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November 2026 Newsletter
Hello,
I hope everybody is doing well. I want to thank everybody for what you do. If it wasn’t for the hard work you do, we would not exist. Keep up the good work.
The Raft Raffle went well and we sold 3,500 tickets. This will help ALA Girl State with the $13,380.00 raised. And I am pleased to announce Charlotte Marshall the winner. She is also Gwen Marshall's mom; so big congrats.
The holidays are right around the corner. Which means the VA hospitals' Christmas stores will be up and running the first weekend in December. They can all use your help either with donations or your help in the stores. Even though they all need help, Miles City & Columbia Falls could use a little extra help. Please reach out to the people in charge to see where you can do the most help.
Fort Harrison: Kim K 701-260-2833
Miles City: Esther Helmila – magicsgal@hotmail.com
Columbia Falls: Rosemary & Jill Rosenberry – jillrosenberry28ala@gmail.com or rosemarye28@live.com
Butte: Joanne Piazzoli: 406-782-0761
Veterans Day is right around the corner. This is a day to honor our vets. I know a lot of units do a variety of things, which is great. Please document what you do with pictures and write down all that you do that day. And please send your pictures and letter to Candice Gehring at mtala.candice@gmail.com she will put them on our website, so we can all see the good things that are going on in each unit.
Let’s celebrate by showing all of us on the website the great things you do. If you want to see all the good things in other units go to montanaauxiliary.com .
You can also get updated forms with the correct address.
PEOPLE - STOP SENDING YOUR MAIL TO GLASGOW. I have sent out new forms with the correct address, please use them and ALL MAIL COMES TO: ALA PO Box 112 Livingston, MT 59047. It is your responsibility to get these new forms to the proper people that are doing the job. So, they do their job correctly, throw away all the old forms with the old address and use the new form with the correct address. Thank you.
I have changed my mission from Grace to Haven to The Honor Flight for Women. I strongly believe they should be honored for their service and everything they went through and be able to go to Washington DC. I would like to be able to send at least two if not more on this flight. I have a fundraiser in place that will be drawn at the State Convention in June. We will be giving away money, and you do not need to present to win.
1st prize $500 - 2nd $250 – 3rd $150 – 4th $100
This will be a 50/50 split between The Honor Flight for Women and ALA Girl State.
Please print out the attached raffle tickets and start selling. Please send the money and tickets to me at Jackie Gangstad PO Box 112 Livingston MT 59047.
Every unit should be selling tickets. Let’s help two women go to DC and help ALA Girl State. And make a difference for them.
If you know of some ladies that have served WWII, Korea & Vietnam please let me know so we can visit with them and get the applications filled out to get them on the flight.
We have new ALA Eligibility rules from National.
WHAT’S NEW
Family relationships are now gender-neutral and may be male or female.
Eligible female service members, veteran or active - now their grandparents, spouses, parents, siblings, children and grandchildren are eligible to join the auxiliary. Still not eligible are great-grandparents, great grandchildren, and step children that are not adopted. This opens a lot of opportunities for us to grow.
I have attached the Poppy Poster Contest Cover Sheet and the Americanism Essay contest sheet. Please get this into the schools. Let’s bombard Dixie with posters this year to make her last year as poppy chairman a good one. National recognized two kids from Montana with awards one us from Power Unit 103 and Laurel Unit 123 . Our kids have a lot of talent let’s show them off.
Let’s talk about the membership. We are in last place for our division for membership. They would like us at 50% by Nov 11th and we are only at 43%. I have nine units that have not turned in any membership dues. PLEASE do not hold onto membership dues thinking you will wait till you get more. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get this turn ASAP. And thank you.
Congratulations to Power Unit 103; they are first to be 100% paid. There are a few units that just need one more. You are close, so please reach out to your member to get their dues in.
When you send me new membership forms. Please make sure they are completely filled out. I am receiving membership forms that are not complete, which in turn delay’s everything. This had a lot to do with the problems last year when the new membership forms were sent in; they were not filled in completely. Granted they should have been dealt with right away instead set aside. One great thing is this year, as soon as I pay for your membership, I can send you a receipt for paid dues for your records. And you can double check to make sure who sent was in is paid up. Holds all of us countable. So, please make sure I have the membership chair email, so they get the receipts.
Everybody should have a Member Data and Transfer Form. Use this. It is for deceased members, addresses changes, and unit transfers. Make sure these are filled out correctly. We need these to be filled so we have proper records to fall back on, or if I have to send these to national. If filled out completely, they will not be delayed with me having to call you. And I should not have to fill these out and play the guessing game. This is part of your job on your end. Let’s all work together.
ALM-MIS, I made a form for you to fill out if you want access to ALM-MIS. Please send this with your $20.00 or if you are changing users, please send the form with the proper information. Every time you change users you have to send another $20.00 and updated form. Only one user is allowed on the site. After I send your information to nationals, you will receive an email with instructions on what needs to be done before you are allowed on the website.
I will get with Jamie on getting your extra dues sent to you for people to pay online. Please be patient.
When you send me checks, please send separate checks for everything. We have different accounts for everything. That does not mean the donation form can be one check and everything on the donation form goes to the same place. Each form should have its own check.
T-Bills (treasury bonds)
If you write checks, either district or units, you need to be Bonded. I have several units that have not sent me there $7.00; this is a MUST. Here is the list of units in districts that I still need money from. Please fill in the form and get this sent in. ASAP Thank you. Moving forward, these need to be sent before Sept 1st.
District 1 - Unit 41, Unit 56
District 2 - Unit 11, Unit 57
District 3 - District 3, Unit 69, Unit 36, Unit 37
District 4 - District 4, Unit 72, Unit 74, Unit 112, Unit 126
District 5 - Unit 27, Unit 47
District 6 - Good job! every paid
District 7 - District 7, Unit 14, Unit 87
District 8 - Unit 51
District 9 - Unit 120, Unit 5, Unit 32, Unit 35
District 10 - District 10, Unit 39
District 11 - Unit 84
If you see your district or unit, please send me your money ASAP.
If you need to talk to me, please call after 5 pm. If I do not answer, please leave a message and I will call you back or I will do my best by text. I can text throughout the day or email me.
I am attaching a lot of forms please print these out and get them to the proper members doing the job. So, we get things done in a timely manner.
I hope everybody has a great holiday.
Jackie Gangstad Department President/ Secretary
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