Grangers and Guests line up for dinner!
Patty hands envelopes to all the Jr. Grangers
Fire Station of the Year
Firefighter of the Year
Family of the Year- The Jessups
Jr. Granger of the Year- Maria Rapp
Granger of the Year- Norine Swing
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Arcadia Celebrates Grange Month!
Last night I had the privilege to attend Arcadia Grange's Awards Night. The made many recognitions both in the community and within their Grange. They are doing wonderful things for Arcadia. Here are a few pictures from the evening!
Grangers and Guests line up for dinner!
Patty hands envelopes to all the Jr. Grangers
Fire Station of the Year
Firefighter of the Year
Family of the Year- The Jessups
Jr. Granger of the Year- Maria Rapp
Granger of the Year- Norine Swing
Grangers and Guests line up for dinner!
Patty hands envelopes to all the Jr. Grangers
Fire Station of the Year
Firefighter of the Year
Family of the Year- The Jessups
Jr. Granger of the Year- Maria Rapp
Granger of the Year- Norine Swing
Monday, April 6, 2009
2009 Officers Meeting
We held an officers meeting this past weekend in Clemmons. We wanted them to all be a part of growing the Grange, and understanding where we are now as an organization vs. how we want to be/could be/can be! Here are a few pictures from the weekend!
Jimmy started off by giving his presentation on Friday night called "The State of the Grange" He showed financial reports, and membership numbers from the last 8 years. He showed how we dropped from 17,000 members down to 3,000. Allison and I set up the Jenga blocks seen below to represent how we view the organization. There are many holes and instabilities that can be fixed with active particiaption from our members. It can be fixed by offering fun and entertaining programs.
Here groups work together on three of the National Grange Priorities- they identified ways to reach those priorities and then they made a plan of how to execute their plans!
Here's the list that they compiled of "problems" with active membership- they then turned those negative statements in to positive ones- and figured out how to accomplish those goals. They ranked them with stickers, we took the 5 with the highest votes and gave each of the 5 teams a goal to reach the priority.
Ways to develop new leaders!
Ways to start new Granges!
Here a group works together to brainstorm and figure out a way to reach their goal!
At the end of the weekend, the Officers and Department Heads signed this statement saying that they will work to accomplish the goals.
Allison and I showed this commercial, to remind everyone that we don't want to completely change the organization, we just need to figure out new ways to do things.
Pepsi's Forever Young Commercial
We also gave everyone Rice Krispy Treats to also give an example of a way to think outside the box- someone came up with the idea of making a dessert out of a breakfast product. That took some thinking outside the box!
Thank you to all those who attended this weekend. Know that we value your oppinions and we want and need your help to make the NC Grange better.
The information shared and accomplished this weekend will be sent to all the Granges. Remember we are all a team, working towards the same goal.
Jimmy started off by giving his presentation on Friday night called "The State of the Grange" He showed financial reports, and membership numbers from the last 8 years. He showed how we dropped from 17,000 members down to 3,000. Allison and I set up the Jenga blocks seen below to represent how we view the organization. There are many holes and instabilities that can be fixed with active particiaption from our members. It can be fixed by offering fun and entertaining programs.
Here groups work together on three of the National Grange Priorities- they identified ways to reach those priorities and then they made a plan of how to execute their plans!
Here's the list that they compiled of "problems" with active membership- they then turned those negative statements in to positive ones- and figured out how to accomplish those goals. They ranked them with stickers, we took the 5 with the highest votes and gave each of the 5 teams a goal to reach the priority.
Ways to develop new leaders!
Ways to start new Granges!
Here a group works together to brainstorm and figure out a way to reach their goal!
At the end of the weekend, the Officers and Department Heads signed this statement saying that they will work to accomplish the goals.
Allison and I showed this commercial, to remind everyone that we don't want to completely change the organization, we just need to figure out new ways to do things.
Pepsi's Forever Young Commercial
We also gave everyone Rice Krispy Treats to also give an example of a way to think outside the box- someone came up with the idea of making a dessert out of a breakfast product. That took some thinking outside the box!
Thank you to all those who attended this weekend. Know that we value your oppinions and we want and need your help to make the NC Grange better.
The information shared and accomplished this weekend will be sent to all the Granges. Remember we are all a team, working towards the same goal.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Legislative Day!!!
Our annual Legislative Day has been set!!!
Date: April 28th
Time: 9AM-1PM
Go to the Grange Website for more information!!
Please RSVP by April 20th!
Date: April 28th
Time: 9AM-1PM
Go to the Grange Website for more information!!
Please RSVP by April 20th!
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