President's Welcome
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President’s Message
Thank you to the ladies of the MS Division for electing me as your Division President for 2024-2026, and thank you to the W. D. Holder 458 Chapter for supporting me. I look forward to serving the Division and getting to know each of you better in the next two years.
I am currently making plans to visit each chapter during my administration. Working together to grow membership and to promote the Division in a positive light are key focuses these next two years. This organization does so many wonderful service projects that very few people know about. We must start promoting ourselves and our Chapters and the great community services
that we offer each day.
We may not always be successful, but take a picture and article to the local paper when you have a Lee Luncheon, participate in a Confederate Memorial Day Service, award a Medal of Honor, etc. Our communities need to know about all the patriot awards given by the Chapters and the Division, they need to know about the Chapters collecting and delivering “Coats for Kids,” the donations of food we give for local food pantries, presentations of Quilts of Valor, and all the other hours we serve in our communities. Let’s show the world what an outstanding organization we really are!
The Division President’s Project is the G. V. “Sonny” Montgomery Veteran’s Hospital Food Pantry. The third Saturday of each month the hospital has a drive-thru pickup service for veterans to obtain food for their families and they also serve their cancer patients with specialized foods. We will be asking members to bring food items to the Division Workshop and the Division Convention in September. Monetary donations are always welcome!
Please mark your calendars with the following dates. Spring Board and Massing of the Flags will be held in Richmond on April 5, 2025. The Division Workshop will be in Louisville at Lake Tiak O’Khata on Saturday, May 10, 2025, and the Division Convention is set for September 19-20, 2025, at Lake Tiak- O’Khata. I hope you all plan to attend the convention in September because President General Julie Hardaway will be our guest.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for I serve at the will of the Division and its members. I am here to help and to listen.
In UDC Service,
Deborah “Debbie” Frances Cannon
MS Division UDC President
601-906-4259
dfcannon61@gmail.com
