President's Message

Kit Frazer
Gold Star Wives of America    
National President 2009-2010   

GSW 2010 National President for September Newsletter

Ladies, I am very pleased to continue on as your National President for one more year.  Last year was wonderful because I was able to meet and talk with so many of you.  This year will continue the same pattern.  I look forward to attending more of your Region Conferences and communicating with you through phone calls and emails.

What a wonderful National Convention we had in Omaha, NE.  Ladies, if you weren't there, you missed a great time.  Terri Lehigh and Sherry Patterson, convention coordinators, did an outstanding job.  The hotel was great, food was excellent, decorations were beautiful, raffle items were fantastic (and packable for those of us who flew), location was awesome – I enjoyed the Old Market on Sunday afternoon, including a carriage ride down to the river.  And, we accomplished all the business with some time to play.  We'll try and do the same thing next year, MEET ME IN ST LOUIS!  I was very pleased with the way our business was conducted.  Everyone did their homework; the reports were gone through rapidly, the resolutions were discussed in an efficient manner, and we moved right along.  I was also very proud of the way all of the attendees looked.  There was a sea of yellow for the formal memorial service for our husbands.  Ladies, you all are to be congratulated.  Speaking of yellow, several ladies asked where I found the yellow jacket I had on – it came from the Bedford Fair catalog, 1-800-964-9030, color Butternut and comes in regular, petite and tall.

Let's start the new Gold Star Year off right – keep calling Congress and pushing our representatives to support the bills the Government Relations Committee is working so hard on.  The ladies on the committee do a very important job for us and we need to help them out!

And remember Veterans Day – go to Birmingham, AL if you haven't been to  the events there.  Gold Star Wives is a sponsor and we would like to see more attendees.  Our National Vice President, Jeanette Early, and Alice Phillips, SE Region President, will be representing Gold Star Wives on the podium while I'm representing us in Washington, DC.  Where will you be?

Kit Frazer
National President
phone:  407-834-4864
email: kitfrazer@embarqmail.com
896 Claydon Way
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701-6830

Email:  kitfrazer@embarqmail.com