{"id":99783,"date":"2026-08-13T14:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99783"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:48:12","slug":"secretarys-corner-july-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=99783","title":{"rendered":"Membership Recognition Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sharon Morton, MSG Secretary<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Effective May 1, two changes took place in the Grange Store. This was reported in the April 24, 2026 issue of Grange Today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The price of Golden Sheaf, Silver Star, and 75-year Awards, as well as the 80 – and 85-year letters, will increase to $15.00 each plus shipping.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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 Additionally, shipping rates – which have remained unchanged for nearly a decade – will increase as shown on the chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a reminder, orders must be made using the Membership Recognition Form, which is sent to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sharon Morton, MSG Secretary Effective May 1, two changes took place in the Grange Store. This was reported in the April 24, 2026 issue of Grange Today! The price of Golden Sheaf, Silver Star, and 75-year Awards, as well as the 80 – and 85-year letters, will increase to $15.00 each plus shipping.   … Continue reading “Membership Recognition Procedure”<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,16],"tags":[272,27,834],"post_folder":[704],"class_list":["post-99783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-membership","category-secretary-helps","tag-grange-communication","tag-grange-membership","tag-grange-membership-recognition"],"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":"By Sharon Morton, MSG Secretary Effective May 1, two changes took place in the Grange Store. This was reported in the April 24, 2026 issue of Grange Today! The price of Golden Sheaf, Silver Star, and 75-year Awards, as well as the 80 – and 85-year letters, will increase to $15.00 each plus shipping.  …","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-pXp","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\/99783","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=99783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99907,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99783\/revisions\/99907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99783"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=99783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}