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Junior Activities
Lisa Williamson 2011-2012 National Junior Activities Chairman williamson@gci.net (907) 388-3264
Objective #1
To encourage participation in service projects that serve our military, veterans and their families.
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Junior Activities Lisa Williamson 2011-2012 National Junior - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Junior Activities Lisa Williamson 2011-2012 National Junior - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Junior Activities Lisa Williamson 2011-2012 National Junior Activities Chairman williamson@gci.net (907) 388-3264 1 Objective #1 To encourage participation in service projects that serve our military, veterans and their families.
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Action Steps
- Adopt-A-Soldier
- Adopt-A-Child of deployed servicemember
- Care packages
- Veterans/VA Christmas Gift Shops
- National Veterans Creative Arts Festival
- Operation: Military Kids
- Pocket Flag Project
- VA&R Volunteen – Field Services, Home Services
- Babysit for deployed soldier’s spouses
- Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project
- Volunteer at a Fisher House
- Much, much more
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Objective #2
To promote the National President’s Scholarship by raising awareness of the eligibility, rules and application process in schools, communities and on military bases.
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Action Steps
- Post information about the National President’s
Scholarship on your social networking sites and/
- r Department website.
- Distribute scholarship information to your local
high school counselors and/or school districts, youth organizations and churches.
- Promote the scholarship to your friends and
family members and get them to tell five of their friends or family members.
- Communicate!
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Objective #3
To empower our Junior members by seeking their assistance to increase the use of technology (such as e-mail, Internet, Facebook, etc.) in promoting Auxiliary programs.
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Action Steps
- Have Junior members teach Unit and
Department leaders the basics of e-mail and Internet.
- Junior members help create and educate Unit
and Department leaders about social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.
- Have Junior members work with Unit and
Department leaders to create and maintain ALA websites.
- Teach and actively ALWAYS practice Internet
safety
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Resources
- Plan of Action
- Junior Activities Handbook
- Junior Leadership Course
- Junior Patch Program
- Junior Activities Chairman Guide
- Junior Activities Brochure
- And so much more
- All available at www.ALAforVeterans.org!
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