President’s Corner
LoAnn Dick – Department President
Photo courtesty: IceBerg Art, Candace Berg
Hello North Dakota Auxiliary Members,
It has been my greatest honor to be your Department President this year! And it has been my great joy to serve you and our wonderful Veterans! What an amazing experience it has been as I have traveled around North Dakota to all the District Meetings to have had the privilege to get to meet so many of you! I have loved every minute of it! You are priceless people, and I love you all! I am so proud of you for all the fantastic projects, and meals, and events you have carried out as you work for your Veterans in your Posts, Units, and communities! What a blessing you are to them all! And what a blessing you are to me! May God richly bless each one of you!
Keep up the tremendous job you are doing on getting all your members renewed, and in recruiting new members, and in going back and rejoining any who have fallen away! Please do everything you can to not let any of your members fall away! They are such an important part of your Unit! They enrich your Units with their ideas, their participation, the Veterans they represent, and their very presence in your midst, and for those far away, with their increasing the scope of your work! They are all part of the National American Legion Auxiliary! What a blessing we all are to the United States of America!!! God bless us all!
Our Department Convention is coming up on June 27 to 29 at the Ramada by Wyndham in Fargo. Please come to the Convention and bring as many of your members as you possibly can!!! It is the perfect place to meet our long-unseen friends, to meet new friends, to talk to others who are having similar experiences in their Units, to get new ideas, to learn new innovative things, and just to get a little time away. I so hope you will all come! I am eager to see you again!
Our National President, Trish Ward, will be in North Dakota to attend Girls State in Grand Forks from June 9 to 11. I am so excited that on the evening of Tuesday, June 10th, that we will be able to have dinner with her and get to have her talk to us, to encourage and inspire us. She is a wonderful lady with so much wisdom and so many useful ideas that we can use in our Units. Please bring as many people as you can to hear her, and to let her know that we in North Dakota are glad to have her here to learn from her. We will have the meal at a restaurant in Grand Forks on that Tuesday night. We will send out the time and place as soon as it is finalized. Please come! Let’s make Trish feel really loved and welcome North Dakota style!
The American Legion is planning two Chairmanship programs at the Convention that will be held at times that can include the Auxiliary members as well. These are VA&R on Friday at 4:00 pm, and Children and Youth on Saturday at 7:00 am. If you can attend them, please do. The AL Commander, Mamie Havelka, has planned these specifically at times that we are not in session so we can attend without having to leave our meetings.
The National Convention will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida from August 22-28. If you could go to the Convention and would like to be a delegate for the Department of North Dakota, please let me know as I will be putting a list of delegates together. The delegates will be finalized on the last day of the Convention.
So, in closing, let me again thank you for your love and friendship to me this year. It has meant so very much to me! You are wonderful ladies! Your kindness has been amazing and precious to me. Thank you with all my heart!! May God bless you richly and abundantly!
Yours in service of our Veterans,
LoAnn Dick
2024 National Convention attendees. Standing (l-r): LoAnn Dick, Department President; Marcy Schmidt, Department Secretary; Carol Wolf Poppy Co-Chairman and District 1 VP ; Shantel Covert, Delegate; Judy Twete, NEC and Past NW Division Vice President; Gloria Covert, Past Department President; Tammy Ryberg, Past Department President and Past NEC; Susan Degner, Department Treasurer; Virginia Satrom. Past District 1 President. Seated (l-r) Pages Shelley Schuster, District 2 President and Chloe Weyrauch. Constitution & Bylaws Chairman
- Message Article June 2025
- April 2025 Unit Mailing
- March 2025 Unit Mailing
- January 2025 Unit Mailing
- December 2024 Unit Mailing
- November 2024 Unit Mailing
- Message – March 2025
- Message – December 2024
- Message – September 2024
Department President-Elect
Candace Berg – Department President-Elect
Photo courtesy: IceBerg Art, Candace Berg Membership
Candace joined the Auxiliary as a junior member under the eligibility of her father, Harland Berg, a Vietnam veteran. During her years as a junior member, Candace served as the trumpet player (bugler) for Memorial Day programs until graduating from high school.
Candace is active with the York unit as well as the Devils Lake Neathery-Simenson VFW Auxiliary, having served as a flag bearer, unit secretary, unit chaplain, and several chairmanships.
Candace is also involved with Ramsey County 4-H, serving as the treasurer and a 4-H leader. She emphasizes community service projects with her group that are veteran-focused, such as learning the meaning of the US flag, flag folding, honoring businesses and homes who display the US flag, putting together veteran food and supply packages, and helping with veteran and patriotic holiday services.
Candace currently lives and works in Devils Lake and is the proud parent of 3 children and a menagerie of pets. She is a licensed foster care parent, and in her spare time she enjoys volunteering at White Horse Hill National Game Preserve, sketching, photography, genealogy, watching hockey, exploring nature, and spending time with loved ones.
Candace’s focus this year is to embrace the programs of the American Legion Auxiliary and meeting as many veterans as possible.
(Department Staff Article)
Meet your Department Vice President
Sandy Smith – Department Vice President
Membership Co-chairman