As I sit here contemplating what to write, I am on Facebook catching up on the goings on of various Grange members, Granges and friends. Today I saw pictures of my Great Niece who is due in April or May, wished someone a happy birthday, and read about a dear friend and fellow Ekonk Community Grange member going to be with the Lord after a very long illness.
The power of the social media and the internet still amazes me, I am not that old but I still remember when a computer consumed and entire room and even an entire floor of an office building, when you had to rotary dial a phone, when you had 4 channels on your television and there was always something to watch. Time and progress has brought us along way. I never imagined there would ever be a level of membership in the Grange called E-Membership, but there is, and it is good for our organization. Everyone who has access to the internet can now join the Grange, enjoy the various benefits offered by the National Grange and the State Grange that serves the area in which they live, and all of the for $12.00 per year. This is a perfect opportunity for all citizens with an active interest in preserving rural life to be part of the Grange, an organization that was founded on that very principal.
I encourage everyone to go to http://www.nationalgrange.org/ and become an E-Member of the Grange and start enjoying the benefits offered and aid in promoting the preserving rural life.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Hey, did you hear that?
I am overwhelmed by the support of the media and the interest of the public in our organization. As I wrote in my last Granger article our organization is one that is built on a solid foundation that has been in place since 1885 here in CT.
Granges today are giving time and talent to their communities to better the towns and cities they live in. It is one of the fundamental efforts of the Grange to enhance and improve rural life. The Grange does that, our members gave almost 100,000 hours of themselves to their communities and to their neighbors; through small projects like food baskets to families who needed them to larger projects like making sure over 2,500 third graders in CT have a dictionary.
Go to http://www.ctstategrange.org/ and see if there is a Grange in your community, if not how about we start one?
Granges today are giving time and talent to their communities to better the towns and cities they live in. It is one of the fundamental efforts of the Grange to enhance and improve rural life. The Grange does that, our members gave almost 100,000 hours of themselves to their communities and to their neighbors; through small projects like food baskets to families who needed them to larger projects like making sure over 2,500 third graders in CT have a dictionary.
Go to http://www.ctstategrange.org/ and see if there is a Grange in your community, if not how about we start one?
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