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 PORT CHARLOTTE CHAPTER 1619 DONATES TOMMY MOOSE

 

PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida  -   Junior Graduate Regent Arlene Haire and members of WOTM Port Charlotte Chapter #1619 presented Tommy Moose to Port Charlotte Fire Department Station #1 to be given out to children who have been hospitalized, involved in accidents, fires or other traumatic situations.

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 BEARS DONATED BY NORTH HILLSBORO FAMILY CENTER

 

TAMPA, Florida - -   North Hillsboro Family Center 1741 and WOTM Chapter 1763 have donated 800 bears to their local community.  Over 260 of the bears went to the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Rough Riders Teddy Bear Committee in Tampa, Florida.               

Pictured at left are: Mike Strickland, Rough Rider (RR) Officer; Terry Levin, Youth Involvement Chairman Chapter 1763;  Carl Levin, Moose Legionnaire and Trustee at LOOM 1741;  John Howell, RR Officer; Mark Hampton, RR Officer; Spencer  Summer, RR Sgt.; and David Boykin, RR Sgt.

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 PORT FOOD BASKETS BRIGHTEN THE HOLIDAYS

 

JUPITER, Florida - Jupiter/Tequesta Lodge #2237 and Chapter #1690 donated 5 Thanksgiving food baskets, 5 Christmas food baskets plus various toys to River of Hope, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, to assist those in need. In addition to the 10 baskets donated to River of Hope, the Lodge and Chapter donated an additional 14 baskets 6 of which were given to Jupiter High School and the remaining 8 were given to other families in the Lodge and community who also were in need of a meal this holiday season. The Lodge and Chapter are proud to have lightened the burden of 24 families and look forward to doing this again in 2012. Pictured at right are Leif Johnson and Junior Graduate Regent Mickey Gonzales presenting 2 families with their holiday feasts.

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From the Regional Managerr
Jerry Monk Regional Manager I trust everyone had a safe holiday season and Santa was good to you. We are starting the home stretch in the Moose Year. We have three months to “Create Some Interest” and complete the “Mission Possible” to ensure we have a gain in active members on April 30, 2012. The $0 Application Fee should help us on our quest. We also must contact those members who are in expired and dropped status and encourage them to renew their priceless membership. Contact those who have been terminated and invite them to rejoin, if we all work at retaining our members we will definitely have that gain. Together we can accomplish anything. Your Executive Committee along with many others from Florida as well as across the country attended the Making Change Seminar in Las Vegas. Although the results were not exactly what I thought they should be, there were a few good ideas shared. We were in hopes that those who attended would come up with new and different ideas to help our Fraternity grow. The camaraderie between the members however was great. I overheard many conversations that we are all in the same boat and we all have many common issues whether here in Florida or in Alaska. We will be hosting Supreme Governor Wes Crowder in March. We will be in Merritt Island March 14th, Vero Beach on March 15th, Palm Beach Gardens March 16th, and wind up in Lauderdale Lakes on March 17th for St. Patrick’s Day. Make your plans to be at one of these locations to meet the highest elected official of the Loyal Order Of Moose. We will have Bobble Heads for sale at each location that Wes will autograph for you. Now is the time to be making your plans to attend the Mid Year Conference to be held in Orlando April 19th – 22nd at the Rosen Plaza. We will have two great visitors, Gary Urwiler and Carolyn Allen. We may also have some visitors (spies) from Pennsylvania with us. So come on out and let’s show them some great Florida hospitality. I know it is early but I do want to remind you that the International Convention is in our backyard this year in downtown Tampa. Our goal is to have every lodge represented at the convention. Thanks for all you do and see you in Orlando

Fraternally,
Jerry Monk
 
From the President
Jerry Monk Regional Manager Retention is the key to our future success. We must all work harder to keep our members active and involved. If we wait until a member is on the expired or dropped lists it is often too late. We must make more effort, with new members and long time members alike, to involve them in lodge life; make them feel wanted, needed and appreciated. Retention should be viewed not as a program but as an attitude and the way we should treat each other; an every day way of conducting business. Every member has the potential to drop from our rolls unless we give them a reason not to. So we have to ensure that our lodges maintain a full schedule of fraternal and social events, geared to our particular members’ wants and needs and that we continually treat all of our members as valuable assets to our Moose family. 

Fraternally,
David J. Smith
 
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