-3528 BGS: Teresa Isensee: 715-667-3528

BBS: Fred Berns: 715-538-4304

*Clark 5/5/2013 3:00 pm American Legion Hall

108 S Main St. Greenwood Nancy Hanson:715-267-6785 BGS: Virginia Kodl:715-669-5432

BBS: Ted Duckworth: 608-547-9994

*Columbia 5/4/2013 9:00 am Portage HS

301 E. Collins, Rm 143 BBS/BGS: Norm Bednarek: 608-617-9839 BGS: Carol Sidwell: 608-296-4090

BBS: Norm Bednarek: 608-617-9839

Crawford & Richland 5/19/2013 5:00 pm American Legion Post

217 Orin St., Gays Mills Sharon Zales: 608-649-4468 BGS: Sharon Zales: 608-649-4468

*Dane 5/20/2013 7:00 pm WPS Nordby Bldg

1707 W. Broadway, Madison Mary Curran: 608-873-9463 BGS: Mary Curran: 608-873-9463

BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Dunn/Eau Claire 5/6/2013 7:00 pm American Legion Hall

634 Water St., Eau Claire Joan Chwala: 715-668-5661 BGS: Joan Chwala: 715-668-5661

BBS: Fred Berns: 715-583-4303

*Fond du Lac 5/13/2013 7:00 pm American Legion Post #43

133 E Fond du Lac St., Ripon Sandra Smet: 920-923-6085 BGS: Betty Stone: 608-738-9542

BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Grant & Iowa 5/19/2013 1:00 pm Fennimore Community Bldg

860 Lincoln Avenue Rita Eversoll: 608-348-4126 BGS: Dee Woolf: 608-348-7403


*Green 5/6/2013 7:00 pm Brodhead Library

1207 25th Street, Brodhead

Carol Clark: 608-325-5906 Janet Thompson: 608-325-6568

BGS: Dee Woolf: 608-348-7403 BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Green Lake & Marquette 4/17/2013 7:00 pm Green Lake Post 306

518 Water Street Nancy Barke: 920-294-6097 BGS: Berne Baer: 920-680-0308


*Jefferson 5/5/2013 1:00 pm AL Post 67

129 S. Main St., Lake Mills Beatrice Rothschadl BGS: Heidi Bremer: 920-904-1448

BBS:

*Juneau 6/4/2013 7:00 pm New Lisbon Post #110

110 Welch Prairie Rd

Nancy Zobal: 608-853-0635 or

Rose Clark: 608-847-4450

BGS: Liz Staff: 608-781-6888


*Kenosha 5/15/2013 6:30 pm American Legion Post 21

504 58th Street, Kenosha Colleen Cramlet: 262-818-6041

BGS: Joyce Bouhl: 262-248-4533

BBS: Bob Kaczmarek: 262-552-7777

*La Crosse, Monroe & Vernon 4/1/2013 7:00 pm

American Legion Hall 148 S. Leonard St., West Salem Liz Staff: 608-781-6888

BGS: Liz Staff: 608-781-6888 BBS: Fred Berns: 715-538-4304

*Lafayette 5/8/2013 7:00 pm Darlington Legion Post 214

1400 Keep Street Cynthia Corley: 608-776-4229 BGS: Dee Woolf: 608-348-7403 BBS: Jim Hying: 608-739-3367

County Date Time Location Local Contact(s) Presenter(s)

*Marathon & Lincoln 5/19/2013 6:30 pm

American Legion Post 10

1001 Golf Course Rd., Wausau Eunice Baumann: 715-842-2442

BGS: Diane Kranig: 715-341-4935

BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Marinette & Florence 5/6/2013 7:00 pm

Wausaukee HS

N11941 State Hwy 141 Loretta Shellman: 920-846-27001

BGS: Loretta Shellman: 920-846-2701

BBS: Butch Van Rossum: 920-360-1974

Milwaukee 5/14/2013 7:00 pm


2860 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Bonnie Jakubczyk: 414-764-6752

BGS: Bonnie Jakubczyk: 414-764-6752

& Laura Calteux: 414-379-2943

*Oconto 5/5/2013 2:00 pm

Oconto Falls Library

210 N. Farm Rd. Loretta Shellman: 920-846-2701

BGS: Loretta Shellman: 920-846-2701

BBS: Butch Van Rossum: 920-360-1974

*Oneida, Vilas,

Forest & Langlade 5/14/2013 10:00 am

Three Lakes HS

6930 W School St., Three Lakes

BGS: Kay Arndt: 715-453-1613

BBS:

*Outagamie 4/18/2013 7:00 pm

Appleton North HS 5000 N. Ballard Road Rose Heinz: 920-734-7570

BGS: Jeannine Conradt: 920-986-3800 BBS: Russ Hanseter: 920-833-2469

*Ozaukee 5/14/2013

BGS 7:00 pm BBS 8:00 pm

AL Post 82 435 N Lake Dr., Pt. Washington

BGS: Shirley Krier: 262-377-5026 BBS: Jim Lee: 262-377-1414

BGS: Shirley Krier: 262-377-5026 BGS: Al Richards: 262-377-6725

Pierce 4/17/2013 7:00 pm

American Legion Hall 139 S Oak, Ellsworth Connie Berning: 715-246-5038 BGS: Connie Berning: 715-246-5038

Polk 5/1/2013 7:00 pm

Old Polk Cty Courthouse (2

nd floor -East conf. room)

100 Polk Cty Plaza, Balsam Lake Connie Berning: 715-246-5038 BGS: Connie Berning: 715-246-5038

*Portage & Wood 5/7/2013 7:00 pm

Portage County Library, Pinery Rm, Stevens Point Diane Kranig: 715-341-4935

BGS: Diane Kranig: 715-341-4935 BBS:

*Price, Taylor, Ashland & Iron 5/4/2013 10:00 am

Phillips Public Library 268 Cherry St., Phillips Vivian Dusek: 715-339-6062

BGS: Virginia Kodl: 715-669-5432 BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

Racine 5/7/2013 7:00 pm

Union Grove Legion Hall 1027 New St. BGS: Marcie Perez: 262-308-8705 BGS: Joyce Bouhl: 262-248-4533

Rock 6/1/2013 2:00 pm

Unit 48 236 St. Lawrence Ave., Beloit Jennifer Shea: 608-362-4920

Saint Croix 4/24/2013 7:00 pm

Somerset Legion Hall 464 Hwy 35/64 Connie Berning: 715-246-5038 BGS: Connie Berning: 715-246-5038

*Sauk 6/3/2013 7:00 pm

Sauk Prairie HS Rm 14 105 9

th St., Prairie du Sac Mary Walz: 608-643-5921

BGS: Mary Walz: 608-643-5921 BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Shawano & Menomonee 5/8/2013 7:00 pm

Wittenberg Community Center 208 W Vinal St. Mary Beversdorf: 715-253-2908

BGS: Jeannine Conradt: 920-986-3800 BBS: Bill Cosh: 608-770-1282

*Trempealeau, Buffalo-Pepin & Jackson 4/17/2013 7:00 pm

Trempealeau Cty Courthouse 36245 Main St., #4, Whitehall BBS: Fred Berns: 715-538-4304

BGS: Liz Staff: 608-781-6888 BBS: Fred Berns: 715-538-4304

Walworth 5/5/2013 1:00 pm

American Legion Post 24 735 Henry St., Lake Geneva Joyce Bouhl: 262-248-4533 BGS: Joyce Bouhl: 262-248-4533

*Washington 5/13/2013 7:00 pm

Allenton Legion Clubhouse 419 Railroad St (Cty Hwy W) Mary Montag: 262-355-6467

BGS: Heidi Bremer:920-904-1448 BBS:

*Waupaca 5/2/2013 7:00 pm

New London Clubhouse 840 E North Water St Marla Knuettel: 920-359-1629

BGS: Jeannine Conradt: 920-986-3800 BBS: Russ Hanseter: 920-833-2469

*Waukesha 5/6/2013 7:00 pm


Main Street, Menomonee Falls Kitty Larkin: 262-649-3399

BGS: Kitty Larkin: 262-649-3399

BBS:

*Waushara 5/1/2013 7:00 pm

Wautoma HS

566 Cambridge (Hwy 21/22) BGS: Cathy Kaminski: 715-249-5263

BGS: Diane Kranig: 715-341-4935

BBS:Ted Duckworth: 608-547-9994

COUNTY DATE TIME LOCATION LOCAL CONTACT(S) PRESENTER(S)

Documents

March 2013 Edition of the Wisconsin