Let's Continue Our Membership Efforts

Let’s Continue Our Membership Efforts
By Linda Rendleman
NAPS Auxiliary Illini Area Vice President

I hope everyone had a good summer and enjoyed vacations and reunions with family members. As NAPS recruits new EAS employees to join NAPS, we, as auxiliary members, need to recruit auxiliary members, too.

When an EAS employee joins NAPS, we auxiliary members need to ask that new member if they have a family member who would like to join the auxiliary. An auxiliary member is a spouse, family member or significant other of a NAPS member in good standing.

Heart of Illinois Branch 255 just had a new supervisor join. His fiancé was interested in joining our auxiliary. I contacted her and told her all about the auxiliary and what we do to support NAPS. I mentioned our branch is on auxiliary support, so her dues are paid by our branch once a year.

We need to start telling new EAS employees about the auxiliary. Most don’t know about it. I’m sure there are existing members who have family members who could join the auxiliary. Perhaps we can be diligent in asking NAPS members to let us know when a new member joins NAPS so we can recruit for the auxiliary, as well.

I hope everyone is well and, with the holidays a few months away, enjoys a good holiday season.