Putting In Your "Whole Heart"

Bonnie Drake

National Youth Activities Director

Wow, it’s hard to believe we are already in the month of February, and before we know it the 2012/2013 term will be coming to an end.

Remember our lovely National President Leanne Lemley’s theme “Serving from the Heart for our Veterans." We know it is our Veterans that keep us going!

Putting in your Whole Heart is an important ingredient to success!

At National Midyear, each of the Directors were asked to add an ingredient to make all the programs a success. My ingredient is a “WHOLE HEART” because once this is added there will be no doubt our Programs will be successful. Remember if something is done "half heartedly" that’s what you will get…."half" the results you really want to see.  If you put your whole heart into any thing, it definitely shows, no matter what it is! Let’s not skimp on this ingredient, because if you do, we won’t see the results we want to.

Like the National President appoints Directors, each Department President appoints a Chairman for each Program, who then writes up their program and a year end report that, although it is for that Department, should mirror the National Program and Year End Report. Review your Department Year End Report and the National Book Year End Report to see that you can report participation to National. This way when all the reports come in you can gather the totals easier. Even before this point in the year you should have been in touch with your Districts/Ladies Auxiliaries and seen to it they are all participating; if not, you need to go back from here and get them all moving. Don’t wait until the last minute!

Don't wait until the last minute!

Remember, if you have a year end report with Ladies Auxiliary Post name and number showing and nothing else or everything is marked “no” this does not mean you are 100% reporting. They have to participate to count!  Remember the deadlines! Don’t wait to the last minute.   


It is your responsibility to see that every Ladies Auxiliary did something and that they report. Trust me, it is work, but when you put your “whole heart” into it, you will meet the challenge of 90% reporting or go above and be 100%.

There is no turning back ladies - we accepted the challenge, now lets show those who put their faith in us to do the job, that we can do it!  THANK YOU for all you are doing for this organization.  It has been my extreme pleasure to get to know so many of you and the information I get is amazing. It will be tough to choose winners! Keep up the great work.