Mary Steinbach
Local 2016-2017 President and
State 20196-2017 President

Mary Steinbach 319-230-9318 or mjonlyu@mchsi.com

10 members of the Ladies Auxiliary traveled to Iowa City to tour the Ronald McDonald House. Barbara Werning-Dee, executive director, guided us through the house, explaining what they do for the families of children being treated at the Iowa City Children’s Hospital. Barbara talked about how and why they started, their partnership with the hospital, and the continued growth, needs, and how they rely on volunteers and the generosity of donations. During our visit we also donated 10 teddy bears that will be used to bring comfort to children admitted to the hospital.

Local Ladies donating bears and touring Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City

*Important dates to remember:  Grand opening ceremony for the WAVP on October 8th at 11am, Membership dinner with be October 19th. If you would like to prepay your dues, you may send $20.00 to Jean Lanske 416 4th St. SW Waverly, Iowa 50677. Saturday Oct. 22 at Cedar Falls Post 49 there will be a recognition dinner for Dept. Sons of AMVETS Commander George Cummings and Dept. AMVETS Riders President Natalie Cummings. Social will start at 5:00 and dinner at 6:00. If you would like more information on this event, please call me. SEC meeting will be Sunday the 23th at the Cedar Falls post, with joint session starting at 9:00.

*Our service reports will be due by October 15th. If you have any volunteer hours, articles you have donated, or cash donations to various projects, please make sure you get that to one of our officers so we can record it and turn it in to the AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Dept. of Iowa.

Ladies working Food Nights

*We have a wonderful group of ladies working together on our monthly food nights. Throughout the year, money raised from them give us the opportunity to donate to various project, included our recent purchase of the bears for Ronald McDonald House. We also support: John Tracy Clinics, St. Jude’s Hospital, Paws with a Cause, our local, state, and National scholarship funds. (Just to name a few) To learn more I encourage you to attend our monthly meetings.

Mark you calendars for the next trip to IVH and our Membership Dinner.

We waited together, now let’s work together.