—-NYS Moose Association New Website: http://www.nysma99.com/index.htm—check it out

-I would like to thank Paul and Penny for the great job they did again this year in chairing Vet’s Honor Night for the Lodge. Both Vet’s Honor Night and the EMS dinner are two huge community service dinners that the Lodge sponsors each year. It is great to see that the turnout for both dinners was up this year from the past few years. It was also great to see the Teen Club helping with both events.
The holidays are upon us once again. It is the time to enjoy family and friends. The Lodge has the adult Christmas party with a dish to pass starting at 6:00pm with the Band “Closing Time” starting at 8:00pm on Saturday December 17 for our members, and qualified guests. Breakfast with Santa is on Sunday December 18 for our members and families; this event is also open to the community. We will be having the band “Monster Johnson” this New Year’s Eve for our members, and qualified guests’ enjoyment.
Remember in the spirit of the holidays the $20.00 application fee for new and former members is being waived, for the whole month of December. The Women of the Moose (WOTM) are also currently running a membership drive which waives their $20.00 application fee for new and former members as well.
In anticipation of hosting the New York State Pitch Invitational on Saturday January 28, 2012 at our Lodge, we will continue to play and/or teach Pitch the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month from now till the end of January @7:30pm. These are very informally run gatherings; in that you can show up any time that we are playing and join right in. If you are interested in learning, but cannot make these times call me @ 409-3425, and I will try to setup additional times. The rules that we will be using for the Pitch Invitational can be found at http://boardgames.about.com/od/cardgames/a/pitch.htm.
As always we would like to have you come to your lodge meetings to see how things are run and add your voice. They are on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday @ 8:00pm.

-Salutations!
Merry Christmas! My apologies for missing you all last month. I had a good excuse… I helped bring my new grandson into the world! Please, help me welcome Alexander Knight to the family!
Here at the Lodge we have been busy, as I am sure all of you have been busy as well. Our Chapter had a successful Pie Sale to benefit the Educational Advancement Committee; The Turkey/Ham Raffle went off beautifully with greater returns than expected; we’ve honored Vets and Emergency Service Personnel and our own College recipient; had a few laughs at Benny’s expense and served fish every Friday. Now we move onto December and a whirlwind of activities both at home and here at the ‘Moose’. We are hosting a Holiday Bazaar/Craft sale on December 3rd and 18th , come in and see Santa and pick up a few gifts and decorations for your celebrations.
We’re also looking forward into the New Year for more activities and fun. Dinners, cook-offs, and card tournaments, to name a few. Check the calendar of activities in the newsletter or just come in to Social Quarters to learn all the events planned for the end of the year and the start of the next!
Please remember every Chapter member is wanted at our meetings; held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month. Your support and interest help make us better.
Faith, Hope and Charity
Amy L Barnes, Sr. Regent

To ALL: Thank you for your support of the Ham/Raffle. Thank you also to the Teen Club for providing the food.
Judy Mills — Chairman Ham/Turkey Raffle

-Lodge meetings are 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 8:00pm

- Chapter Meetings are 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 pm

—Check out our website http://lodge1132.moosepages.org It’s got pictures and more !!!!!!!!

-We are proud to announce the NEW Moose Teen Club is off to a great start! If interested in joining please call Chris Perrin @ 585-330-3576.

-The Chapter wishes to Thank all of you who supported Friday night Fish Fries. See you in January!

-Breakfast with Santa is the 18th of December. It is open to the public so come on down, enjoy a great breakfast and visit with Santa.

- There will be a Christmas Giving Tree in the Social Quarters for a family with several children. The Chapter goes through the Food Pantry to get the name of a “needy” family for Christmas. They are asking for gifts for the children only. We do give them their Christmas dinner too. So stop by the Lodge and pick a name off the tree.

—-NYS Moose Association New Website: http://www.nysma99.com/index.htm—check it out

-SPECIAL EVENT How many times have you heard someone say, “ Let’s go down to the Moose for a few laughs.” Well come on down, Saturday November 12th, for a sit down dinner and laugh at the comedic insanity of BENNEY BAKER a Vegas headliner. Dinner only will be $10 per person. Show only $10 per person, Dinner and Show $15 per person, and the deal of the evening… Dinner and show $25 per couple. Don’t miss the fun. Dinner served @ 6:00 PM. Showtime @ 9:00 PM. Tickets on sale in the Social Quarters. Need a ride? Call the Lodge for arrangements.

-Sunday November 13th is the Chapters Ham/Turkey Raffle with a Bake Sale. This year we are open to the Public. The Bake Sale starts at noon. We are asking that our membership donate a baked good for our Bake sale. Please have them at the Lodge no later than 11 am Nov. 13th. Raffle starts at 1pm and ends at 4pm.Come on down and have some FUN!

-In the spirit of the holidays the $20.00 application fee for new and former members is waived, from Nov. 21st, 2011 to January 1, 2012. This will help the individual financially, and the Lodge in meeting its membership goal.In anticipation of hosting the New York State Moose Pitch Invitational on Saturday January 28th, 2012 at our Lodge, we will continue to play and/or teach Pitch the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from now till the end of January @ 7:30 pm. As always we would like to have you come to your lodge meetings to see how things are run and add your voice. They are on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays @ 8:00pm.
Fraternally-Craig Barnes, Governor

-The Cook Book Committee is still looking for recipes. You can email them to me at jmills21@rochester.rr.com. We really need more soups, salads, cookies, breads and rolls recipes. You can write it on a napkin if you wish and give it to Malinda Dykstra, Holly Hodge, Catherine Campbell or Judy Mills. We are really pleased with the membership participation. Thank you to all—The Cook Book Committee

- Whatever your reason for having joined your Lodge or Chapter, attending its meetings regularly enables you to learn how it works, and what’s happening in your area of interest. Meetings are easy to follow, because they adhere to a strict agenda, following Robert’s Rules of Order. Seven members constitute a quorum for a Lodge meeting—provided that the Governor, Jr. Governor, Prelate, or a Past Governor is present to preside. The Nine O’Clock Ceremony (you may remember it from the night you were enrolled) is a tradition upheld at Lodge and Chapter meetings—and helps us all remember one of the essential reasons our fraternity exists: our children at Mooseheart Child City & School. Another reason to get out of the house and to the Lodge on meeting night is—fun. It gives you an enjoyable change of pace from your usual day-to-day routine, offering you a night out and an opportunity to patronize your Lodge’s Social Quarters. As a legal corporation, the Lodge’s Board of Officers is required to hold meetings and to keep minutes. Our by-laws require at least one meeting per month (two for a Chapter). However, special meetings may also be scheduled for enrollment of new members, installation of officers, changing day and time of regular meetings, proposed changes in dues, transactions involving real or personal property of the Lodge, etc. The Board is required to notify members in advance of all such special meetings. So—what’s holding you back? Find out when the next meeting is scheduled. You do have a voice in the actions, programs and decisions of your Lodge and Chapter—but only if you’re there to exercise it!

-Lodge meetings are 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 8:00pm
- Chapter Meetings are 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 7:30 pm

—Check out our website http://lodge1132.moosepages.org It’s got pictures and more !!!!!!!!

- We are proud to announce the NEW Moose Teen Club is off to a great start! If interested in joining please call Chris Perrin @ 585-330-3576.

-What an awesome Harvest Dinner this year! Thank you to all who donated to make this such a successful dinner, and to the members who supported it. A special THANK YOU to Christine Stewart and Donna Grambeck for spending all day in the kitchen with me cooking up a storm, and the members of the Teen Club for coming down and helping us out as well! . Congratulations to the winners of the 50/50 Raffle and the door prize-a beautiful Mum plant. Thank you all again for supporting the chapter.
Victoria Andrews-Jr. Graduate Regent

- December 3rd we will be having the Winter Fest Bazaar at the Le Roy Moose. The Bazaar will be open to the Public. So come on down and do some “Crafty” shopping for Christmas from 9 am till 4 pm. Santa will be arriving too!!!!!

—-NYS Moose Association New Website: http://www.nysma99.com/index.htm—check it out

—October 15th is the harvest Dinner. Save the date. We are looking for donations of food items. See Vicki Andrews for more information. -

SPECIAL EVENT
How many times have you heard someone say, “ Let’s go down to the Moose for a few laughs.” Well come on down, Saturday November 12th, for a sit down dinner and laugh at the comedic insanity of BENNEY BAKER a Vegas headliner. We are in need of support for our building fund as there are many projects on the planning board. Our Centennial celebration is approaching fast and wouldn't it be nice to have our lodge “Parade Ready” by then. Dinner only will be $10 per person. Show only $10 per person, Dinner and Show $15 per person, and the deal of the evening… Dinner and show $25 per couple. Don’t miss the fun. Dinner will be your choice of Chicken Fettuccini or Sausage-E-Fornagio, with soup, salad & Dessert, all prepared by Mary Ellen Johnson. Dinner served @ 6:00 PM. Showtime @ 9:00 PM. Tickets on sale in the Social Quarters. Need a ride? Call the Lodge for arrangements.

-Sunday November 13th is the Chapters 4th Annual Ham/Turkey
Raffle with a Bake Sale. Bake Sale starts at noon. We are asking that our membership donate a baked good for our Bake sale. Please have them at the Lodge no later than 11 am Nov. 13th. Raffle starts at 1pm and ends at 4pm. Come on down and have some FUN!

- At the New York State Moose Convention we won the bid for the NY State Pitch Invitational Tournament in January. I know many of you have never even heard of this card game. It is an old card game for 3 to 7 players or even numbers when playing partners. There is a trump suit, but no bowers. A hand takes only 2 -5 minutes to play. We will have people to play and/or teach the card game of pitch to help people learn the game on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from now till the end of January @7:30 pm at the lodge. I taught three family members to play in less than 15 minutes last month. Just think how great it would be if another person from our lodge or chapter again won a state sporting event. As always the board of officers would like to invite any lodge member to attend the lodge meetings. (2nd & 4th Tuesdays @8:00pm) We would like to have you come to your lodge meetings to see how things are run and add your voice.
Anyone is welcome to present articles for the newsletter. Please remember the deadline for submission is the 4th Tuesday of the month.
Fraternally, Craig Barnes—Gov

- Salutations! It’s been a long hot summer and I hope you all managed to keep your cool. J Now we enter the season of autumn and all the activities that go with it! Already in September we’ve had a 2 day training session, and started having Fish Fries again. The WOTM are producing a cook book and need your recipes. The deadline for submissions is in January so hurry up and get your favorites written down and sent in. Please be sure the recipe is complete and legible. We are planning a Taste-testing Event to launch the finished edition, so keep your calendars ready to reserve the date. Our tailgate party was a great success with the Bills chipping in a winning game to watch. October has started off with a great effort in raising funds for Christmas at Mooseheart and Moosehaven; and continues with our Annual Harvest Dinner, always a great family event; and will finish off with not 1 but 2 Halloween parties one for the big kids (21 and over) and one for the community children; come have fun at one or both. Looking forward, November is equally full of fun events to join in. If you missed the opportunity to help with our Christmas contributions for Mooseheart and Moosehaven you are more than welcome to drop us a note or come in and present it in person.
As always there are lots of raffles and activities going on at our Moose home that you can join, just pop in and check it out! We are always here to ‘Be of Service’
Faith Hope and Charity,
Amy L Barnes, Sr. Reg.

—-Check out our website http://lodge1132.moosepages.org It’s got pictures and more !!!!!!!!

- We are proud to announce the NEW Moose Teen Club is off to a great start! The Club has 11 members and their officers have been elected. Many new ideas/decisions are currently underway as we consider Fall activities. Tye Dye shirts are ordered with our name and logo, pumpkin carving is scheduled for Oct 25th @ 6:30 pm, and plans are be made for a Spooktifying Good Time for the Halloween party on Oct 30th. There are several more events in the works, so if interested come join us! Our 1st Family Skeeball Event was a great success. A special Thank you to the LOOM for the use of the machines. If interested in joining please call Chris Perrin @ 585-330-3576.

—-NYS Moose Association New Website: http://www.nysma99.com/index.htm—check it out

New York State Moose Association Annual Convention has come and gone. I am pleased to say that the entire elected board of the lodge was in attendance, plus two other members at large. This made us one the best represented lodges in the state. There was a lot of good useful information presented at the different sessions. I myself gained a lot of insights and gathered some great ideas from just talking to other attendees.
The board of officers would like to invite any lodge member to attend the lodge meetings (2nd & 4th Tuesdays @8:00pm). We would like to have you come to your lodge meetings to see how things are run and add your voice.
Fraternally,
Craig Barnes– Governor

Salutations!
NYSMA Annual Convention was great. Our Official Visitor was Grand Chancellor Barb McPherson. She is a wonderful person to know. She really makes you understand why we do what we do; it is all to help our children at Mooseheart, the elderly members at Moosehaven and the people in our own communities; In other words our extended family and friends. The LeRoy Chapter members in attendance and our Chapter in general, were greeted and recognized by Barb after our presentation of a check for Moose Charities.
September means school is back in session, please be more diligent with school busses and watch for children as they begin a new school year. It also means the LeRoy WOTM is back in business for Friday Fish Fries. There are lots of slots available to sign up if you want to help prepare, cook, or serve; or just remember to come on in and eat some good food. Every Friday from September 9th to November 25th.
The LeRoy Lodge will be hosting District Breakfast and meeting on September 11, at 10:00am. All members are welcome to attend.
An extra “Thank You” goes to Diane and her crew for the great event on August 13th. Please check your newsletter for more events coming up, if you want more information on anything call and ask, most events are open to all members and their guests.
Faith, Hope, and Charity
Amy L Barnes, Sr. Regent

—A sincere Thank you to all who helped with the family get together for Patty Smith. She, unfortunately, passed soon after, and many people came together again to help in her memorial service. She will be fondly remembered and sadly missed.

—October 1st there will be a Pasta Dinner from 5pm to 8 pm to benefit Mooseheart and Moosehaven. Come on down for dinner and relaxing evening with your Moose Family.

—The first meeting for the New Teen Club will be on September 11, 2011 at 1 pm. Chris Perrin is the new advisor for the teen’s. Chris has some great ideas for the kids too!!! We have a lot of parents that are members with children that would enjoy the Teen Club and would also learn why their parents support the Moose.

—-ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!! Sunday September 18th starting at noon. Bring your favorite tailgate dish to pass. We will again have the large screen TV under the pavilion to watch the Buffalo Bills take on the Oakland Raiders. More details will be posted in the lodge.

—Skee-Ball Tournament on September 24, 2011 @ 2PM. Registration is at Noon and Food will be available. The Lodge Moose Legion is Sponsoring this event.

—Kids Skee-Ball is on September 25, 2011 @ 2PM with Prizes and snacks. The Lodge Teen Club is sponsoring this event.

—-Check out our website http://lodge1132.moosepages.org It’s got pictures and more

—October 15th is the harvest Dinner. Save the date. We are looking for donations of food items. See Vicki Andrews for more information.

— The Chapter is doing a cookbook, please submit your recipes. We need at least 150 recipes to complete the cookbook. There is box in Social Quarters for them. The Deadline is September 15th in order to get them done for the Holidays.

— EDUCATION IS THE KEY SAFE SURFIN
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A CHILD’S INNOCENCE CAN NEVER BE REPLACED
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