Bellwood Moose 777 Bellwood News May/June 2008 International Convention, Moose History Month, WOTM News and more.. LOOK INSIDE! IMA 2008 Community Service Project This year the Illinois Moose Association has chosen Special Olympics Illinois as the 2008 Community Service Project. Bellwood Lodge has selected to partner with PAEC Special Olympics Athletes. Our first project was a Spaghetti Dinner, including Raffle Table and Bake Sale. As we go to press before the event happens, we are hoping that this first event will be a successful one. We are asking every member of the Bellwood Lodge and Chapter to help out with this special and well deserving cause. Another dinner will be planned in the future. The donation for the dinner is a small amount, going a long way to help these Athletes. Please consider giving of your time to attend events that we are sponsoring, and to participate in this cause. This is a GREAT way to make Bellwood Lodge and Chapter known in our Community. Let s put our best foot forward and Make it Happen. Bellwood Lodge and Chapter have much to offer to those in need. Together, we can do whatever it takes to get the job done. Let s get out there and support Special Olympics and show our Community what a great Organization we belong to! 120 th Annual International Moose Convention 96 th Annual Women of the Moose Conference Las Vegas, Nevada June 20 25, 2008 Moose Pride!! When asked to show your Membership Card Show it with PRIDE! Bull Moose IT COULD BE YOU Please invite and sign up a NEW MEMBER 1
Attention LOOM & WOTM Mailing Address for Paying DUES! Always write the member ID number and the word dues on the front of your check or money order. U.S. DOLLARS for DUES ONLY should be sent to: DUES PROCESSING CENTER MOOSE INTERNATIONAL PO BOX 88065 CHICAGO IL 60680-1065 Hall available to Qualified Moose Members In Good Standing. For further information and available dates please Contact Earl Jackson or Mark Walsh On the Sunny Side Mari Galvez & Tim Carpenter have announced their engagement! Congratulations to Virginia Jackson on receiving her Advanced Certification in Early Childhood from Triton College. Congratulations to John and Linda Craig on the birth of their GREAT Grand- Daughter, Gianne. ATTENTION: IMA Conference will be in Springfield ILLINOIS August 21, 22, 23 & 24 Men s HQ Hilton Springfield Women s HQ President Abraham Lincoln Hotel Reservations starting MARCH 1 st Moose Rate: $84.00 per night plus tax Mention MOOSE to get the rate Free Parking for Moose Members Hotel Guests Non Hotel Guest parking rate: not to exceed $7.00 per day Hilton Springfield: 1-800-445-8667 President Abraham Lincoln Hotel: 1-866-788-1860 Deposit is required See Administrator Earl Jackson, Sr. or Recorder Linda Craig for registration forms. To Give is to Share.. Moose HISTORY that is.. During the Month of May, we will honor our Moose History. Saturday Night Specials In the Social Quarters Month of May Bloody Mary Month of June Gin and Juice Anyone having a piece of Moose History is invited to display them in our glass case located in the hallway of our Lodge. Please contact our Administrator, Earl Jackson, Sr. Please make sure your names are on the items to be displayed. 2
Get Well Wishes Loyal Order of Moose 777: Dick Holub Paul Horn Women of the Moose 1433: Dorothy Higgins Condolences to Virginia Jackson (and Earl Jackson) on the loss of her stepfather, Richard Proutt. Moose Legion Dates to Remember May 3 - Quarterly Celebration @ Camp Ross 10 A.M May 10 North Moose/Past Presidents Dinner 5 PM @ Berwyn May 18 Breakfast Celebration & Director s Meeting 8:30 AM @ Bellwood May 24 - Dinner & Dance 5:00 PM @ Berwyn June 14 Annual Moose Legion Picnic- 12 Noon @ Prospect June 29 Breakfast Celebration 8:30 AM @ Bellwood July 2 Kane County Cougar Game for Mooseheart Children @ 12 Noon Check your Dues Card. Under new rules, if you are one day in arrears, you are not entitled to Moose Lodge privileges. Contact Administrator for further details and information. Happy Birthday To our May & June Celebrants Happy Mother s Day May 11 th Father s Day June 13th Please report all Sickness & Distress to Prelate William (DJ Bill) Smith 708-302-1938 A timely card or phone call can make all the difference. Thank you! WOTM Please contact the Chapter. Notes from the Heart to the Wise From the GENERAL LAWS, The Constitution and By-Laws of Moose International and the Supreme Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose Sec. 48.2 Provide and Enforce Rules The House Committee shall prepare and formulate rules and regulation governing the operations of the Social Quarters or home including, but not limited to: Vulgar, profane and indecent conduct or language is absolutely prohibited at anytime in the social quarters, home, on lodge property, or during a Moose sponsored activity. In addition to the General Laws, the House Committee shall enforce additionally adopted and approved rules. Mooseheart Child City & School Brothers and Sister, please take the time to drop a line or two to our Step Children at Mooseheart. They work very hard and we are sure that they would appreciate it if they knew they were in our thoughts and we wished them every success. Drop your PEN-PAL NOTES in the Administrator s Office for mailing. 3
Hours of Operation Monday 4:00 p.m. Midnight Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Wednesday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Thursday 4:00 p.m. - Midnight Friday 4:00 p.m. 2:00 a.m. Saturday Noon 2:00 a.m. Sunday Noon till??? Note from the Governor Surprise!! I have the honor of being elected Governor for another term of office. Thanks for all the trust you have placed in me. Let us continue to work together to continue the great work that was started last year. Plans for lots of activities are being made and we need YOU to participate so they are all successful. Stop by and see the wonderful changes being made to our Moose Home. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Fraternally, Booker Brown Governor 2008-2009 Sports Moose Center News (Social Quarters): Due to popular request, we will continue Sports Sundays: - Small snack will be served for televised Sporting Events LongHorn Wednesdays 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Texas Style Snacks will be provided s 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Various style finger lickin good chicken will be served Note from Editor: Final date for items for the July/August Edition is June 12 th. Any items wished to be included in the Bellwood News should be turned into Administrator Earl Jackson or Recorder Linda Craig. Brothers & Co-Workers: Don t forget! 1 Year - $36.50 Total spread over 5 years - $182.50 Make check payable to: MOOSE CHARITIES 155 S. International Dr. Mooseheart IL 60539 Questions regarding Bellwood gimmefive! Bellwood Reps are: LOOM Booker Brown WOTM Corrine Popelka Moose Charities is awaiting our donations to the Gimme 5 Campaign. This is not a Chapter or Lodge donation, it is an individual donation from our members. Just $36.50 per year! If you cannot afford to send it all at once, any amount will be acceptable. If you don t want to send it on your own, bring it in and Corrine Popelka (Chapter s Chairman) will take care of it. Once a quarter, a donor list will be sent from the Regional Chairperson and it will be updated and posted on our bulletin board. Let s try to do our share to keep Mooseheart and Moosehaven open. One never knows if you or someone you know might have to take advantage of one of our Twin Cities. 4
Women of the Moose Bellwood Chapter 1433 WOTM Activity Night Meeting Schedule: May 12th Academy of Friendship 7:30 pm June 9th Membership - 7:30 PM I would like to extend a special thank you to our Administrator, Earl Jackson, Sr. for cooking up a wonderful meal for our Green Cap Activity program; to Judi Graf who served as the guest speaker and also read an inspiring letter from our Grand Regent, Marge Walsh; to Peggy Berry, our guest Senior Regent from Antioch Chapter; Sandy Suderski of River Park Chapter our guest Jr. Grad Regent; and especially to my Bellwood Chapter Co- Workers for everything from raffle prizes to fancy desserts. We had visitors from other Chapters and I m sure they were impressed as Bellwood LOOM and Co-Workers put their best foot forward. Thank you for making my day a huge success. I have nothing but wonderful memories thanks to all of you! Fraternally, Joyce Ann Eaker 2007-2008 Green Cap Business Meetings: May 27 th 7:30 pm Note due to Memorial Day, Meeting on Tuesday June 23 rd - 7:30 PM Bellwood Chapter presents: May Daze BINGO Sunday, May 18 th 1:30 p.m. BINGO for prizes Donation: $10.00 Lunch Only - $3.00 Bingo Only - $7.00 Lunch served at half-time Bring your Daubbers!!!! Great way to spend the afternoon with your Moose Family!!! Bellwood Volunteer Co-Worker of the Month March: Linda Craig 2007 2008 Volunteer Co-Worker of the Year: Rochelle Grapenthein Congratulations to Margaret Bathje and Virginia Jackson. Margaret and Virginia will be receiving their Academy of Friendship gold rings on Monday, May 12 th. ICE CREAM SOCIAL Monday, June 23 AFTER the Business Meeting Donation: $3.00 Happy Green Caps attending on March 30th Left to right : Peggy Berry (Antioch), Joyce Ann Eaker (Jr. Grad Regent Bellwood) & Sandra Suderski (River Park) Come to our meeting then stay to enjoy the evening with us!!! 5
More from the WOTM: Please check your membership cards for the expiration date. If you do not receive a notice one month BEFORE your card expires, please contact Recorder Linda Craig @708-202-1322. Linda has a NEW phone number, please make note of this change. If you are one day in arrears, you are no longer in good standing and are not permitted into the lodge or any functions. Help us keep our records current so that we can keep in touch. If you have moved or know of someone not receiving mail, please notify Recorder Linda. Feel free to call Linda at the number above, or e-mail Bellwood Chapter at Chapter 1433@mooseunits.org Women of the Moose RITUAL CHANGES. Co-Workers, once again we have changes in our Ritual and Business Meeting Procedure. Please attend our meeting to see the changes as set forth by International. We are in a less formal setting. We ask for your support by your attendance. Community Service. We are still saving pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House at Loyola. They are grateful for our donations. These pop tabs help offset their expenses in keeping the house afloat. Once again, we will be collecting empty printer ink cartridges for the traveling Soccer Team. This helps the team offset their expenses. Last year they traveled to Italy. If you have any of the above items, please bring them in to Corrine Popelka, who will collect and take them to the respective places. If she is not around, give them the to any WOTM officer. Quotes from the Suggestion Box Hey, What s UP! We have a new bartender on Sunday and he is Nice, CUTE and Funny!! Is he married? Does he have money? Is he aware of the fact that there are many, many, many single mature women that come into our Social Quarters on Sundays just because he is there? Could someone tell him that Our Eyes are on Him - soooooooo could he bring his little black address book for social numbers. I don t know about anyone else, but I have noticed the Mr. Cleanliness of our Lodge. The smell of potpourri is better than the smell of Lysol. I don t even mind going to the bathroom and staying an extra moment or two. Keep up the good cleaning!!! Smells great!!! The talk around our Lodge is about our upcoming picnic. Is it possible for us to set it up in the parking lot next to our building? This would be more comfortable for our seniors who cannot take the heat and eliminate the bugs on our food. Just a hint!!!!! 6
FROM YOUR PILGRIM Bill Martino I would like to thank all the members and guests who participated in our Annual St. Pat s corned beef Dinner-Dance. I was overwhelmed by the round of applause given when I came out of the kitchen. I share this applause to my fine staff who worked so diligently and professionally and who decorated the hall and tables, cook the vegetables, cut the corned beef, plate the food, and served to our members and guests. I would like to thank personally the following members who served on my committee: Ellen Smith-Yarc (salads); Earl Jackson (corned beef slicer); Mike Culhane and Mike Leskauskas (cabbage); Mike Arnone (carrots); Martha Leskauskas (potatoes & garnish); Virginia Jackson (corned beef weigher and to-go containers); Chris Jackson (dishes, pots & pans clean-up); Barbara Arnone (raffles); D.J. Bill (entertainment); the McNulty Dancers; Judy Bates & Donna Nash (silverware); Jim Bates & Jerry Jowers (cabbage cutters); Jim Aiardo & Zelma (bartenders); Arlene Martino (decorations for hall and Social Quarters, centerpieces, set tables, selling tickets at door, prep work, and many more tasks). It took 17 other members to put this function on and I cannot thank them enough! Thank you to everyone that came to the Easter Party. Special thanks and appreciation to all who helped out Corrine Popelka, John Parrilli, Joe Bathje, Mark Walsh, John Craig and all the older children who helped out. I hope you had a great time and look forward to seeing you next year. Linda Craig Chairman Kid s Parties Thank you to all who participated in our First Ever Casino Trip fundraiser. We hope everyone had a good time. A portion of our proceeds went to support the National Fire Safety Council through the Westchester Fire Department as our Committee s Community Service project. Corrine Popelka Pro-Tem College of Regents Chairman I appreciated the award presented to me by our Administrator for Outstanding Achievement In The Field of Lodge Fraternity Journalism for our Bi-Monthly Newsletter. Our new Editor, Judi Graf, is doing a great job and I wish her all the success! Congratulations to Earl Jackson for receiving the coveted Moose Of The Year award. We cannot say enough for the work that Earl Jackson has done since taking over as Administrator. Earl is a proactive manager who performs well. His leadership in communications, his cooking skills and sanitation of the Kitchen, the makeover of the office and building is the best. The countless hours Earl puts in has given dividends to our Lodge. His unselfishness and work ethics are outstanding. We are very proud to have Earl as our Administrator of Bellwood Moose Lodge 777. Please come out and support our Lodge. The activity has picked up tremendously, so please read our fine Newsletter and come in and get involved! 7 Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to Moose Charities, Inc. without you spending a dime! THE CHARITY OF CHOICE IS: MOOSE CHARITIES, INC. If 500,000 Moose members utilized this link, just once daily, it would generate $5,000 a day toward operational expenses at Mooseheart and Moosehaven! If that happened every day of the year, the amount generated for Mooseheart and Moosehaven would be $1.825 MILLION! So -- when you need to search a topic on the Internet, use www.goodsearch.com!
2008-2009 Elected Bellwood Lodge 777 and Chapter 1433 Officers Governor: Booker Brown Senior Regent: Jr. Past Governor: Dave Gier Junior Regent: Jr. Governor: Marcus Cash Chaplain: Mary Bellini Prelate: William Smith Sec/Treasurer: Corrine Popelka Treasurer: Mark Walsh Recorder: Linda Craig Administrator: Earl Jackson, Sr. Jr. Grad Regent: Jillian Osinski 3 Yr. Trustee: Michael J. Arnone 2 Yr. Trustee: Jimmy Hicks 1 Yr. Trustee: Andre Voice Inner Guard: Bill Martino Editor: Judi Graf Check the Calendar for all events at Bellwood Moose, the FRIENDLIEST LODGE in town! Sponsor a Friend the future of our Fraternity is YOU! Until next time. New theme coming soon Non-profit organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID BELLWOOD, IL 60104 PERMIT NO. 16 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Lodge No. 777 4013 Butterfield Road Bellwood, Illinois 60104 708-544-7888
Bellwood - May 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Social Quarters 3 Legion @ Camp Ross 10 AM 4 5 6 7 LOOM Officers Mtg 8 PM 8 9 Social Quarters 10 North Moose/Past Presidents Dinner Berwyn 5 PM 11 Happy Mother s Day 12 WOTM Academy of Friendship 7:30 p.m. 13 Legion Meeting 7 PM 14 LOOM LODGE Mtg 8:00 PM 15 16 Social Quarters 17 18 Legion Breakfast 8:30 AM Bellwood WOTM Bingo for Prizes 1:30 PM 19 Legion Officers Meeting 7:30 p.m. 20 21 WOTM Board Mtg 7 PM Joint Board Meeting - 8:00 PM 22 23 Social Quarters 24 Legion Dinner/ Dance Berwyn 5 PM 25 26 Memorial Day 27 WOTM Business Mtg 7:30 p.m. 28 LOOM Lodge Meeting 8:00 PM 29 30 Social Quarters 31
Bellwood - June 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 LOOM Officers Mtg 8 PM 5 6 7 8 9 WOTM Membership Activity Night 7:30 PM 10 Legion Meeting 7 PM 11 LOOM LODGE Mtg 8:00 PM 12 13 14 Annual Legion Picnic NOON Prospect 15 Happy Father s Day 16 17 18 WOTM Board Mtg 7 PM Joint Board Meeting - 8:00 PM 19 20 International Convention Vegas 21 Vegas 22 International Convention-Vegas 23 WOTM Business Mtg. 7:30 PM ICE CREAM SOCIAL Vegas 24 Vegas 25 LOOM Lodge Meeting 8:00 PM Vegas 26 27 28 29 30 Legion Breakfast 8:30 AM Bellwood