Membership
Hello to all North Dakota District Presidents, Unit Presidents, and Unit Membership Chairmen.
I trust that your efforts to round up all our members’ dues in our “North Dakota Great Buffalo Roundup for Membership” are progressing well! North Dakota is far behind most of the 50 states and we really want to turn that around. We want all the other states to look at North Dakota and want to measure up to us. At this point in time, we are only at 66% of goal and we have a lot of hard work to do. We are in 38th place in the National Membership, and 7th, or last place, in the Northwestern Division! So, let us get to work! Let us enlist the help of every member to make sure that all members are renewed! Let us work to make sure that every unit achieves 100% renewal! How exciting it will be to know that your unit reaches 100% for 2024! Once that has been accomplished, then we can look for new members. Once every member is renewed, the pressure is off and we can concentrate on our fun unit activities! Remember that if a member has not paid their dues by December 31st, their membership has expired. They are no longer members in good standing. Do not allow them to simply fall away from your unit! Go bring them in! Let them know they are important to our success as advocates for our veterans and our youth! We do what we do for our veterans to honor their service to our county, our community, and for us.
Make your plan of action:
- 1. Presidents: call 10 members to ask for their renewal. Let them know how important they are and that our veterans are counting on them.
- 2. Never hold dues! Send them to the Department Office in a timely manner. Remember, when a member pays their dues, they think they are renewed as of that time. Do not let them down!
- 3. Let us all be the ones that push North Dakota to 100%! National HQ has set our February goal at 80% by February 15th. We can do it!
- 4. Attend meetings with other unit members. It was so nice to see so many of you at the recent 2024 Winter Conference in Bismarck. It is true, getting together with other unit members who are experiencing some of same things we are helps us, encourages us, fires us up! We want our units to be vibrant and active. Units that our members want to be part of, want to work with, want to belong to. I encourage all of you to make it so.
Let us make Department President Gloria proud. Let us have the most wonderful and successful “Great Buffalo Roundup” that North Dakota has ever seen.
Working with you for our veterans,
LoAnn Dick
Membership Co-Chairman
2023-2024 Membership Year Documents
- March 2024 – The Message – LoAnn
- December 2023 – The Message – LoAnn
- December 2023 – The Message – Candace
- October 2023 Unit Mailing – LoAnn
- 2024 Unit Goals – January
- 2023 Unit Goals
- September 2023 Message – LoAnn
- Door Hanger Recruiting Tool
- SLM-HLM-PUFL (Letter)
- Letter on Membership from National Secretary Linda Boone
- Member who did not come back
Benefits Available with membership
Please send completed application to the Department office (unless you know what unit you are joining). We will help find a North Dakota unit for you.
Mail to:
American Legion Auxiliary, Department of North Dakota
1801 23rd Ave N, Rm 113
Fargo, ND 58102-1047
701-253-5992
secretary@ndala.org
*The membership year runs from January 1-December 31. Also note, both male and female spouses of military veterans are now eligible to join the American Legion Auxiliary.*
- Check out benefits available with the National Benefits Program.
- Member Benefits Flyer March 2023
Want to renew online or by telephone through National? Visit RENEW
Data Verification Due by June 1, 2023 to Department Office
Awards
Information for Unit Membership Chairmen
**The new member kit linked below is outdated (membership requirements and physical/email addresses), but still has some great information which is why we keep it available**
Several members have asked about the New Member kit. You can download it here: New Member Kit (9-2014). Some units like to include additional brochures with the new member packet. Contact the Department office if you need brochures. Here is a list of suggested items to include with it: Suggested Additions to New Member Kit
Helpful forms
- ALA Membership Application – Use this form for signing up new members
- 2024 American Legion Family membership Forms – black and white – to sign up for Legion and Sons of American Legion
- 2024 Membership Submission Form (printable pdf) -Use this form when submitting membership dues for members. Page two is optional; the list of names may be submitted in any format.
- 2024 Membership Submission Form pg2 (page 2 for name submissions)
- 2024 Fillable Membership Submission Form page 2 (Fillable pdf for Page 2)
- Member Data Form revised 9-2019 (pdf) This form can be used to submit name, address and other changes for members.
- MEMBER DATA FORM (rev9-12-19) Fillable PDF – Member changes can also be mailed or emailed to secretary@ndala.org.
- Paid Up For Life (PUFL) Application In order to be a PUFL member for the year 2024, the application must be received by the National office by December 1, 2023. Any applications received after that date may be processed for the 2025 membership year. Current year dues must be paid prior to applying for PUFL membership.
- Dues Reminder Statement This form may be used to send reminders to members who have not paid dues. Reminders are automatically sent to members who have not paid their dues in mid-September and mid-January.
*Please note: not all browsers support fillable pdf forms. It is recommended that you utilize Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader DC here*
Additional Resources
Visit the National American Legion Auxiliary webpage on Membership
Interested in Joining? Visit the National website link at Member Information