National Rural Letter Carriers held its annual convention in Grand Rapids, MI at the DeVos Place Convention Center. These meetings took place from Aug.13-17.
For opening session of the meetings, Shannon Duffy, Winner, as president of the National Rural Letter Carriers Junior Auxiliary gave her speech to nearly 2000 individuals which included Megan Brennan, USPS Postmaster General/CEO and Marcia L. Fudge, Representative, U.S. Congress (D-OH). After opening session the NRLCA Jr. Auxiliary went the first of two excursions planned by Shannon while visiting for a planning session in March.
During the first business meeting for the Jr. Auxiliary, Shannon was presented with a display box containing the gavel for her to use during her meetings. Since the project of support was Folds of Honor, the display box was in the shape of a folded flag. The gavel and box were made by an NRLCA association member and were presented to Shannon by Cindy Keyes, a Past National Officer for the NRLCA Auxiliary.
The Junior Auxiliary consists of NRLCA member children and grandchildren between the ages of 6-20. Their first excursion, the Junior Auxiliary went to the Public Museum which houses an IMAX theater, an authentic 1920’s carousel they could ride on as well as many interactive displays. Later in the week they then went to a rope course to test their balance and zip line abilities. During the rest of the week Shannon presided over business meetings, caucuses and elections. The week concluded with contest and scholarship winner announcements and installation of new officers. Macie Ferwerda placed third in the 18-20 year old contest category and Shannon Duffy received one of the scholarships.
Attending the convention with Shannon were her parents Brad and Judy Duffy, her sister Allison from Chamberlain and her grandmothers Delores Duffy from Clearfield and Barb Lundquist from Sioux Falls.
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