Sunday, November 7, 2010
“God Bless the USA”
Again, we have been blessed with great traveling weather. Yes, a cool crisp fall day, but lots of sunshine to guide us to our next Entertainment of Grand Officers is in Brookfield, hosted by Beulah Chapter No. 15 and Naomi Chapter No. 18 today.
As we gathered and registered on the main floor, you could smell the work being done by crew in the kitchen downstairs, preparing soup for after the meeting.
At 2:00pm our entertainment portion of the day was a salute to Veterans Day and some of the Vermonters throughout history whom we should not forget. Thank you PGP James Bennett for the dialogue and song honoring our Veterans.
After the entertainment, the meeting was opened in form followed by the presentation of the Grand Officers in the East: Kathleen Sjolander, Worthy Grand Matron and Alec Porte, Worthy Grand Patron. After which, introduction of the Past Grand Matron and Patrons, and Grand Officers.
Today’s addendum for the WPM and WGP was a walk through a garden where at various stops along the way, a ‘meaningful saying’ was offered along with a Pansy for their basket. By the end of the walk both had full baskets of flowers.
WGM Kathy and WGP Alec and Sister Roclyn Porter were presented honorary memberships to both Beulah Chapter No. 15 and Naomi Chapter No. 18.
PGP Donald Chamberlain spoke on behalf of the Past Grands and Christopher Smith, Grand Rep of Massachusetts, spoke on behalf of the Grand Officers.
The WGM and WGP had kind words for all. The WGM addressed the Make-A Wish project and updated us on how well the cookbook sales and ‘wish list’ items were doing. Another reminder from WGP Alec about the General Grand Chapter's Service Dog project with pins and scarves available from the Area Instructors.
The credentials committee reported and there were 56 present. The silver collection netted $70.00 for the Make-A-Wish project.
After the meeting, we adjourned in the dining room for soup and sandwiches. Minestrone and Corn Chowder were the soups of the day, and on the tables were platters of assorted sandwiches. Desert was assorted cookies and ice cream. Hats off to all the chefs today!
Our next stop on the “On the Wings of Love” tour is with Temple Chapter #75 and LaPlotte Chapter #64 on Tuesday, November 16th in Williston. Dinner at 6pm, Entertainment at 7pm followed by the meeting at 7:30pm.
Hope to see you all on the Star trail!
Brother Dan, Grand Chaplain
“Remember, friends are like angels, you don’t have to see them to know they are there!”
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