Grange Heirlooms are snippets from the lessons of the Grange as taught in the Rituals and Declaration of Purposes.
Use the icons below to share this Grange Heirloom on social media and help others understand what the Grange stands for! If this heirloom has a particular meaning for you, click the “leave a comment” link at the left and share your comment with us!
For additional information and resources regarding the Heirloom Program, visit the Heirloom Resource Page on the Maine State Grange Website.
Due to an issue with the furnace at State Grange Headquarters, the Degree Day scheduled for April 23, 2023, will be held at Manchester Grange located at 953 Western Ave, (Route 202), Manchester, ME 04351 starting at 1:00 pm. Please contact Maynard Chapman or Sherry Harriman for more information!
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!
April Bulletin
Columns and posts for the April Bulletin are due April 14, 2023. Remember, you can always find recent issues of the Bulletin on the Program Books and Information Page.
Pie and Community
Listen to this one-minute podcast and think about Grange Month! Could you drop off some pies around your community together with some information about your next meeting or program?
Grange Month Happiness
Don’t forget to tell us what happiness you experienced during Grange Month at your Grange. Use the Submissions Tab or send an email!
Ideas for Granges
How about a House Plant and Seed Swap? Invite people looking to build their plant collection or interested in gardening and looking for seeds to join other plant lovers to trade plants and seeds. Serve light refreshments.
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!
It’s time for farms to sign up for Open Farm Day; the deadline is May 1. The event is on July 23, 2023. There will be a webinar on April 5, 2023, at 5 pm for farms who want to learn more.More information and resources,including how to signup for the webinar and Open Farm Day 2023.
April 15, 2023, 11:30 – 1:00 (or until the food runs out)
Enjoy lunch to go from Kennebec Valley Grange! The menu includes smothered beef, mashed potatoes, peas & carrots, homemade biscuit, and peach cobbler. The cost is $10 per lunch.
Kennebec Valley Grange is located at 560 Main Street in Madison, Maine.
For more information, email Diane Pinkham or call 207 314-5135.
April 23, 2023, Degree Day at State Headquarters, 1:30 – 4:30 pm. Contact Maynard Chapman for more information at 207 312-5591.
April 26, 2023, Fifth Degree at Enterprise Grange, potluck supper at 6 pm, meeting and degree at 7:00 pm. For additional information, contact Marilyn Stinson or Ben Edgerly.
Are you feeling disconnected from National Grange news?
Gleaned from an email written by Phil Vonada, National Grange Communications Director
Each Friday morning, an email arrives – your computer dings, your phone buzzes, a notification pops up on your computer screen. The email is from the National Grange – either the Patrons Chain or the once-a-month View from the Hill. Without fail, that email has come to you for years, and then you notice… it’s not coming anymore. It’s not in your junk or spam folders, you didn’t change your email address… where is it?
Scrolling emails on your phone, it’s really easy to accidentally unsubscribe, mark the email as spam, or remove yourself from our mailing list. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy for the National Grange staff to re-subscribe you. Because of the software used to send these emails, the only way to get back on the weekly email list is to sign up again – staff are unable to do it for you.
That’s why we tried to make it simple for you to get back on our email list! Visit www.nationalgrange.org/comeback to be added back to our mailing list through Constant Contact. On the form, check “Newsletter” to start getting our weekly Patrons Chain and View from the Hill emails again. Checking “General Interest” will also subscribe you to other communications through the National Grange emails. Don’t worry, we promise not to clutter your inbox.
If you haven’t subscribed to the newsletter before, this form will still work for you!
Here’s what you can expect by signing up:
Each week includes columns from National Grange President Betsy Huber, one of our Department Directors, and information about what’s happening at the National Grange
The Legislative Department includes two columns a month – one is the “Advocacy Playbook,” which picks a specific issue and helps Grange members know how to get involved; and the last Friday of the month is the “View from the Hill,” which gives a rundown on what’s happening on Capitol Hill and how it affects Grange policy.
So, if you’re feeling a little disconnected from National Grange news and information, be sure to update your subscription to the National Grange’s newsletters!
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.
