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Joint Leadership Training -
​May 14 & May 15

Leadership Training information to be held 5/14/21 - 5/15/21 at the Elegante Hotel with dinner Friday night being held at Post 209. 
 
If you plan to attend, please complete the registration and mail along with a check made out to the American Legion Department of Colorado for $35.  You may also pay with a credit card.  If you wish to pay cash, you must bring it into the department office directly.   The price includes all conference materials, lunch and dinner for the 15th.  Dinner on the 14th to be held at Post 209 will be an additional $10 which you will pay that night at the post.    

You will be responsible for making your own hotel reservation. 

It will be a long day on Saturday and if you wish to stay an additional night the price is the same as Friday ($89. plus tax).  Please see below.  Download room info and space reservation for the leadership training.
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Leadership Training Reservations and Info
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Pay Your Dues Online

Paying your dues just got easier.  Forget writing the check, remembering to drop it off or mail it.  Go online and directly pay your dues.  How Exciting!! 
 
Go to: legion-aux.org
 
Log On: (If you have not yet set up your log on you can do so now, just need your membership number off your ID Card). Type right corner of your screen.
 
On the top right column, you will see PAY Dues. 
 
Fill in your information and CC number and you are paid for the YEAR!!!

Call National and Pay for your Junior members!!!
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2020-2021 UPDATES DEPARTMENT DUES
Senior Dues:
National Per Capita                             $12.00
Department Per Capita                        $18.00
                                                            $30.00
Junior Dues:
 National Per Capita                              $1.25
Junior Fund                                           $1.25
 Department Per Capita                        $4.50
                                                              $7.00
Department Assessments:
 Education:                  $ 0.75 per Senior/Junior Member
 One Dept. Convention Delegate Per Unit Assessment        $12.00
National Assessments: Bond:                                    $5.50 per Unit
All Unit Assessments must be paid to the Department by January 31st.
 
January 2021 Poppies 
Cost is $20.00 per 100 or $200.00 per 1000 (purchase quantities in multiples of 100)  See Poppy Chairs page for details.

Department Membership Target Dates 
75% RRR achievement: 75% of target goal by Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11, 2020)
90% RRR achievement: 90% of target goal by Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14, 2021)
100% RRR achievement: 100% of our numerical goal by July 4, 2021.
 
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY DEPARTMENT OF COLORADO DUE DATES:
10/30/2020    Donations due for VA facility gifts for distribution at Christmas
11/11/2020    Renew/Rejoin target one 75% (Veterans Day)
11/15/2020    990 Postcard if your units close of books is 6/30
12/15/2020    Mid-Year narrative reports due to Department Committee Chairmen 
12/31/2020    Order Poppies from Department
01/02/2021    Committee Chair mid-year narrative reports due to Northwest Division Chairs
01/31/2021    Unit Assessments due to Department
02/14/2021    Renew/Rejoin target two 90% (Valentine’s Day)
03/15/2021    Unit Dues Rate Report Form (Indicating Unit Dues Rates for the coming year and the person receiving membership dues.) Please file even if there are no changes.
4/15/2021      Year End Impact Report Form 2020-2021 and narratives due to the Department Chairmen. 
5/21/2021      Department Chair narrative reports due to Northwest Division Chair and National Chair
5/15/2021      990 Postcard if your unit’s close of books is 12/30
5/21/2021      Close of Department Books for assessing delegate strength at Department Convention
5/31/2021      Unit Officers List due to department
6/11/2021      All convention delegate registrations and payment due to department
7/24/2021      Renew/Rejoin target three 95% (National Close of Books for delegate strength at National Convention)
 

NEW DEPARTMENT EMAIL ADDRESS: 
dept.sec.alacolorado@gmail.com
Presidents Theme:
     Celebrating a Century of Sisterhood

Presidents Project:
     Creative Arts

In The Spirit of Service not Self, 
For Veterans, God and Country

American Legion Auxiliary
National Website:
www.alaforveterans.org
Visit the Service to Veterans page for updated lists of needs at veteran's facilities around the state.

TEAM Work!!

Conoravirus Information

Counties throughout Colorado have public health websites, I urge our members to log on to their individual counties for up to date information.
General Facts for Coloradans:  https://covid19.colorado.gov/

General Facts and local Resources for Pueblo County (including test guidelines):  https://county.pueblo.org/public-health/covid-19


Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Coronavirus page: symptoms, community resources, US case tracker,  latest updates: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

World Health Organization (WHO) Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Flattening A Pandemic's Curve: Why Staying Home Now Can Save Lives: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

Blessings, Tracy Trujillo American Legion Auxiliary Department of Colorado 2019-2020 President
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