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Category: Grange News
Beal University Promotes Grange Scholarships
With campuses in Bangor and Wilton, Maine, and New Brunswick, Canada, Beal University offers 26 programs, from Diploma to Master’s, across six fields of study, including Health Sciences, Nursing, and Addiction Counseling.
Education Aid Makes Major Criteria Change to Scholarships
Both the Educational Aid Scholarship and Howes Nurses Scholarship are available to ALL college students. It is no longer necessary to be a Grange Member to qualify. The trustees are asking for help from local Granges with “getting the word out” to students and colleges.
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
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
Communication Shorts 6-1-2023
By Walter Boomsma,
MSG Communications Director
207 343-1842
Communication Shorts are brief (short) but important items posted for your information and use. Send us your ideas and thoughts!
June Bulletin Deadline
Columns and articles for the June Bulletin must be received before June 15th. Earlier is good! Remember, you can always find recent issues of the Bulletin on the Program Books and Information Page.
Monroe Classic Grange Store
As a reminder, the Monroe Classic Grange Store is still open as an officially licensed Grange Store. They carry a wide assortment of Grange-related and branded items such as jewelry, flags, signs, awards, fundraising and promotional items, apparel, signs, and name tags.
Cumberland Grange Information
We’ve had a request for information regarding “Cumberland Grange” from Judy Gagnon of the Cumberland Historical Society. Apparently, there were actually two: Cumberland #69 and Cumberland #500. If you can help Judy and the Society, please add a comment or let us know and we’ll put you in touch with her! Thanks!
Open Mic at East Madison Grange
Bring your talent and friends to the East Madison Grange for an Open Mic night on the first Friday of every month at 7 PM. Refreshments are available, free to the public, but donations are appreciated. Contact hideandgopeep@gmail.com or 207 716-6441.
Do You Love the Grange?
The world wants to hear about it! Fill out the simple I Love the Grange Form… it only takes a couple of minutes! Thanks to all who have shared so far!
Ideas for Granges
How about a collaboration with your local Commission on Aging or another Senior Group to create a Grange Cares Day, a day when people are able to give back and help the senior citizens in their community?
Thought for You…
“When everyone’s thinking alike, someone’s not thinking.”
General George Pattaon
Online Directories Available 24-7
- The ODD Directory features all state officers, directors, and deputies with contact information.
- The Directory of Granges features all Granges in the state with a contact person. Please make sure your listing is correct!
Do You Have FOMO?
“FOMO” is, of course, a Fear Of Missing Out. One strongly recommended treatment is to subscribe to the Maine State Grange Website. We’ll send you a daily summary whenever news and columns are posted, and we won’t share your email address with anyone!
Notes from National – May 2023
If you have not sent in your latest “new member” list, please do so ASAP! I’m working ahead on the next issue of Good Day! and would love to be able to finish off that section. Thank you all for your great work!?
We hope to see you “at” some of our June Events!
National Grange Heirloom Program
Grange Heirlooms are snippets from the lessons of the Grange as taught in the Ritual and Declaration of Purposes. Please share “success stories” about the use of the program with us or if you come up with other innovative ways to incorporate the Program in your Granges. Information and materials are now available on the National Grange Website.
“Notes from National” is based on a monthly email received from the National Grange Communications Department.
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.