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Sept 14 Special Meeting

9/9/2017

September 14, 2017Sesquicentennial Anniversary meeting agenda
1. Advertising

In Aurora
Grange websites
News paper
Church bulletins/School newsletters

2. Planning for how many?

Attendees
Members needed/volunteers available?

3. Refreshments

Coffee and Cider
Pumpkin bars
Order in pizza for members after cleaning up?

4. Pumpkin Painting/Carving

Allow parent supervised carving with non-lethal equipment?
How many to bring?
Decorative materials (patterns, paint, etc)
Where and how to protect hall from damage

5. Games

Fishing booth for kids?
Apple bobbing for older kids/teens\?
Cider pressing for adults?
Equipment required
Prizes?

6. Grange promotion

Museum with narrator (in costume?)
Building tours
Fair video presentation program?
Poster/flyers?
Other?

News and Special Events

NOTE! Next meeting is May 22

Maplewood grange is open for rentals. Secure your date now by calling rental chairperson Dan Keeley at 503-508-7807.

ZUMBA is again in session. Shake it up! - Call Cristina for details at 503-984-8193

SCOUTS are back also! Troop 271 meets Mondays at Maplewood. Have a child that you would like to grow into someone that is:

Trustworthy,
Loyal,
Helpful,
Friendly,
Courteous,
Kind,
Obedient,
Cheerful,
Thrifty,
Brave,
Clean,
and Reverent?

A good Scout is. Call Mindy Ferris at 503-682-1182 for more info.

As always, Maplewood Grange is looking for community minded folks willing to get involved and leave the world a bit better than they found it. Open to all since 1876.