At the International Convention on May 27^th we witnessed the 88^th Mooseheart High School Commencement at the Mooseheart Fieldhouse. Three of the 22 graduates were sponsored by Florida Lodges. We also attended the Parade of Our Newest Pilgrims. Congratulations to Bill Cressman for achieving this high honor. Also congratulations to Jan Richardson who received her College of Regents degree during this celebration.

During the period 1906-1913, James J. Davis built the Moose Fraternity from 247 members to more than 400,000, lighting a torch which has continued to burn for more than 100 years.  We have recently weathered a period of turbulence, reorganization and modernization. We have just completed a “Light the Torch” Membership Campaign and our motivating theme for this year is “Pass It On”.

Our Ritual Team worked very hard preparing for competition and though they did not place as high as they would have liked our lodge was very well represented by these ladies. Both ritual teams would like to express their appreciation for all of the membership’s support for their fundraising efforts this year.

Our WOTM Ladies pool team will be competing at the FBMA WOTM State 8 Ball Tournament on July 8^th and 9^th at the Bradenton Moose Lodge. We wish them good luck in bringing back cash payoffs as well as trophies.

In August the WOTM will sponsor a Surf and Turf dinner in the Social Quarters. Down the road will have our “ever-popular” Dinner Dances starting with the Luau in September.

Fraternally,

Pat Moore