Auxiliary Dignitaries Attending Convention
May 22, 2008
Forestport,N.Y. , a town in the Adriondack Mountains region in New York State, is where Department of NY LAVFW President Sally A. Gagnon calls home. In 1980, Sally joined the LA #5538 in Boonville on the eligibility of her father, who was a WW11veteran who served in the Europoean Theatre of operation. Sally is a proud life member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Above-Pres. Sally and Commander Bob at Commander and President’s reception June 2007.
Sally served the necessary offices in her Auxiliary, County Council and District. She received national awards for each of her four chairmanships. She was installed a Department Guard at the June 2002 State Convention. At the June 2007 State Convention in Binghamton, N.Y. , Sally was elected as President of the Department of NY LAVFW.
Sally is active in her community where she is employed as a Legal Assistant in Utica, N.Y. Sally is a dedicated member of the Ladies Auxiliary and she represents our Department with honesty, dignity and pride as our Department President.
DIANA STOUT is a Past National President from Charleston, West Virginia. She is currently serving the organization as the National Advisory Committee and as Department Treasurer. Diana will be our National Representative.
Diana has a background in law which helped her choose her theme for her year of “Liberty and Justice for all”. That theme was very instrumental during her 2001-02 year of service expecially during the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001. Auxillaries nationwide provided personal care packages, donating thousands of dollars to help victims’families and providing $280,000 for Operation Uplink. Operation Uplink sends phone cards to service men and women who were called to fight terrorism.
One of her proudest moments were that the $3,000,000 mark was topped for the 14th consecutive year in the Auxiliary Cancer Aid and Research Fund.
Diana is a proud charter member of the Sperry-Davis Auxiliary to VFW Post #91151 of Salem and is currently employed as the General Counsel of the Treasurer’s Office for the State of West Virginia.
