Academy of Friendship Awards!

website is www.moose1511.com . North Reading Lodge 1511 – WOTM Chapter 492 Newsletter Sept - Oct 2013 140 North Street, North Reading, MA 01864 Tel: 978-664-2721 Year 2013-2014 Sept- Oct 2013 website is www.moose1511.com Volume 17 Year 2011-2012 “No man stands so straight and WOTM Chapter #492 up here because of the smoking" tall as when he stoops to pick up Officers How many times did we hear that in a child.” Sr. Regent – Bernice the weeks leading up to the smoking Addonizio vote? Well, it’s been since March Jr. Graduate Regent – Erin 19th this year that our lodge went Officers Holden NON-SMOKING...where are they? Jr. Regent – Debra We haven't exactly seen our Cacciapuoti membership explode as promised, Lodge #1511 Officers D 2012-2011 Recorder – Jeanne Russell so it's time to put your money where Governor Bruce Horton –Past a Sec/Treas – Elaine your butts used to be and get those Governor – Dave Schuettner t Cacciapuoti people signed up! e Chaplain – Teresa James If you sponsor just 2 new members Jr. Governor Bill McGarry Guide –Peggy Murray between now and April 2014 you will Assistant Guide – Dotty get your next year’s dues free!!! Normandy Sign up your family, your friends, Prelate – Neil Eldershaw your fellow employees! Do the same thing every year and you will Treasurer – Rich “Doc” Larkin never have to pay dues again!! How can you lose? Administrator –John Stone Academy of Friendship 1st Year Trustee – Brendan Hoyt Awards!

nd Teresa James and AnneMarie 2 Year Trustee – Alan Cyr Schieding will receive their

rd Academy of Friendship Degrees at 3 Year Trustee – Jamie Curley the March Annual Conference. Teresa has been a member since Sergeant at Arms – John Casalou October 1999 and AnneMarie has been a member since November Legion Corner Inner Guard – Vacant 2010. For them to receive the A.O.F. degree the Chapter must Outer Guard – Rick Paglucia Hello Brothers, qualify for the award of achievement, the Co-worker serving as an elected/appointed officer or - Been a member for 6 months or chapter development committee sponsored a new member? Then chairman installed before Jan 31st, you are eligible for the next must sponsor 2 or more new degree of service in the Loyal members. Any co-worker not Order of Moose, the Moose installed into a position must Legion. Membership in the Moose sponsor 5 or more members within Legion (The degree of service) the Moose year to become a opens the door for more activities member of the Academy of and allows you the chance to serve Friendship. Congratulations our children at Mooseheart and the Teresa and AnneMarie!! seniors at Moosehaven to an even greater degree. Membership in the Moose Legion is also the stepping Hey – want FREE DUES? stone to the Honorary Degrees of Remember when you said... our Order - the Fellowship Degree of - "I have 10 friends that won't come Honor and the Pilgrim Degree of ...... Merit. Being called to receive these officer to volunteer to help when Our Sincere Condolences to Sue Honorary Degrees within the Loyal these functions are scheduled! Gallante on the loss of her beloved Order of Moose is only possible ------mother in August. through recognized achievements in If you'd like to help out at our the Lodge and Moose Legion. We are so sorry to hear about Mike functions as a server, please be Please see any officer or our Moose Gibson’s mother who passed away sure you are: Legion Representative Jamie Curley on August 25th. Our thoughts are for more details or an application. TIPS-certified! with you and your family. It's only $10 and no application fee www.gettips.com is a fast, easy and is needed!!!! Current Legionnaires inexpensive way to do this on line! Our thoughts and prayers go out to can get their legion dues paid for a Use the code moosepromo16 in Donna Anderson who just had a year if they sign up two members. the promotion box for a discount! It hip replacement. will only be $24.00 instead of $40.00! Hope you are feeling better Jennifer Fraternally, Wi-Fi and Twitter: Addonizio. Jamie Curley We are hosted by Verizon. If you 3-Year Trustee would like to connect to our Moose Legion Chairman Lodge network, the name is Z03J3, and 1511 the password is F5E50C6DF3 (the character in the middle is a zero). September Birthdays: Electronic Newsletter If you need to get some work LOOM Members – done, or just want to surf the web, & E-Mail Notifications David Abruzzese, Ernie Arena, Paul be sure to bring your laptop, Brabant, Richard Branson, Jeff iTouch, or other web enabled If you would like to receive this Brush, Cliff Cook, Steve Correale device and log on! newsletter through your e-mail Jr., Don Dewar, Jeff Flood, Tom account, please send an e-mail to Donahue, Jeff Flood, Michael Jeanne Russell and Bill McGarry at Thinking of you: [email protected] and Gibson, Chuck Gleason, Jim “Rat” include the words “Add Me” in the Our thoughts and prayers Gleason, Paul Greystone, Allan subject line and your full name in the are with you: Hamilton, Alan Hyatt, Marc LeBlanc, body of the e-mail so we’ll know who Please contact our Prelate Neil Brian Lee, Peter Marrochello, Pat we’re adding. Eldershaw or Chaplain Teresa James McGowan, Jack Merrill, Mike ([email protected]) or one of the Mignosa, Carl Morgan, Dan Morrow officers if you know of any of our Jr., Mark Nichols, Ray O’Brien, Looking to rent members suffering a loss, sickness or Craig Rogers, Dave Smith, Carmen distress, hospitalization or need a St. Arneault, Matt Tomassian, Peter the Function helping hand. Warren, Bob Waterhouse, John Hall? Wood Please see WOTM Co-Workers – Bernice Addonizio, Kimberly Bellino, Colleen Brendan Hoyt, Burke, Miss Deb Cacciapuoti, Colleen DeMoura, Paula Gaudreau, Hall Coordinator Annette Gentile, Roselyn Gray, Arline Harris, Christine Hayden, Lee or John Stone. MacNeil, Dawn O’Brien, Cheryl Sincere Sympathy to Tricia Randall, Karen Rowe, Caren [email protected] or Laorenza and the family of Mike Todisco [email protected] Abt who passed away suddenly on August 4th. Mike was a very active Help Wanted! Looking for member of our lodge and will be October Birthdays: anyone that would like to help set up sadly missed. There will be a LOOM Members –, Michael the hall for Hall rentals. See collation for Brother Mike on Beagan, Steve Cabral, Peter Brendon Hoyt or John Stone or any September 14th in the Function Hall. Caprero, Steve Carbone, Bob DeMarco, Mark Drossos, Arthur 2 ...... NEWSLETTER

Hoffman, Bert James, John ALL BARTENDERS ARE work and dedication to Lodge Magazzu, Bob Maggio, Mark Martel, VOLUNTEERS.BE KIND - BE 1511/Chapter 492 and the MA/RI Chuck McCarthy, Jim McNally, Tom GENEROUS! State Assoc. Noyes, Brian Overlan, Tom Dust off your daubers - O’Connor, Bill Pierce, Gordon Bingo starts on September 8th and Potter, William Proctor, John Stone, don’t forget about Money Bags, Eddie Surette, John Thebeau, Jim which starts September 6. We are Tibbetts, Jim “Grimace” Tremblay, also having a shuffleboard Dave Varga, Mike Ward, Jay tournament on September 3rd. The Weaver, Buddy Woods Letter from the Senior sign-up sheet is posted in the lodge. Regent – It’s sure to be a fun night. Starting WOTM Co-Workers – Gloriann Hello Co-Workers: September 24 and continuing on the th Bellino, Deborah Blackwood, Terri The kid’s summer party was 4 Tuesday of every month, the Boucher, Madeline Briand, Elaine another big success. The weather WOTM is having an oldies night. Cacciapuoti, Kim Donovan, Doreen turned out to be beautiful and all the There will be a Drink of the Night Ducker, Marilyn Fisher, Renee kids had a great time. I would like to and if you order that drink you will Gylfphe, Johanna Holt, Maura Mejia, thank Joyce Shirton for chairing the receive a chance to win a $25.00 gift Tracey Purnell, Jeanne Randall, event and Peggy Murray whose card donated by the lodge. Candida Smith, Patricia Sullivan, craft activity was a huge hit with the Appetizers will be served by the Alicia Tremblay, Michelle White, kids. Also big thanks to Nannette WOTM. I hope to see you there. Karen Woods Poirier for being the photographer. These are only a few things that we She captured all the smiles and the have planned for the fall. excitement of the day. Doc Larkin Sincerely, Welcome to our Newest Co- and David Waterhouse and their Bernice Addonizio Workers: crew did a great job getting the yard Senior Regent 2013-2014 Diane McQueston and welcome all set up. I would also like to thank back Kerri Shaw!! We all welcome ALL the many volunteers who took Letter from the Governor – you and hope you grow to love our time out of their busy schedules to Hello Brothers and Co-Workers Moose Family Fraternity as much as help us. There are just too many to I would like to reach out to we do! personally thank, but I want every everyone at this time and just say one of you to know that we truly that the Lodge is doing OK, I know “ Shout Out” Page!! appreciate all the help. The kids there has been a lot of talk around If you would like to send a “Shout had a great time and that’s why we the Lodge and I want you to know Out” to anyone, let us know. Just do it. we are experiencing the same thing email [email protected] Last weekend at our mid- we feel every summer. Lack of or see any one of the officers. year conference North Reading members frequenting our Lodge once again did an amazing job. The during the Summer months so our WOTM took 2nd place out of all the Bert and Teresa James would like numbers are down and Mass/RI chapters for the 2012-2013 to announce that their daughter, pockets being more shallow than chapter year, Erin Holden got her Gabrielle James, has passed her usual, but I want everyone to know Green Cap Degree, and Heather MA Nursing Boards and is now a we will pull out of this just as we Schuettner got a Youth Awareness RN. always have in the past. Scholarship for all of her hard work and dedication to the kids in the Shout out and Congratulations to Starting in September we will have community. Doc Larkin and Billy Gerrie Bibo on the birth of your the return of Money Bags on McGarry received their Fellowship newest Grandson, Christopher September 6th and also the Sunday Degree and Bruce was voted Michael Jr. “CJ”. And also to Meat Raffle Bingo starting on Treasurer of the MA/RI State Board. “Auntie” Ashley Morgan. September 8th so tell your friends David Schuettner has been . appointed Secretary for District 2 Congratulations Erin for receiving Looking forward to the new Football Lodges and Jeanne Russell as the your Green Cap August 18th at mid- Season? Bingo's will be scheduled Secretary for the District 2 Chapters. year convention! From the 2012- according to what time the Patriots Congratulations to everyone for jobs 2013 Women’s Board of Officers are playing, so we do not interrupt well done. They are well deserving the Fans from enjoying the Games of these awards for all their hard ------being Played...... 3 back to school. He frequently writes entertainment and prizes were Please visit our Web Based to us and tells us how he is doing. enjoyed. It is always a great event! Calendar for further scheduling at Our Sunshine Grandparent is Alda July 20th was a MMOB http :// www .moose1511. com /Welcom Carmisciano. She has been at appreciation day at the Marlboro e. html Moosehaven since 2002. She loves Moose. Several of our members Thank You to go out to area restaurants and go were able to attend. There was a Governor Bruce E. Horton on shopping trips and other great band, and good food and excursions. Alda has been a games. The Marlboro Moose did a member of the Waltham Women of great job and there were a lot of Blues Boos and Bar-B-Que the Moose for 56 years! We write to Lodges in attendance!! Water gun her and also send her gift cards to games were a blast, pardon the pun! th On Saturday 7/6 we held our 5th Wal-Mart, stationary and stamps. Aug. 10 The Plymouth Lodge Annual Blues, Boos, & BBQ festival Lots of stamps! And Alda writes to had their annual Joe Bethune in the outdoor Social Quarters at the us every month with news of what Scholarship run. A good time was Lodge. It was certainly a hot day, she is up to in Moosehaven. had by all. but we didn’t let the heat dampen We post the cards and letters from Also on that exact date the Marlboro the good times. A big thank you to our Sunshine family on the Lodge had their annual SJL all who help make the day possible. Women’s Bulletin Board in the Memorial Scholarship fund. It truly takes a village and we always Social quarters. Stop by and take a Many members went to each event! seem to have enough hands to help, look see at what they are up to. Always a great time to support these so thanks to all! wonderful causes! th We’d also like to thank Jimmy’s You are cordially invited to Aug. 24 was the first Friends of Cullpepper Grill for coming to the our Monthly Meetings…. Woburn Veteran’s Run. The moving rescue and providing us a fantastic All interested Co-workers of Women Iraq/Afghanistan moving wall was BBQ that was enjoyed by all! of the Moose are invited to our open there also! This was not a MMOB Thanks to the boys from Buffalo, the Meetings on the second Wednesday scheduled event. We went to in Heavenly Chillbillies, for trekking of EVERY month at 7:30 pm. Bring support. Members from Woburn, East in their “Jam-bulance” to us your ideas and see what is going Dedham, Billerica and North provide the Blues portion of our day, on. We want your input and Reading were in attendance. All there were booty’s shaking all over welcome your attendance. It’s wearing some MMOB swag. The the place. Congrats to the winners also the meeting to attend to bring in run ended up in the Stage Fort Park of our door grand prizes, Peg your friends as new co-workers!! in Gloucester. Back at the staging Murray and Lori Beninatti (sp?). OR area later was a Blues event we Save the date for next year, 7/12/14. If you’re a Lodge Member, come on were all invited to! Deb Coveney, Junior Regent up to the first or third Wednesday of Peggy Murray, MMOB Member the month at 7:00 to have a say in Update on Our what’s going on or to have your MASSACHUSETTS MOOSE ON Sunshine Family friends and family join the Lodge. BIKES (MMOB) website is Three years ago, we told you www.themmob.net about our latest Sunshine Child and Sunshine Grandparent. This is a MMOB 2013 RUN little news update on them. EVENT SCHEDULE Our Sunshine Child lives in the There is a Poker run by The North New England House and is Hameed Reading Lodge scheduled in September. Adonuwu from Illinois. Hameed has The MMOB News – MMOB members will attend. now turned 16 years old on April 14th MASS MOOSE On BIKES and is going into the 11th grade this The MMOB News: SEPT. 28th – MMOB Fallen year. He has been at Mooseheart The MMOB has been busy with Member Memorial Run for over 8 years. He is interested in attending our scheduled event and OCTOBER 19th – Oct. 19th Yarmouth- sports (Golf, Basketball and attending other’s that we support. Chuck Breadmore Run.

Football). We send him cards, t- th shirts, Christmas presents, a July 6 was a MMOB run that was NOV. 19th – Annual MMOB Toy Run birthday present and gift cards to very hot but enjoyable that ended up Please save the dates. More Wal-Mart. We just sent him a gift at the Blues Boos and BBQ at our information will be available after the card for what he may need going North Reading lodge. Lots of fun, next meeting. 4 ...... NEWSLETTER

Bruce Horton, Past MMOB Pres. Box Tops, Labels and Can do you really do? If you volunteer [email protected], Tabs needed: your time to any community service, 781-315-3989 please let the Administrator or The Women of the Moose is Recorder know. Community service collecting Box Tops for Education, affords each and every Lodge, Can Tabs and Campbell’s labels. Chapter and Moose Legion the If any of our members would like opportunity to improve their image, to bring them in and help out, they Come to Zumba Mondays on a market their value as an asset in the can leave it for us and we will pick weekly basis from 7-8 in the function community, be recognized as caring them up in the Social Quarters. hall. Moose members $7 - all men and women, attract new OR – you can send your UPC others $10 - Walk-ins welcome. members, and retain current Codes for Education to: Campbell $2.00 per person will be going to members. You are not only helping Labels & Box Tops, Moose Moose Charities! Jessica Ham, the community, but the North Charities Intl., 155 S. International Instructor. Reading Lodge and Chapter will Drive, Mooseheart, IL 60539-1100 receive credit from Moose International as well. Moose Merchandise: Food Pantry The Men and Women of the Moosette T-shirts now on Sale Donations STILL Moose donate over $90,000,000 a for $12.00 each year in cash and volunteer for Blues, Boos & BBQ T-shirts Needed! Community Service each year. and Tank Tops still available - The North Reading “Moose Here are some Community Service $12.00 each Pantry” is still collecting non- Programs you may be involved with: Cookbooks – 492 Recipes from perishables. All items collected D.A.R.E., Little League, Special Olympics, Scouting, Food Pantries, WOTM Chapter 492 - $5.00 are, in turn, donated to the North Walk-a-thon, Schools, Hospice, Red donation Reading Christian Community Services Food Pantry which Cross, Disabled American Veterans, serves over 200 needy families in March of Dimes, Heart Association, Clothing Drop Box now this area. Suggestions are: Canned Cancer society. located towards the back parking vegetables, Spaghetti Sauce, lot up the hill. Oatmeal, Whole Grain crackers, all types of pasta, low sugar/high fiber Winners’ circle- cereal (Cheerios, Raisin Bran, etc.), Whole grain rice, canned Congratulations to Deb Randall on tuna fish/chicken, and canned bean winning the Lobster Raffle and to soup, canned baked beans, Peanut Mike Viens on winning the Butter and Jelly. Don’t forget Women’s August Raffle. What fun to be a Moosette!! soaps, paper products, diapers, and even pet food, too! There is a box for donations in the Social Quarters. Thank you in advance for helping our Eye Glasses Donations – We Moose Pantry help our community! are now collecting Eye Glasses to Tell us about donate to the Lions Club. There is a box in the Social Quarters at the YOUR good deeds!!! Lodge You’re a good person; you do stuff for people all the time! What

...... 5 Monthly Events - Here's what's happening... SAVE THE DATES! For up to the minute event information, see the ONLINE CALENDAR on www.moose1511.com Remember that the Lodge is officially Smoke-Free! Get your non-smoking buds up the hill!

Events in Brief September October 9/3 Legion Shuffleboard tournament, starts at 6 10/? Family Outing (Tentative) 9/6 Resumption of Money Bags Game, 6 - 8 10/11 District 2 Meeting in North Reading 8:00 pm – 9/8 Opening Day Football Tailgate Party, in All members and co-workers encouraged to attend memory of Mike Abt 10/19 Karaoke with Dawn & Phil 9/8 Start of Meat Raffle, 4:00 – 6:00 PM (Hosted 10/20 Open House – Bring your Friends & Family by LOOM) Also on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th 10/25 Youth Awareness Congress @ State House 9/? Jam session – Date to be announced 10/25 Line Dancing 9/21 Karaoke (also a state golfing event that day) 10/26 Kids Halloween Party 12:00 – 2:30 PM – 9/24 Martini Night Pizza, Prizes and Treats! 9/28 Foxwoods 10/25 Adults Halloween Party 7 – midnight - Potluck 10/29 Martini Night

Sneak Preview for upcoming Events in November and December: 11/? Rummage Sale 11/? Generations Celebration 11/? Chili Cook Off 12/14 Kids Christmas party 12:00 -2:00 with Santa! 11/16 Karaoke with Dawn & Phil 8-Midnight 12/14 Adult Christmas party 7:00 - midnight 11/? Turkey Shoot 12/21 Karaoke with Dawn & Phil 8-Midnight

************************************************************************************************************************************************************ KARAOKE– September 21st and October 19th 8:00 PM – 12:00. It's a great time to grab your last minute tickets for the month’s WOTM fundraiser! The Free Karaoke night is a great night to bring a qualified guest to show them what we have to offer. We've signed up over 35 folks at the Karaokes! ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ Patriots Opening Day Tailgate Party - Sunday September 8th at 1:00 PM! Hot Dogs, Chili, raffle and games! See the flyers in the Lodge! In Memory of Mike Abt *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Save the date for a Lodge trip to Foxwoods!!!! It’s September 28th.... More details will follow. 6 ...... NEWSLETTER

******************************************************************************************************************************************************************- Kids Parties –Kids Halloween Party October 26th, Kids Christmas Party December 14th. SAVE THE DATES – YOU DON’T WANT YOUR KIDS TO MISS OUT!! *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Lodge now has a Book Swap! Take a book, leave a book! Peruse the titles we have available in the "Kids" room. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** POOL TEAM - Talk to Steve “Mouse” Correale about joining a team. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** GOLF is in full Swing! Tee off is 3:30 Sharp on Thursdays! See Jim “Grimace” Tremblay for details. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Darts - If you are interested, please contact Paul Connolly at 978 664-3394. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Every Monday Night at 7 PM - ZUMBA!!!!! Come and get your Zumba on in the function hall! Come on up and check it out! Nominal donation! *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Texas Hold'em! DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND.....It's now the first and third Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM!!!! Stop up and try your luck!

*********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Oldies Nite - Join us on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30PM. Listen to your favorite Doo- Woppers croon music on the jukebox in the social quarters! Grab your bobby sox and dance, dress, or just drink and dream! Come on up for some fun fifties and sixties blasts from the past! *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Members Meetings - Come to an Open Men’s Members Meeting and see what it’s all about. Men’s Open Meetings are the first and third Wednesday of the Month. The Women’s Open Members Meetings are the second Wednesday of EVERY month at 7:30 pm. We need you! We need you to help rejuvenate the activities in the Lodge! As Summer winds down, we'll be looking to ramp up the activities and we always need help. Legion Breakfasts, Monster Jams, End of Summer BBQ, etc... We want to provide activities and events that are fun for all of you! Keep your eyes and ears open for a number of new and novel ideas...and if you have anything you'd like to see happen, see any Officer!!!!! None of our events happen by themselves so please consider seeing an Officer to volunteer your time! See “New Guy” Dave Schuettner in particular! ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ District 2 Meeting Schedule – Second Friday of Every month All Meetings begin @ 8 PM *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Lodge Website has been updated and includes many more events than we list here! www.moose1511.com ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ North Reading on The Go! Did you know that The North Reading Moose now has an App that allows you to perform a variety of functions and obtain lots of information right from your mobile device? iPad and iPhone users can even install the app on their devices for quick and easy access to the site! Just click here to get started from any mobile device! *********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Wifi Hot Spot! - The Verizon network name is Z03J3. The security key is F5E50C6DF3 (the fifth character is a zero). Have fun with your devices. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************

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PLEASE JOIN US ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20th 8 ...... NEWSLETTER FROM 10 AM - 12 NOON North Reading Moose Lodge Function Hall 140 North Street North Reading, MA 01864

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE AND THE WOMEN OF THE MOOSE!!!

THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS SERVED, CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES, AND INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS ABOUT THE ORDER, MEMBER BENEFITS, AND THE LODGE’S INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY

For more information, please call the Lodge at 978-664-2721 or check us out on the web at www.moose1511.com North Reading Moose Lodge Halloween Party Saturday, October 26th

...... 9 7:00 pm to midnight! In the Upstairs Function Hall $10.00 Donation Entertainment, Potluck MEATMEAT RAFFLERAFFLE ISIS BACK!!BACK!! Come join us Sunday, September 8, 2013. 4:00 – 6:00 pm Hosted by the L.O.O.M Great meat packages & Prizes to be won!!

IMPORTANT Notice: Please be aware that guests are permitted to be signed in a maximum of three times, with the third time being an occasion at which they must submit an application for membership. This includes any time you bring a guest in for an event such as Karaoke or Meat Raffle or the like.

This is a Moose International rule and we abide by that regulation.

REGULATIONS WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ENFORCED, PARTICULARLY DURING MEAT RAFFLE AND KARAOKE!

10 ...... NEWSLETTER WOMEN OF THE MOOSE “SPORTS DAY” MEAT RAFFLE SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 @ 4 pm

WEAR ANY SPORT TEAM’S SHIRT OR HAT AND RECEIVE ONE (1) FREE SHEET FOR THE FIRST GAME

Annual Children’s Party – Welcome to the Water Park!

On Sunday Aug 4th The Women of the Moose had our annual Children’s Summer Party. This year’s theme was “Waterpark.”

There was a Waterslide and a Slip n’ Slide. The children just loved them! Their happy, wet faces told it all. Seeing them climb up the stairs to the waterslide and come down and to hear their squeals was just awesome! The Slip n’ Slide to a get going fast run and a leap of faith. May photos were taken by a volunteer of all the children and their wonderful happy faces!! ...... 11 Also the Bouncy House is always a blast for them! We had games for all ages, such as a little fishing pond, and other various fun things. The Dunk Tank is always a blast, not only for the children but for our brave volunteers!

A big table of Arts and Crafts kept them all busy when they needed a little rest! The wonderful food was delish, and we also had the popcorn and the cotton candy. It was a beautiful day by the time we opened for the party.

The children all had arm full of prizes and fun things they had made. Congratulations to the winners of the overfilled back packs!

It is always a pleasure to see the Children, the Grand Children, the nieces and nephews of our Lodge Members having such a wonderful time at this event. Everyone looked happy and wet!!

A special Thank-you to Joyce Shirton for being the Chairperson for the event! And to Nanette Poirier for donating her time to take so many wonderful pictures.

Thank-you to all of our members that took the time to volunteer and make this yet another one to go down as a complete success.

Submitted by: Peggy Murray, Guide, Children’s Summer Party Committee

If you would like to see the 193 photos from the party taken by Nanette Poirier, go to Gallery: http://www.photographybynannette.com/p508761223

Slideshow: http://www.photographybynannette.com/p508761223/slideshow

Photo: http://www.photographybynannette.com/p508761223/e6e5ae6ce

Kids Summer Water Park Party August 3rd

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