Category: Exciting Granges

Valley Grange September Meeting to include PB &J

Friday, September 19, 2025
A potluck supper will take place at 6:00 pm. Our meeting follows at 7 pm

Valley Grange is located at 172 Guilford Center Road in Guilford, Maine.

No, we won’t be having sandwiches for supper. Again this year, we are supporting Bangor Savings Bank’s PB & J Drive. Since 2012, the Bangor Savings Bank Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive has collected more than 146,000 jars and donated them to local food insecurity programs. That’s nearly 2.5 million peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for children, families, and individuals. That’s the power of community!

Please bring your donations to the meeting on Friday, September 19th, or drop them off at the Hall. Note that we must receive donations by September 25th. You can also drop off donations at any Bangor Savings Branch until September 30th. Tell ’em we sent you!

September Grange Events

September 2025

Every Monday, Summer Music Monday at St George Grange, 7 – 9 pm. Free! See post FMI.
Every Tuesday, Coffee on the Porch at Vassalboro Grange, 8:30 am – 10 am. See post FMI.

  • September 1, 2025, Deadline for MSG Community Service Application
  • September 1, 2025, Skit and Poetry Writing entries due to the MSG Lecturer.
  • September 1, 2025, Book Reading entries due to MSG Lecturer
  • September 5 -7, 2025, Vermont State Grange Fall Festival. See post FMI.
  • September 6, 2025, Pie Sale on the Porch at Vassalboro Grange, 1 pm – 2 pm. See post FMI.
  • September 13, 2025, MSG Lecturers’ Conference, 9 am -12 pm at Manchester Grange. FMI contact the MSG Lecturer.
  • September 13, 2025, Summer Public Supper at St George Grange, 5 pm. See post FMI.
  • September 13, 2025, Winthrop Grange Flea Market. 8 am -2 pm, contact Kathy at 207 500-9864 FMI.
  • September 14, 2025, Philosophy Table at Vassalboro Grange, 5 – 7 pm. See post FMI
  • September 14, 2025, MSG Bulletin Deadline
  • September 15, 2025, Officer and Department Annual Reports are due.
  • September 15, 2025, Deadline for Educational Ad Scholarship Applications. Send, to arrive by this date, to Nancy Farrington, Sec/Treas, 317 Holman Day Road, Vassalboro, ME 04989. Information and application are available here.
  • September 20, 2025, Open Mic Night at Vassalboro Grange, 7 – 9 pm. See post FMI
  • September 27, 2025, Penobscot Pomona meets at Old Town Riverside Grange at 11 am. FMI Call Master Sanda Moon at 207 827-3698.

Winthrop Grange Flea Market

September 13, 2025

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Winthrop Grange is having a flea market on September 13, 2025, from 8 to 2. Tables are available outside for $10 and inside for $15. Contact Kathy at 207-500-9864 if interested.

Winthrop Grange is located at 598 Old Lewiston Road in Winthrop, Maine.

Trenton Grange Bean Suppah

Mill Stream Juniors Cleanup!

Maine participates in the National Grange Junior 1+ Program. If your Subordinate Grange has Junior 1+ members, please advise Maine State Grange.

    Vermont State Grange Fall Festival

    By Beth Morse, VSG Fall Festival Director
    802 388-2653

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    Maine Grangers are invited to join us at the VT Grange Center (located at 308 West St, Brookfield, VT 05036) for our annual Fall Festival on Sept 5th, 6th & 7th. 

    Like many fairs, we give Grangers the opportunity to showcase the quality products they produce. (Forms are listed at the end of this post.)

    Here is a copy of our schedule of activities for the weekend:

    Friday:

    • 5:00 pm – Entries for judging can be turned in with entry form
    • 5:30 pm – Potluck Supper
    • 6:00 pm Bonfire (weather & burn ban permitting, plan B movie)

    Saturday:

    • 7:00 to 8:00 am Breakfast  ($8) Waffles, Bacon, Syrup, Fruit, Coffee & Juice
      • 8:00 am Activities will commence:

    Cribbage Contest
    Checkers Contest
    Hula Hoop Contest
    Horseshoe Contest
    Cornhole Contest
    Selfie Photo Booth
    Pumpkin Checkers
    Pumpkin Ring Toss
    Frying Pan Throwing
    Rolling Pin Throwing

    There will be sign-up forms available for each contest. 

    • 9:30 am All Vegetable, Flower, Cooking, and Craft Contest entries are due with the entry form (no form, no entry).  
    • 10:00 am Winter Building will be closed while the judging is going on (signs will be posted on the doors).
    • 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch ($12) Meatball Grinders with/without sauce, Macaroni & Potato Salad, Brownies & Ice Cream, and Drink
    • 1:00 pm Activities will recompense, and Winter Building will reopen for viewing winners.
    • 1:30 to 2:30  – Live music provided by Granville Daze. 
    • 3:30 pm Action – items that have been exhibited and donated to auction. 
    • 5:30 pm Dinner ($15) Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Vegetables, Coleslaw, and Apple Crisp
    • 6:30 pm Awards and prizes for the activities will be announced and presented.
    • 7:00 Movie 

    Sunday

    • 7:00 am Breakfast ($10) Egg Sandwiches, Bacon or Ham, Hash Browns, Fruit, Coffee & Juice
    • 8:00 am Chapel Service
    • 9:00 am Clean/Pack Up

    Festival Registration (Meals and accommodations)
    Festival Information (Contest Categories)
    Festival Entry Form
    Vermont State Grange Website

    Duck Pond Heritage Day Update

    Duck Pond Variety, Highland Lake Church, Highland Lake Grange, and Lenny’s at Hawkes Plaza are pleased to announce a celebration of history at Duck Pond Corner, located at the intersection of Route 302, Duck Pond, and Hardy Roads in Westbrook.

    The Day will feature open houses at the church, Grange, and Lenny’s, live music, historic photos, Scout & 4-H activities, food sale fundraisers, a special church service, displays of artifacts, Westbrook Police K9 demonstrations, a display of historic signs at Duck Pond Variety, and much more! 

    Click to enlarge this schedule of events. There are a lot to choose from!

    Come join us to explore the long history of this community. No cost to attend. 

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    These are some of the many raffle items available.

    Oxford Pomona Raffle Supports Words for Thirds

    Submittted by Steven Haycock

    Oxford Pomona Grange #2 is holding a Lottery Ticket and Cash Raffle! The proceeds of the raffle will be used to purchase dictionaries via the Words for Thirds program for various third-graders in Elementary Schools in Oxford County! This is an ambitious goal, and we need everyone’s help to make it happen!

    The details:

    • Prize: $250 in Maine State Lottery Scratch Tickets and $50!
    • Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20.00
    • Drawing will be at our September 2, 2025, meeting at Porter Grange.

    If anyone is interested in supporting this worthy community service program, please reach out to Steven Haycock, Secretary of Oxford Pomona at:
    44 Pond Road, Raymond, Maine, or Granger04071@aol.com

    You can also find me on Facebook  

    Thanks in advance for your Support!

    Win This Quilt!

    Click on the photo to enlarge!

    Each year, during the Big E, the New England Grange Building has a quilt raffle. The state that donates the quilt (done on a rotation) chooses the non-profit that the money raised goes to.Last year, over $6,000 was raised for a Veterans’ Center in VT. This year, NH is donating the quilt, and all money raised will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

    If you are the winner, the NEGB will pay to ship it to you. The pattern, for those of us not familiar, is Jacob’s Ladder, and this quilt will fit a double bed.

    If you make a donation of any reasonable amount to the New England Grange Building, your name goes on a ticket to win. To enter the drawing, send a check made payable to the New England Grange Building. Please be sure to include the name and phone number you want to be on the ticket. Checks can be sent to:
    New England Grange Building
    C/O Vicki Huff
    90 Linton Street
    South Portland, ME 04106

    Donations must reach me by September 8th, 2025. Remember, the mail hasn’t been particularly speedy lately, so don’t wait until the last minute! I will take donations with me when I go to work in the building. If you see me out and about before then, I can take cash as well.

    Project Wild

    Reprinted with permission from an e-newsletter published by Maine Representative James White.

    Project Wild is a series of activity guides that can be used as part of any class instruction designed for pre-K through 12th grade.  The guides, which are part of the Maine Project Wild suite, are Project Wild (terrestrial) guide, Aquatic Wild, and Growing Up Wild.  All of Project Wild is facilitated nationally by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and coordinated by an agency or organization in each state.

    It is the mission of Project Wild to provide wildlife-based conservation and environmental education that fosters responsible actions toward wildlife and related natural resources.  Each of the individual guides has its own focus, but all are designed with hands-on, inquisitive, student-led learning in mind, and are aligned with education standards. 

    Anyone can use Project Wild guides.  Teachers, parents, scout leaders, and other organizations and community groups will find that these activity guides are useful and easy to use. To learn more and to view the Project Wild guides, please click here.

    Webmaster’s Note: Could your Grange sponsor an outdoor activity? Project Wild is specific to children and youth, but the idea is also very adaptable. There’s an interesting potential program built around the idea that “Our Grange Gets Wild!”