ATTENTION ALL JUNIORS!!!

This is your chance to serve as an officer for the 2010-2011 year with the Department of Utah Juniors!!!Also your chance to serve your veterans and give back this holiday season!!!

When December 5, 2010 @ Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah
                              
9:00 a.m. Building 8- Help to set up Gift Shop
                             
10:00 am Building 8- Junior Meeting to elect Department Officers, learn more about field service and make favors for the Veterans Home. The Western Division Vice President will be joining us for our meeting and installing our officers

12:00 pm (noon) Meet in the Hospital Lobby- Visiting Veterans to give them information about Gift Shop, a light lunch will be served.

For information please contact  jamie_daybell@yahoo.com  or call her at 801-664-3229

Junior Patch Program 2010-2011

We are attaching a link for the junior patch book at national, so you can print one and use it.
A couple thing to remember about the patch program is:
1. Please send your completed form to your Department Junior Activities Chairman
2. Patches will be mailed directly to your Department Junior Activities Chairman
3. You do not have to have an active unit to do the patch program

www.legion-aux.org

look up juniors, then patch program, and start working

Junior Chairman- Jamie Daybell Topham

Jamie Lynn Daybell Topham and I am serving as the Department of Utah Junior Co-Chair.  I recently married Cliff Topham and am living in West Jordan.  I work full time as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Valley Mental Health.  I am a member of the Spanish Fork Unit #68 and have been a member of the Auxiliary for over 20 years.  I have served as Honorary Junior Department President for Utah attending many National Conventions and have served in all of the Department Junior offices.  I have served on Utah Girls State staff and have worked with the Junior Members.  I am excited to be working with the Juniors this year and looking forward to activating and retaining membership and communicating opportunities for the junior members.

 

This year we have four focuses:

1. Service to military families

2. Scholarship opportunities

3. Utilizing technology

4. Activating and retaining Junior Members

 

For the activities for our first objective:

 

To start off, we will be having an organizational meeting on December 5, 2010 at the VA hospital in Salt Lake.  The meeting will start at 10am, followed by helping set up for Gift Shop, visiting the patients and passing out information for Gift Shop, and a light lunch.  Please work with your units and bring items to donate for Gift Shop.  Suggested items are toys and flannel pajama bottoms for adults as well as children.

 

In the spring we would like to encourage Junior members to complete a service project for military families such as spring clean ups, etc. 

 

For the second objective:

 

There will also be a number of opportunities for scholarships that will be offered.  Check back on the blog for more information regarding the requirements and deadlines for these scholarships.

 

For the third objective:

 

We would like to announce our new blog for the Utah Juniors at http://alautahjuniors.blogspot.com.  This will be a great place for junior members to look to find out important information including scholarships, upcoming events, and other opportunities. 

 

I would also like to collect e-mails from all of the junior members so that information can also be sent to you this way and that I have a contact for junior members and vice versa. 

 

For the fourth objective:

 

We would like to encourage active participation in the Junior Auxiliary and get the word out to all Junior members.  Remember, you do not have to attend all of the activities to participate.  Any participation is better than none!  I guarantee that you will make lifelong friends and skills to assist you in your future development and goals.

 

Finally, we will be offering the patch program.  This is an opportunity to increase your knowledge of patriotism, citizenship, leadership, health, and fitness.  You can be involved as a group or an individual.  Every two months a new patch will be focused on following the American Legion Auxiliary programs.

 

Feel free to contact me at jamie_daybell@yahoo.com with any questions or ideas.

 

Just a reminder to make sure your membership dues are paid!   

 

We have an exciting year ahead of us and I look forward to working with the Junior Members.

 

Jamie Topham

Utah Department Junior Co-Chair

We Are Trying Something NEW!! So Help us OUT!!!

First off we would like to say thank you for visiting our new blog for the Department of Utah American Legion Auxiliary Juniors. We are getting into the world of blogging and hoping each of you will join us. Here is how it is going to work. We will be updating the blog as often as possible and we would love for you to leave us nice and helpful comments if you see fit. Please no negative or rude comments that does not help us in getting things working again for the juniors in our great state.
The first few posts will be helpful information that you will  need in getting your year started and helpful information about the ladies who will be helping you along the way as well as those who have been junior members before, as they share ideas on what your unit can do and what you can do if you have an inactive unit.