Enterprise Grange Pancake Breakfast
Category: Exciting Granges
Makers’ Market at Enterprise Grange
July 29, 2023 – 9:30 – 4:00
Enterprise Grange in Richmond has been asked by our town manager to host a crafts/artists event (similar to The ART FEST we hold each May) during Richmond Days, which is July 28-29th. Since we have a Pre-parade breakfast, we aren’t able to do the planning and set up for what is wanted. Some local artists who also want music have stepped up to plan the event. The artists will be located upstairs in our Grange Hall and outside with tents. They are charging only $10.00 for entry fees which will go to advertising, and any money left over will go to Enterprise’s “Build a New Porch” fund. It will be a “Makers Market” that can include any kind of items that are handmade – yarns, soaps, needlework, breads, all kinds of baked goods, eggs, etc.
The 28th late afternoon-evening would be for setting up. The actual event is on the 29th for the event. Grange Breakfast is from 7 – 10 downstairs in the Community Room, and setting up can be happening upstairs at the same time. The sale will be from 9:30 – 4:00, with music at various times during the day, either jamming with others or taking turns. The logistics haven’t been worked out, yet, because it is such a quick ‘popup’ event.
F.R.O.G. volunteers (FRiends Of Grange) especially want music, and since musicians won’t be sitting and selling products, they don’t have to pay the $10.00.
Can anyone help with your talents? It can be a good promotion for Grange and Granges and a possible start for something other Granges want to do, but we have limited time for planning.
The deadline for reserving your spot is July 18th. You’ll need to complete a brief entry form.
- Contact for musicians is mary.perelka@icloud.com.
- Contact for makers is evelyndean@yahoo.com.
Harraseeket Grange Pancake Breakfast
Freeport Grange–Help Wanted!
The Freeport Harraseeket Grange #9 is putting on a Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast from 7 am until 10 am and is making a special offer to other Granges in the area. If members would help with the breakfast, the Freeport Grange is offering a chance to get a free breakfast, and an opportunity to watch the Freeport Parade which starts around 10 am. For more information or to volunteer, send an email to freeportgrange@gmail.com.
St George Grange Kicks Off Music Mondays
MUSIC MONDAYS at St. George Grange located at 32 Wileys Corner Road, St George, ME. Live music every Monday at 7 pm. Enjoy the music, or you can join in. Bring an instrument and play with others. Do you have a good singing voice? Join us to sing, play, or just sit and enjoy a variety of live music. Music Mondays will happen weekly until October.
Kennebec Valley Grange Public Supper
Take Out Only!
Saturday, June 17, 2023
12 pm until 2 pm
A pint of baked beans (3 kinds), two hotdogs (gluten-free or red snappers), cole slaw, brown bread or biscuit, chocolate cake with PB or chocolate frosting–all for just $10.
Kennebec Valley Grange, 60 Main Street, Madison Maine
FMI: Diane Pinkham, 207 314-5135
St George Grange June Public Supper
Public Supper at the St. George Grange 32 Wileys Corner Road in St. George, ME on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 5 pm.
Come enjoy lots of homemade food with Grange members, family and friends. All welcome! We have public suppers the second Saturday of each month now until October.
Wayside Grange Returns to Hall
“It’s nice to be back in the building,” says Dave Pearson during their first “Open Mic and Sunday Brunch.” Dave also gives us a tour and briefly explains some of the major repairs that have been made over the past year and a half. Public events were canceled in 2020, but behind-the-scenes care and maintenance of our 100-year-old building continued. The north wall has been reinforced, and an entrance has been made on the ground floor for access to the kitchen and dining room. Ellms Construction did the ground preparation, and Lancaster Construction did the wall reinforcement. Grangers are working on finishing the renovation building the roof over the entrance and restoring our dining and kitchen areas.
Wayside Grange and Theatre is located at 851 North Dexter Road (Route 23) in Dexter, Maine. Concerts are planned throughout the summer on the last Saturday of every month through October. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and Concerts begin at 7:00 pm.
Fiddlin’ Fun at Wayside Grange
Valley Grange Wants Five Minutes
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During their recent celebration of community, Valley Grange named Roger Ricker Community Citizen of the Year. Roger passed away last December but left behind a legacy of constant and lifelong support for his community.
After honoring Roger, Valley Grange Program Director Walter Boomsma challenged attendees to consider the impact of spending just five minutes a day in support of their communities. A five-minute video provided examples of the Guilford Grange’s programs and supporters. Boomsma noted, “If you buy a raffle ticket from us, you’re also buying a dictionary for a third grader.”
“We are restarting some of our programs suspended due to COVID. You don’t have to be a member to help and support us. When we asked people to ‘Sock it to us’ with donations to help provide socks to kids throughout the county, we received support from as far away as Pennsylvania and West Virginia.”
He also pointed out that five minutes a day isn’t much. “But it adds up. If there are 2,000 people in your community and just half (we’ll excuse young kids and people over 80) of them give five minutes per day, that equates to having nearly thirteen people working full time, making your community stronger. Based on the average salary in Maine, that’s worth over $700,000 to your community. Just five minutes every day. Of course, the ultimate value is not in dollars and cents. It’s in the difference you will make in individual’s lives.”
Just Five Minutes.