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Grange Today! 11-28-2025

The Newsletter of the National Grange

Articles in this edition include:

  • National Grange President calls for action to strengthen rural America
  • National Grange holds elections
  • A Call to Act: President charts a future of connection, courage, and growth
  • “What does the Grange mean to you?”
  • Support the Grange Foundation through the Common Routes Challenge
  • As Temperatures Drop, Respiratory Risks Rise
  • View from the Hill
  • Free Webinar on Alcohol Use Disorder among Women in Rural America
  • We need Red, White, and YOU!
  • Keeping America Fed: Why Farm Labor Reform Can’t Wait
  • Grange honors and celebrates
  • Grange Foundation elects advisory board members
  • Juniors and Youth Learn at Sea
  • Recipes from the Heartland
  • Health Care Premium Tax Credits: What’s at stake for rural America?
  • 3 Ways You Can Help Tackle Hunger and Strengthen Communities This Holiday Season
  • Member Benefit: MemberDeals
  • Grange Store: Stocking Stuffers

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MSG Office Building Sold

By Sherry Harriman, MSG Master/President

Our office building has been sold!

Our new mailing address and location are:

36 Anthony Ave., Suite 102
Augusta, ME 04330

We hope to be completely in our new office by December 13, 2025.

Our phone will remain the same: 207-623-3421 and toll-free number 1-800-464-3421.

Our email address will change.   (To be finalized upon installation.)

Letters are going in the mail tomorrow to each Grange, Master, Officers, Deputies, Directors, and Committee folks.  You can share the exciting news and info with everyone!

Fraternally,
Sherry  

Directions to the new office:

  • From Rt 95, Exit 112B going north or 112 going south. Stay to the right.
  • Follow Rt 27 North, toward Belgrade about ½ mile.
  • Take left at the light between Irving and Kentucky Fried Chicken. 
  • Take 1st left onto Anthony Ave  (go past Great Wall Buffet and past Fairfield Inn)
  • Number 36 is the third building on the right. It has a brick archway at the entrance with glass doors. Suite 102 is straight back to the left.

Santa Is Coming to Vienna

No cost! Free to any and all. Our Juniors are going to help with crafts, the treats are all homemade, and it’s a really lovely, old-fashioned little party.

National Grange Honors Night

Join us TONIGHT, Friday, November 21 at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT as we celebrate the outstanding achievements, service, and leadership of Grange members from across the nation at National Grange Honors Night. This special program shines a light on the individuals and Granges whose dedication strengthens our communities and embodies what it means to be #GrangeStrong.

Tonight’s event will include:

  • Grange Hall of Fame induction
  • Celebration of Remembrance for the Grange leaders who have gone to the great Grange above
  • Departmental Awards for the 2024-2025 Grange Year

We hope that you and your Granges will tune in live on YouTube or Facebook to celebrate the accomplishments and honor those who helped us reach where we are today, as we look ahead to another incredible year for the Grange.

Please invite your members, friends, and community partners to join us online as we recognize excellence throughout the Grange. Let’s celebrate and honor together – no matter where you are!

Click to watch on YouTube on November 21, 8:30 pm ET

Click to watch on Facebook on November 21, 8:30 pm ET

Click for Program Book

Community Service/FHH – November 2025

By Brenda Dyer, MSG Community Service/FHH Director
(207) 608-9193

Thank you for your entries in the Community Service and Family Health and Hearing Contests. Keep up the good work. Thank you to the judges who worked on the entries.  

I want to encourage you to go through the Community Service Program Book.  Do what you can to help people during Thanksgiving, and keep up with the Heirloom and Substance Project. Keep good notes about your activities and refer to your Community Service reports to see what we are looking for when judging at the end of the program year.  

For Family, Health and Hearing — It is flu season, so please take precautions.  

Thank you all for your calls, cards, and prayers for me at this very challenging time. Your encouragement is appreciated.

Hollis Grange Words for Thirds

Hollis Grangers presented dictionaries to Hollis Elementary 3rd graders. Grange presenters were Butch Gannett, Vicki Huff, and Lila Wilkins.

Northeast Grange Leaders’ Conference Information

Key dates:

  • Deadline for Hotel Registration – December 1, 2025
  • Deadline for Registration – December 15, 2025
  • Conference Dates – January 9 – 11, 2026

Registration Form for the conference

Hotel Information

This is the only information we’ve received. There is a contact listed on the registration form

Valley Grange Words for Thirds Team visits local schools

Valley Grange Teams are currently celebrating Dictionary Days and Words for Thirds with area schools.WABI-TV5 caught up with the team at Ridgeview Elementary School in Dexter.

To learn more about the Guilford Grange’s Project, visit the Valley Grange Website or Facebook Page.

2025-26 State Officers

Front: Sharon Morton, S; Missy Baldwin, L; Tracey Small, P; Debbie Ivers, F; Judy Meserve, C; Sherry Harriman, M; 
Middle: Roberta Meserve, LAS; Christine Hebert, C; Carolyn Van Horn, EC; Linda Cobb, Mus; Pete Ivers, GK
Back: Laurie McBurnie, T; Rick Grotton, AS; Ben Edgerly, S; Jim Meserve EC
 Absent: Mike Griffin, Overseer, Dale Holst, Executive Committee 

Celebrating Grange Membership

Information gleaned from the current issue of GoodDay!TM magazine.

75 Years of Continuous Membership

William Benner, Willow #366

50 Years of Continuous Membership

Linda Brooks-Nighman, Perry #324
Ashton C. Reardon, South Sangerville #335
Brian E. Reardon, South Sangerville #335
Douglas Drown, Bingham #237
Jams Owens, Bingham #237

Granges Gaining New Members