AUXILIARY EMERGENCY FUND

The American Legion Auxiliary

Department of Colorado

Chairman: Marilynn Centa, 1611 Horseshoe Drive, Pueblo, CO 81001

719-251-4075

How can I help?

  1. Make and individual contribution to the Auxiliary Emergency Fund (AEF). Use the form available on this website. You will receive a special pin and certificate for donations of $50 or more.
  2. Participate in fundraising activities at the unit level and send the money from there.

Fundraising Ideas:

  1. Hold a Diva Night Fundraiser.

Invite local vendors and businesses that cater primarily to women (ie, Avon, Mary Kay, hair salons, spas, etc) to participate in your Diva Night. The cost to participate could be the amount for a table and/or a door prize for the event. Suggested activities might be: Red Carpet Arrival, Goodie Bags, Makeup Refreshers, Gourmet Chocolate Samplers, Wine Tasting, Diva Awards, or a Scavenger Hunt tor items in your purse. You could make additional funds with ticket sales, raffles, and a silent auction.(See the pages that follow for more information.)

  1. Hold a Water Bottle Coin Collection Fundraiser. Hand out a free 20 oz. bottle of water to all members in attendance at a meeting. Ask them to return the bottle the following month filled with coins. (A 20 oz. bottle filled with dimes adds up to almost $100!) See the suggested label for the bottle on this site.
  1. Hold a Bake Sale and contribute the proceeds to AEF. Or hold a Non-Bake Sale!! Determine prices for a dozen cookies, a pie, a cake, a dozen cupcakes and so on. The members contribute the amount of money for the item they want to buyto AEF, and they don’t have to spend one hot moment in the kitchen!!
  1. Hold a 50/50 Raffle, a Silent Auction, or pass a container around at your meetings to collect money for AEF.
  1. Hold a Weekly Challenge. Distribute a label similar to the water bottle label for members wrap around apint or quart jar. Follow the formula below to add money to your jar, and then return it to the unit the following month.By the end of the week you will have almost $13 to contribute to AEF.
  • Day 1 – Put 10 cents in the jar.
  • Day 2 – Put 20 cents in the jar.
  • Day 3 – Put 40 cents in the jar.
  • Day 4 – Put 80 cents in the jar.
  • Day 5 – Add $1.60 to the jar.
  • Day 6 – Add $3.20 to the jar.
  • Day 7 – Add $6.40 to the jar.
  1. Make a monthly donation from your unit general funds to AEF.