{"id":9,"date":"2015-05-25T22:53:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T02:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.28\/wordpress\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-07-25T21:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T01:13:45","slug":"message-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/about-us\/message-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/al-aux-word-primary-spot.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37748 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/al-aux-word-primary-spot.jpg?resize=300%2C162&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/al-aux-word-primary-spot.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/al-aux-word-primary-spot.jpg?resize=1024%2C552&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/al-aux-word-primary-spot.jpg?resize=768%2C414&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/al-aux-word-primary-spot.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong><em>Greetings!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What an honor and privilege it is to serve as the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Department of Virginia President for the 2025-2026 year.\u00a0 This will be an exciting year for us all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the upcoming year, the American Legion Family is honoring the Nation\u2019s 250<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday on July 4, 2026, with a commitment to embracing physical activity, supporting mental health, and serving its communities. The USA 250 Challenge encourages American Legion Family members, other veterans, and all Americans to participate, and even raise additional money to support our disabled veterans and families in need through The American Legion Veterans &amp; Children Foundation.\u00a0 Participants may engage in one, two or all three activities as an individual or as part of a team like an American Legion post, American Legion Auxiliary unit, Sons of The American Legion squadron, and\/or an American Legion Riders chapter.\u00a0 Stay tuned for further \u00a0information!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication is of the utmost importance as we strive to share information in a timely manner. \u00a0Constant Contact and Department newsletters will keep you up to date on what is happening in the Department.\u00a0 Also, the Department website is<a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/B5085CAE-6A62-46BD-93EC-B51B427D097B\/%20https:\/www.vaauxiliary.%20org\/site2\/\"> https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary. org\/site2\/<\/a>\u00a0 for information regarding Department events, activities, and updated reporting deadlines. \u00a0The ALA National website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legion-aux.org\/\">https:\/\/www.legion-aux.org\/<\/a> provides current information regarding ALA\u2019s programs and services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I look forward to meeting with you at district meetings, events, workshops, and conferences to hear about the outstanding work that you are doing to serve our veterans, active military members and their families, and our communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for your outstanding support of the ALA and its programs and services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>For God and Country, \u201cService Not Self\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Carol Campbell<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Department President 2025-2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! What an honor and privilege it is to serve as the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Department of Virginia President for the 2025-2026 year.\u00a0 This will be an exciting year for us all! During the upcoming year, the American Legion Family is honoring the Nation\u2019s 250th\u00a0birthday on July 4, 2026, with a commitment to embracing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/about-us\/message-from-the-president\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">President&#8217;s Message<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37989,"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/37989"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vaauxiliary.org\/site2\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}