Hello Co-Workers,

            Well, here we are at the end of summer.  Time does move fast.  I am happy to report that we held our first orientation on Sunday, August 10^th and I think it went pretty well.  We had 12 new candidates attend, and we had several sponsors and other co-workers attend.  Thanks to you all for taking the time to let us tell you about our fantastic organization.  If you were unable to attend this session, don’t  worry, we will be holding them every 2^nd Sunday of each month, at 10:00 a.m. from now on.  We would love to have you attend to learn more about what our Chapter is involved in and to share some of your experiences with the new candidates and all of us. 

            Our new Committee Chairmen are doing a wonderful job working on fund raisers, collecting school supplies, supporting community service activities, etc.  I know they would appreciate any of you volunteering to help with any of their functions.  If you don’t have your specific Chairman’s phone number, just give our office a call at 454-3744 and we will be glad to get you in touch with them.   

For one of our community service projects, our new Health Awareness Chairman, Sue DeRosa has been kind enough to set up a Blood Drive/Health Fair for all of our members.  It will be held on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. here at the Lodge.  Please see the notice inside the bulletin with more details.  You never know when you or someone you love could have a need, so, if you can, we would appreciate it if you could please try to come and help “give the gift of life”.   We would like to have a minimum of 20 donors.

            The newest Ritual Team (we call them our “Baby” team) is sponsoring the Crazy Carol dinner dance on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003.  If you have not had the opportunity to see this show, you don’t want to miss it.   See more details on this inside the bulletin.

            Our Membership committee is holding a “Sponsor Candidates Campaign”.  Beginning with our August enrollment – for each new member enrolled, the sponsor’s name will be put into a drawing.  We will hold one drawing monthly, one drawing quarterly, and one final end of the year drawing.  We will have  flyers around the lodge with details.  This will be in addition to the incentive awards given from Mooseheart.  We want each and every one of you to join with us to “Catch The Wave” and sponsor candidates.  We appreciate every new member you bring in to join our great fraternity and we want to show that appreciation with this new campaign.    

            Well, I am out of space so I guess it is time for me to close this newsletter again.  But if you have any questions regarding things in this article or anything else related to the Chapter, please give me a call at 452-4929 (evenings).

Yours in Faith, Hope and Charity,

Jan Richardson,  Sr. Regent