Category: Events

The Patrons Chain 3-08-2024

Articles in this edition include:

  • Speak LIke a “CHAMP” by Christine Hamp
  • March Heirloom
  • Where can I find? by Philip Vonada
  • Register for the Virtual Legislative Fly-in
  • Opinion: Your Grange’s Position by Walter Bommsma
  • Grange Month materials are available
  • Save the Date: Rural Minds and National Grange to present webinar
  • Commentary: Who Benefits from Daylight Savings Time
  • Grange Supply Store: Seven-Sided Patches
  • Grange Member Benefit: Avis

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Benton Grange Craft Fair and Flea Market

April 6, 2024, 9 am until 2 pm
May 4, 2024, 9 am until 2 pm

Benton Grange is holding a Craft Fair and Fle Market from 9 am – 2 pm on April 6 and May 4, 2024. For additional information or questions, call 207 453-4796.

Benton Grange #458 is located at the corner of River Road and School Drive in Benton, Maine.

Jonesboro Grange Easter Basket Festival

March 22- 24, 2024

Jonesboro Grange announces affordable family fun with a reasonably priced Easter Basket Festival!

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Festival includes :

  • Free Easter Egg Hunt for ages 12 and under with 7,000+ Eggs on March 23rd1
  • Free Photos with the Easter Bunny
  • $50 Door Prize
  • 50/50 Raffle
  1. The rain date is March 24. Please bring your own collection basket, employ your eggs, and return them to our egg boxes for reuse! ↩︎

Come buy tickets to try and win fun and unique Easter Baskets! 

  • 25 (1 sheet of tickets/$0.40 per ticket) for $10 
  • 50 (2 sheets/$0.30 per ticket) for $15 
  • 75 (3 sheets/$0.26 per ticket) for $20 
  • 125 (5 sheets/$0.20 per ticket) for $25

The drawing of winning tickets will be live-streamed on Facebook at 2:30 pm.

Visit us on Facebook at Jonesboro Grange #357 or email Jonesborogrange357@gmail.com with questions! 

Jonesboro Grange Hall is located at 746 US Route 1 in Jonesboro, Maine.

Kennebec Valley Public Take-Out Dinner

April 13, 2024

Kennebec Valley Grange will offer a public take-out dinner on Saturday, April 13, 2024, from noon until the food is gone. The menu includes ham w/raisin sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans, biscuits, and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Cost is $12.00.

For additional information, contact Diane Pinkham (207 314-5135).

Kennebec Valley Grange is located at 560 Main Street in Madison, Maine.

March Grange Events

  • March 1, 2024, Community Potluck Supper at Trenton Grange, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., 1134 Bar Harbor Road in Trenton. For more information, see this post or visit the Trenton Grange Website.
  • March 2-3, 2024, Community Bazaar (crafts, farmers’ market, yard sale…) at Trenton Grange from 9 am until 2 pm both days. For more information, see this post or visit the Trenton Grange Website.
  • March 5, 2024, Open Mic Night at Trenton Grange. Doors open at 5:30 pm, and the event is from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. $5 donation cover. Trenton Grange Website.
  • March 9, 2024 Benefit Dinner at Norway Grange at 5:00 pm. Door prizes, auction, 50/50 and more. See post for more information.
  • March 14, 2024, Deadline for the MSG Bulletin
  • March 16, 2024, Excelsior Grange Anniversary Celebration starts with lunch at 11 am. FMI see this post.
  • March 16, 2024, Junior Grange Meeting at Danville Grange. Contact Director Betty Young for more information.
  • March 18, 2024, National Grange Virtual Legislative Fly-In. Hear from Grange leaders, representatives from Congress, and issues partners about what the Grange is working on for all of rural America. Register at http://grange.biz/flyin2024.
  • March 18-22, 2024, Agricultural Literacy Week
  • March 19, 2024, Ag Day with the Maine Legislature. Donations of fudge are needed! Contact Roberta Meserve, Ag Director for more information.

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Excelsior Grange Celebrates

150th Anniversary Celebration – March 16, 2024

150th Anniversary Meeting, March 16, 2024. The meeting starts at 11 am with a ham dinner at noon. Please RSVP for the meal by calling 207-998-2301 or email Steve Verrill. The program will start at 1 pm and will consist of a history of the Grange, a presentation of membership certificates, and music by Kathy Hammond, a local entertainer. Pictures and other memorabilia will be on display.

Excelsior Grange #5 is located at 446 Harris Hill Road, Poland ME

The Patrons Chain 2-23-2024

Articles in this edition include:

  • National Grange adopts new Mission Statement 
  • If we could do anything… 
  • Final Day to Order – Grange Strong Fundraiser 
  • Grange Foundation’s Ernestine Keiser Memorial Scholarship
  • Register for the Virtual Legislative Fly-In
  • Grange Month materials available
  • Save the Date: Rural Minds and National Grange to present webinar
  • Grange Supply Store: Vintage Grange Hall Dedication Plaques
  • Grange Member Benefit: American Income Life Insurance 

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The Patrons Chain 2-16-2024

Articles in this edition include:

  • National Grange Leaders’ Conference taking place now!
  • Final Week to Order – Grange Strong Fundraiser
  • Grange Foundation’s Ernestine Keiser Memorial Scholarship
  • Register for the Virtual Legislative Fly-In
  • Advocacy Playbook: Supreme Court Review of Chevron May Shake Up Federal Regulatory Framework
  • Oklahoma School for the Deaf offers free, online American Sign Language course
  • Grange Supply Store: Vintage Grange Hall Dedication Plaques
  • Grange Member Benefit: American Income Life Insurance 

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The Patrons Chain 2-9-2024

Don’t miss the fact that two Granges in Maine are featured in this issue! (Granger celebrates 80 years of membership)

Articles in this edition include:

  • National Grange Building Sold
  • National Lecturer’s Programming Updates
  • NC Grange hosts Southern Farm Show vaccine clinic
  • Grange Strong Fundraiser
  • Happy Chinese New Year! 
  • Grant money still available for raising awareness about ACP
  • Grange Foundation’s Ernestine Keiser Memorial Scholarship
  • Register for the Virtual Legislative Fly-In
  • Granger celebrates 80 years of membership
  • Commentary: Broadband Subsidy Enrollment Ends Today; Millions Are at Risk of Losing Internet
  • Grange Supply Store: Seven-Sided Patch
  • Grange Member Benefit: American Income Life Insurance

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