Washington’s VFW Auxiliary President, Diane Small of Oak Harbor, a member of Whitehead-Muzzall VFW Auxiliary 7392, led the state delegation of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. at the 97th National Convention held Aug. 21-26 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind.

As leading representative of the state, she voiced the delegates’ votes during the election of national officers and played a key role in deciding the direction of the national organization for 2010-2011.

During the convention, National President Jan Tittle commended the 3,000 attendees for all their hard work in honoring veterans and supporting deployed military personnel and their families. Members have spent millions of dollars and volunteer hours helping the heroes of our country.

To learn more about the nearly 550,000-member organization, visit www.ladiesauxvfw.org.