{"id":100445,"date":"2026-11-04T08:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100445"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:27:59","slug":"membership-moment-december-2018-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100445","title":{"rendered":"Membership Moments, November 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Rick Grotton<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong>
Membership Committee Director<\/em><\/strong>
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It was a wonderful time at\u00a0the\u00a0State Grange Session. Seeing and hanging out with old and new friends is always a highlight.\u00a0For those of you who have never attended, you are missing out on\u00a0making new Grange memories.\u00a0\u00a0I received many membership topics to share by talking to other members.\u00a0The suggestions are appreciated\u00a0and welcomed. Don’t stop sharing!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your Grange is in the middle or on the edge of town, invite area organizations to hold meetings or events at the Hall. Police, firemen, town meetings, ladies’ clubs, or other fraternal organizations often need a place to meet when holding a special event or if their own meeting place is unavailable. Many times, they will become Grange members. Being useful and visible to the community is always a plus.  Communication is a big key also. Talking and planning with other organizations makes life easier for everyone, and use of the Hall in times other than your Grange meetings is always good. Often, people will comment that they never see anyone at the Hall; it’s always quiet. They then associate Granges as inactive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Grangers hold free community breakfasts or lunches for the community.\u00a0\u00a0Inviting musicians to perform a jam session attracts\u00a0many people\u00a0for a night of entertainment and fun. The community will associate the Grange Hall as a fun place to go, with a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Get planning now!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a wonderful time at\u00a0the\u00a0State Grange Session. Seeing and hanging out with old and new friends is always a highlight.\u00a0For those of you who have never attended, you are missing out on\u00a0making new Grange memories.\u00a0\u00a0I received many membership topics to share by talking to other members.\u00a0The suggestions are appreciated\u00a0and welcomed. Don’t stop sharing!\u00a0 If … Continue reading “Membership Moments, November 2026”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[34,202,27],"post_folder":[704],"class_list":["post-100445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-membership","tag-grange-activities","tag-grange-events","tag-grange-membership"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It was a wonderful time at\u00a0the\u00a0State Grange Session. Seeing and hanging out with old and new friends is always a highlight.\u00a0For those of you who have never attended, you are missing out on\u00a0making new Grange memories.\u00a0\u00a0I received many membership topics to share by talking to other members.\u00a0The suggestions are appreciated\u00a0and welcomed. Don’t stop sharing!\u00a0 If…","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-q85","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100447,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100445\/revisions\/100447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100445"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=100445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}