RULES FOR CONTEST

GEORGE C. DALBY PERPETUAL TROPHY

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA

Post Commanders and District Commanders are excluded from this award because other awards have been set up for them.
Contest will run from Convention to Convention - the award to be made at the Annual Department Convention and based on:

Number of dues collected;

Hospital Visits - (visits to Comrades in hospitals and in homes);

Community Activities : Number of projects participated in and what part the contestant performed;

Youth Activities: Number of projects in which the contestant participated in and what he did;
What part the contestant took in Buddy Poppy sales;
How much time was lost from work in each project;
How much money contestant spent in attending meetings out of his area in which he was not reimbursed; and
Approximately the time, money, and miles traveled in performing tasks beyond the call of duty.

Nominee from each Post to be submitted to the District Commander, who will appoint a committee of at least three members to select the winner in his District. Each District Commander will be responsible for forwarding the application of the winner in his District to Department Headquarters.

**ENTRIES MUST BE AT STATE HEADQUARTERS BY MAY 12, 2000.