Charlotte, Michigan Lodge 2565 Loyal Order Of Moose
1809 N. Lansing Rd. Charlotte, Michigan 48813
By compiling an exemplary record of community service, the Loyal Order of Moose has earned an outstanding reputation as one of America's leading fraternal and service organizations.
Community activities in Moose Lodges are intended to supplement the Humanitarian services that limited government resources can't provide.
Every one of the more than 2,000 Lodges is urged to participate in the "Six-Point Program" outlined by the fraternity's Community Service Department. These six areas of concentration include:
1. Youth Awareness / Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
Perhaps the most prominent point of the "Six-Point Program of Community service is the Moose Youth Awareness program, in which hundreds of bright, enthusiastic teenagers are recruited each year and then guided to create and deliver their own distinctive "Kids Talk" presentations to help younger children make positive, healthy choices in life. The teenagers present these "Kids Talk" to groups ranging from ages four to nine. Every year, Moose "Kids Talk" reaches up to 100,000 youngsters across the U.S. and Canada. Dedicated to the betterment of humanity, the Moose fraternity has also actively supported national health endowment throughout it's history. These have included the Kidney Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Cerebral Palsy, Arthritis Foundation, Epilepsy Foundation, and the Alzheimer's Association.
Special emphasis is placed on Community Service activities for youth. The Moose is an active participant in youth Special Olympics, as well as youth baseball, softball, basketball, hockey and soccer.
Hundreds of Lodges are charter sponsors in local Boy and Girl Scouting Groups. The key to the success of any Scouting troop is leadership. Moose members are active leaders in local Scouting programs, building the future leaders of your community. Moose sponsorship of Scouting includes Lodges that are chartered partners with a Boy Scout unit or provides financial support for Boy and Girl Scout units. It also provides for Lodge donations of $50 or more in a fiscal quarter to the Scouting programs at Mooseheart.
Youths are also served by the Moose fraternity's complete financial underwriting of the Youth Conservation Corps program at Yellowstone National Park. Every summer, YCC gives selected youths from all over the continent (including at least four from Mooseheart and three more from Moose families) an unforgettable eight-week work/learn/earn opportunity in the vast beauty of America's premier national park.
Other Moose-sponsored projects include "Adopt-A-Highway," "Meals on Wheels," and feeding the homeless, and sometimes, housing them temporarily in the wake of natural disasters or other emergencies. Years ago, Moose "Youth Honor Day" played an important role in reducing vandalism on Halloween night. "Operation Santa Claus," in which Lodges collect toys and distribute them to needy children, has been responsible for providing thousands of children with gifts at Christmas. Additionally, most Lodges sponsor more locally-tailored projects designed to fit the needs of the area in which it is located.
Counting volunteer hours worked, personal miles driven, and monetary donations, Moose men and women contribute nearly $90 million annually in Community Service donations throughout North America. Lodges everywhere are making substantial contributions to society by providing the initiative, organization, and manpower to make our communities better places to live.
DECEMBER'S DINNER
December's dinner was "Fresh Ham" served with mashed potatoes, gravy, salad, roll, corn, green beans, carrots, and cakes. We would like to thank Jerry Root for once again cooking this fine meal for our culinary delight. We would also like to thank everyone involved with making this meal possible. The Board would also like to thank those that took time out of their busy schedules to sit down and break bread with their Moose family.
KIDS CHRISTMAS
We had 24 children attend our Kids Christmas. They played games, made picture frame ornaments, and sang Christmas Carols.
Santa's appearance caught everyone's attention and he was soon surrounded by squealing, laughing children. After Santa was seated the children were led one by one, to sit with Santa where they were asked what they wanted for Christmas and to receive a special gift from him.
We would like to thank Joyce Haga, Karen Edgerly, and Marilyn Butler for their time and effort to make this a great Christmas party for the kids. We would also like to give a special thank you to our Administrator, Ryan McGregor, for having the foresight to schedule Santa's appearance during a very busy time of year.
POOL TOURNAMENTS
December's pool tournament had 4 shooters and was won by Steve Wythe. We will be holding pool tournaments every month on the second Sunday at 7:30pm. We will also be holding pool tournaments with other fraternal organizations. More information to be found in "Just For Fun".
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
Those celebrating birthday's in January are:
Lodge Officers
THANK YOU'S
We would like to thank Buster Edgerly for placing the two Mercury Vapor lights on the building. This will allow better lighting of the parking lot. We would also like to thank Dan Black for setting up the "Just For Fun" pool tournaments with other fraternal organizations and for the installation of a new water pressure tank and water softener. Our next step is to install our ice machine.
"Just For Fun" Pool League
Season starts January 9th and ends March 6th. Sign up at 12:00 noon, play starts at 12:30pm sharp!
Jack and Jill Tournament, blind draw for teams, one man, one woman. Cost per person, per week is $5.00, plus $0.25 per team, per game for table costs.
American Legion Post 42
Eagles Aerie 3552
Moose Lodge 2565
VFW Post 2406
General Rules
1. All players must be a member, employer, spouse or significant other of one of the four participating clubs listed.
January's dinner will be Meat Loaf and will be served from 5pm to 7pm on January 15th . The proceeds from this dinner will be donated to the "Michigan House" at Moosehaven. Plan on attending this dinner and allowing a bigger donation to be given in our name.
New Lodge Award
On Sunday, December 12th Lodge 2565 was awarded a 15% pennant by Moose Legion 108. What this means is that 15% or our Lodge are Moose Legion members. Contact a Legion member for more details on joining the "Degree of Service".
New Members
We have four new members. Rick Durham and Gary Wells, sponsored by Ron Smith Sr. and John Hall, sponsored by Dennis Hall and a transfer in from the Bad Axe Lodge, Warren Durecka. Welcome them to the Lodge when you next see them.
TIPS TRAINED
We would like to see more of our TIPS trained personnel behind the counter. Let's repay the Lodge for the training that has been provided to you. If you would like to have help while serving ask, someone will offer to "show you the ropes" until you feel comfortable serving alone. We will also be scheduling another TIPS class early in the new year. If you would like to serve with an all volunteer staff behind the counter contact a Board member for details.
W.O.T.M.
Ladies, you can fill out an application for Women Of The Moose at the Lodge now. Gentlemen, encourage your lady to
apply for membership in this fine organization.
Electronic Newsletter
I would again like to ask everyone that has email and who would like to get the newsletter before anyone else to please send me an email with Moose Newsletter in the subject line. It will be in MS Word format. [email protected]
In Our Thoughts
Gene Byrd's granddaughter Amanda, had surgery late in November and is doing better. Buster and Karen Edgerly's daughter gave birth to a girl, 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Robert Rasmussen's wife broke her arm. Steve Wythe's three year old son will be entering the hospital in January for surgery to correct an obstruction to the Aorta.
New Year's Eve
Please note the closing time, there has been a change. We will be open New Year's Eve from 4pm to ??am. Bring a dish to pass and spend time with friends at the Lodge.
New With This Issue
You will notice an addition to the front page of the Charlotte Moose News. We have been granted a "Permit to Publish" by Moose International. With the receipt of this Permit I have added a Volume and Issue number.
Charities
The Lodge donated $100.00 to Eaton County Hospice.
A Christmas Poem
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, my daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, so I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, but I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, and I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, a lone figure stood his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, you should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line that separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December, " Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam', and now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while, but my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, the red, white, and blue... an American flag.
"I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet; I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother, Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done, for being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, to stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead, to know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, that we mattered to you as you mattered to us.
Happy New Year
The Officers and I wish you all the very best in the new year. Remember our troops who are away from home during this holiday season.
The Moose Fraternity:
A Leader in Community Service
2. Youth Sports
3. Scouting and Yellowstone YCC
4. Senior Citizens / Moosehaven / Food & Shelter
5. Mooseheart
6. Local Volunteer Services
Gilbert Bishop, Michael Coval, Lee Dexter, Brad Ewing, Terrance Gilding, Tim McConnell, Brian Quaderer.
Make the trip to the Lodge and enjoy your free meal and drink.
Governor.....................Dennis Hall
Junior Governor..........Gary A. Jacobson
Prelate.........................Morris Edgerly
Administrator...............Ryan McGregor
Treasurer.....................Gene Byrd
1st year Trustee..........Kenneth E. Young
2nd year Trustee.........Steven Wythe
3rd year Trustee..........Shane Copher
Participating clubs:
1000 W. Lawrence
Contact: Lisa Marsh 543-1344
116 Lansing St.
Contact: Lee Dexter 543-6361
1809 Lansing St.
Contact: Dan Black 543-7260
695 Lansing Rd.
Contact: Jodi Ettinger 543-1719
2. All players will meet at that weeks host club. If there are more than 16 players, then the teams will be split evenly and half will play at the host club and the other half will play at the alternate club listed for that week.
League Rules are posted on the bulletin board at the Lodge.
Host Alternate
1/9/05 Eagles VFW
1/16/05 American Moose
Legion
1/23/05 VFW American
Legion
1/30/05 Moose Eagles
2/13/05 Eagles VFW
2/20/05 American Moose
Legion
2/27/05 Moose American
Legion
3/6/05 VFW Eagles
January's Dinner
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©Lodge 2565 - 2005