Committee
Sue Hackett, Youth & Junior Director
The youth and junior departments are having a Flower Power fundraiser to raise funds for the Army Platoon that we have adopted. This money will be used exclusively for postage, shipping supplies, items that are not donated that they need and to give them a nice Christmas.
The "Flower Power" company is in Vermont and they ship items ordered directly to the ordering customer in time for fall planting. Their catalog has beautiful bulbs and flowers. There is a 100% money back guarantee!
Granges will be receiving catalogs in the mail, junior and youth committee members will taking orders and you can order online by going to www.flowerpowerfundraising.com
then clicking on "find an organization" at the top of the page, a box will come up that asks for the organizations name, type in Maine State Grange and click on "search", our site will come up, and you may order from it.
Sue Hackett, Junior Director
The Memorial Garden has been completed and it is beautiful. All of the bricks sold by the Junior Department have been placed, the flag pole is in and shrubbery and flowers have been planted. Gary Ladner Landscaping and his crew from Gardiner did an outstanding job. The Junior Department is proud of our efforts and so should all the Grangers of Maine be. Our Grange home is seen by many people daily and they will see this lovely addition and that we are proud of our home. I'll be sending photos to our platoon.
Sue Hackett, Youth & Junior Director
The Junior and Youth Departments have received our Platoon Assignment from Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort. We will be supporting 33 soldiers, which includes 3 women, with a minimum of one card/letter per week each and one monthly care package minimum. But I know we can do better than that! All of our mail and packages go to a Point of Contact who shares it with the platoon as a whole.
Our soldiers are Combat Engineers and move around frequently, their conditions are not good, they have NO stores, running non potable water, power is 110V and as soon as I find out if they have a microwave I will let everyone know.
Want to Join the Junior Grange? Here is the application. Fill it out and mail to the Maine State Grange 146 State Street Augusta, Maine 04330.
Aims and Purposes
The Junior Grange – An Organization for America’s Boys and Girls
Junior Grange Motto: Improvement
*Builds Character and Self Confidence
*Provides Leadership Training
*Develops Respect, Responsibility and Cooperation
*Teaches Parliamentary Procedures
*Instructs, Entertains, and Elevates the Members
*Provides Social Interaction
*Inculcates Honor, Patriotism, Truth and Morality
*Promotes Interest in Agriculture
*Develops Creativity, Initiative and Talents
*Instills Desire to Help Others
*Benefits the Community and Stresses Family Values
*Strengthens the Grange
Looking to join the Grange? Here is a application to fill out. If you don;t know how to contact the local Grange in your area call the Maine State Grange at 1-800-464-3421 and they put you in contact with someone. WELCOME TO THE GRANGE!
This is information about how many Dictionarys have been donated by Grange members, and an order form is someone would like to start doing the Dictionary Project at their Grange. The Dictionary Project is a program that encourages organizations to donate dictionarys to every third grader in the country.
This is suggestions for promoting your Grange. This information was from a workshop at National Grange Session.
This is the information about the Publicity Comm. Brochure Program where we make a brochure for your grange,
Steven Haycock
This is the information about the Annual Clip & Win Contest includes the entry form.
