VMA Women of the Moose

 

 from Grand Regent Carolyn Allen

 News Briefs

Virginia House NEWS !

W.O.T.M. Sports

W.O.T.M. History

 

 

Steal the Grand Chancellor's Cash

W.O.T.M. membership Promotion

February 1st, 2012 to April 30, 2012

 

 

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Higher Degrees Meeting Rescheduled

posted 01/24/2012

     -----Original Message-----
From: SAHead1947 <SAHead1947@aol.com>
To:
Sent: Sat, Jan 21, 2012 9:42 am
Subject: RE: HIGHER DEGREES MEETING JAN 21, 2012


DEAR HIGHER DEGREE MEMBERS:

AS PER PRESIDENT ROBERT "ROBBIE" CREEL:


DUE TO UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE HIGHER DEGREES MEETING FOR JAN 21, 2012 @ 1:00 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012 @ 1:00 AT THE WOODBRIDGE MOOSE FAMILY CENTER.

FRATERNALLY,
SHIRLEY HEAD
SEC/TREASURER
NVCHD

 

 
 

Collegians and Star Recorders Weekend

 

October 19th - 21st, 2012

 

Click Here to View and Print this letter in Adobe PDF 

posted  11/23/2011

 

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posted 07/12/2011

Congratulations to the WOTM Ritualists

from Manassas Chapter #1392

 

Janet Rossi  --  2nd Place Chairman

Linda Leavell  --  3rd Place Historian

Jacquelin Pitkin  --  2nd Place Registrar

 

Outstanding Ritualist  --  Janet Rossi

 

Click Here to view and print the 2011 International W.O.T.M. Ritual Competition Results

 

Click Here to complete and print the 2012 International W.O.T.M. Ritual Competition Entry Form

 

Click Here to load visit the Women of the Moose Ritual Home Page

 


 

posted 07/09/2011

Congratulations to Shirley Head

on being named our new

Deputy Grand Regent

Shirley Head is from the Woodbridge Chapter #653

 
   

 

 

Congratulations to the 2011 College of Regents Recipients

The list of new College of Regents will be updated as they become known

posted 07/06/2011 - updated 09/01/2011

Bonnie Barefoot

Manassas Chapter #1392

Brenda Barricks

Dinwiddie Chapter #1298

Dawn Boxwell

Fredericksburg Ch. #1592

Agnus June Buynar

Luray Chapter #1647

Bonnie Gwaltney

Sandston Ch. #569

Carol Hilliard

Aragona Village Ch. #684

Edith Taylor Hogge

Warwick Chapter #1386

Jessica Honecker

Franconia Chapter #1042

Jo Anne Noland

Hopewell Chapter #1180

Joyce Presley

Manassas Chapter #1392

Margaret Riggs

Gloucester Chapter #1312

Anita Webb

Winchester Chapter #1367

Becky Weeks

Portsmouth Chapter #966

Shelia Wilson

Lynchburg Chapter #1335

   
       

 

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Congratulations to the 2011

Star Recorder Recipients

The list of new Star Recorders will be updated as they become known

posted 07/18/2011 - updated 09/14/1011

Charlotte Baltrun

Centreville Chapter #1674

Mary Emerick

Fredericksburg Chapter #1592

Teresa M. Judd

Luray Chapter #1647

Fran Wade

Lynchburg Chapter #1335

   

 

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Congratulations to the Virginia W.O.T.M. Chapters

on receiving the Award of Achievement

for the 2010-2011 Calendar Year

 

The list of Chapters receiving the Award of Achievement will be updated as they become known

posted 07/05/2011 - updated 01/16/2012

Clifton Forge Chapter #22

Senior Regent - Carol Anderson

Colonial Heights Chapter #131

Senior Regent - Rebecca Jackson

Newport News Chapter #213

Senior Regent - Linda Prendergast

Hampton Chapter #349

Senior Regent - Sharon Thayer

Woodbridge Chapter #653

Senior Regent - Donna Badgett

Aragona Village Chapter #684

Senior Regent - Zandra Oeser

Sandston Chapter #569

Senior Regent - Richelle Taylor

South Norfolk Chapter #947

Senior Regent - Kim Gridley

Portsmouth Chapter #966

Senior Regent - Billie Ann Morfield

Franconia Chapter #1042

Senior Regent - JoAnna Mullins

Manchester Chapter #1078

Senior Regent -

Hopewell Chapter #1180

Senior Regent - Peggy Edwards

Front Royal Chapter #1194

Senior Regent - Karen Putnam

Waynesboro Chapter #1235

Senior Regent - Deborah Akers

Ashland Chapter #1252

Senior Regent - Mary Simons

Tuckahoe-Richmond Chapter #1282

Senior Regent - Linda Murphy

Dinwiddie Chapter #1296

Senior Regent - Kathy Handschuh

Farmville Chapter #1300

Senior Regent - Peggy Girodano

Strasburg Chapter #1319

Senior Regent - Zella Clark

Lynchburg Chapter #1335

Senior Regent - Becky Krantz

Harrisonburg Chapter #1320

Senior Regent - R Sommerfield

Winchester Chapter #1367

Senior Regent - Patricia Burch

Harrisonburg Chapter #1320

Senior Regent - R Sommerfield

Manassas Chapter #1392

Senior Regent - Cathy Burke

Lynchburg-South Chapter #1415

Senior Regent - Karen Kennedy

Staunton Chapter #1439

Senior Regent - Brenda Shiflett

Richmond-East Chapter #1543

Senior Regent - Debbie Moore

Dale City Chapter #1584

Senior Regent - Christine Sarna

Fredericksburg Chapter #1592

Senior Regent - Terry Denniston

Luray Chapter #1647

Senior Regent - Sherrie Grace

Centreville Chapter #1674

Senior Regent - Linda Hunter

Warrenton Chapter #1813

Senior Regent - Dina Stanley

Timberville Chapter #2011

Senior Regent - Pamela Sorrells

Washington County Chapter #2019

Verona Chapter #2225

Senior Regent Pro-tem - Doris Driver

Salem Chapter #2232

Senior Regent - Morey Meyer Birch

Powhatan Chapter #2258

Senior Regent - Josephine Ruslander

Caroline County Chapter #2316

Senior Regent Pro-tem - Karri Zellerino

Stafford Chapter #2361

Senior Regent - Karolyn Evinger

     

 


 

 

  2012 W.O.T.M. Training Sessions Schedule 

updated 01/15/2012

Training Date

Training Location

Time

Trainer Contact

Saturday - January 21st, 2012

 Timberville Chapter #2022

9:00am - 4:00pm

Kay Morrison

kittykayrow1@verizon.net

Saturday - January 21st, 2012

 Warwick Chapter #1386

9:00am - 4:00pm

Lynne Jenkins

ljenkins8@cox.net

Sunday - January 22nd, 2012

 Washington County Chapter #2019

9:30am - 4:30pm

Tonia K. Sparks

tksparks@charter.net

  

 The training sessions registration fee is $10.00 per attendee.

Chapters should send an email to the hostess chapter

informing them as to how many members plan to attend a particular session.
  

 

Click Here to print the complete Training Session Schedule as published by Moose International

 


 

  2012 2-HOTT (2 Day-Hands On Technical Training) Training Schedule 

Available to any LOOM or WOTM member in Good Standing

updated 02/03/2012

Training Date

Training Location

Reg. Deadline

Contact

Contact E:mail

March 3-4, 2012

8:30am

Blue Ridge #2135

540 / 336-4078

Feb. 24th, 2012

Cynthia Millard

540 / 678-0580

cmillard2@verizon.net or

cmillard@moosetrianers.org

March 3-4, 2012

9:00am

Fredericksburg #1655

540 / 786-8963

Feb. 18th, 2012

Denise Clausen

757 / 761-3709

dshaw@moosetrainers.org

  or   sds575@yahoo.com

May 12-13, 2012

9:00am -  4:00pm

Pulaski #2087

540 / 980-2992

??

Denise Clausen

757 / 761-3709

dshaw@moosetrainers.org

  or   sds575@yahoo.com

         

 

NOTE:  Cost is $35.00 01/19/2012

 

All checks should be made payable to the Virginia Moose Association

and brought to class at which time they will be collected.

 

Click Here to view and print the 2-HOTT Course Description

  

 Click Here to download and complete registration form and then

e:mail completed form as attachment to the designated training contact person

  

Click Here to download and print the Student Checklist - Training Prep Responsibilities

 

 

Required Materials For Class - please print your own and bring to class

Click Here to view and print the 2-HOTT LCL v2.1 Participant Guide

Click Here to view and print the 2-HOTT Quickbooks Participant Guide

Click Here to view and print the 2-HOTT Quickbooks Training Job Aid

 

 

 

Click Here to download and print the complete 2 Day HOTT Training Schedule

as posted on the Moose International Web-Site

 

NOTICE:  Any Lodge or Chapter that would like to sponsor a 2Hott session

are asked to contact Denise Shaw at sds575@yahoo.com or dshaw@moosetrainers.org

The classes are on Saturday and Sunday and start at 8:00am and usually finish by 5:00pm

 

LCL.net & QuickBooks Training Warning

 

     The Women of the Moose are receiving many inquiries concerning the use of Chapter Laptop Computers for the 2-HOTT (2-Day Hands on Technical Training) Classes that are to be required for Recorders starting with the new Chapter Year.  In an effort to clarify things, the following Guidelines should be followed.

Click Here to load and print the bulletin issued by Moose International 4/06/2009

 

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Important Information Affecting Your Chapter !

   

Click on any of the Publications below to load and print the document

posted  06/08/2011

W.O.T.M. General Laws

effective 06/01/2009

Click Here for Changes effective for 2010 - 2011

Women of the Moose

Officers Handbook 11-12

Click Here for Service

Chapter 11-12 Handbook

Women of the Moose

Recorders Handbook

2011 - 2012

Women of the Moose

Service Chapter

Secretary/Treasurer's

Handbook  2011 -2012

 

posted  09/28/2011

General Law Correction

 Changes as of 5/1/2011

 

posted  08/26/2011

Women of the Moose

Resume'

Women of the Moose

Orientation Guide

 

posted  09/22/2011

Women of the Moose

Chapter Audit Handbook

 

   

09/29/2011 Click Here to complete and Print Chapter Audit Report

09/29/2011 Click Here to complete and Print Service Chapter Audit Report

 

Click Here to view and print the W.O.T.M. Member Retention Handbook posted 05/18/2010

Click Here to view the W.O.T.M. Election of Chapter Officers Handbook updated 04/01/2011

Click Here to view the W.O.T.M. Election Handbook for Service Chapters updated 06/01/2011

Click Here to view and print the W.O.T.M. Petition Form posted 01/17/2011

Click Here to view the 2010 Installation of Officers, Appointed Officers and Chairmen

Click Here to view the 2010-2011 Service Chapters Installation of Officers and Chairmen

Click Here to view and print the Dress Code Guidelines June 2009

 

Click Here to download and print the

"Guide for Community Service and the Completion of the Community Service Section of Form 114"

as published by Virginia State W.O.T.M. Community Service Chairman, Connie Jacobs posted 7/20/2010

 

Click Here to view and print the listing of Chapter Analysts Coordinators and Chapter Analysts 04/09/2011

 

Click Here to access the Official Printable W.O.T.M. forms as published on the Moose International Web Site

 

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From Grand Regent Carolyn Allen:  

 

     
     
  Click Here to view Biographical Sheet

 for Grand Regent Carolyn Allen

     

February News Brief from Carolyn Allen:

 

posted 01/13/2011

Click Here to view Chronological Listing of Women of the Moose Grand Regents

 

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News Briefs:                         

From Grand Chancellor - Barb McPherson and Director of Operations - Judy Sisson

   

Barb McPherson

Judy Sisson

December --  News Brief from Barb:

 

December  --  Message from Judy:

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Virginia House News:

Bob Blankenship - VMA Virginia House Chairman

Andrea Gibson

Mia Jusufi

   - Virginia House Parents

(Click the Virginia House Photo to view larger image)

 

Scott D. Hart

Executive Director

Mooseheart Child City & School

E-Mail:  Scott Hart

  Click Here for Procedures for Admission to Mooseheart Child City and School

Click Here or on the Mooseheart Logo above to View a Special  THANK YOU  from the Children at Mooseheart


 

Hello From The Mooseheart Virginia Home!

Click Here to Visit the Virginia Home Web Site and stay updated on the Girls at the Virginia House

 

password - mooseheart

posted  10/13/2010 - updated 01/24/2012

Christmas 2011 & A Winter Update
January 17, 2012
It's been a very crazy winter and Christmas seemed to have come and gone by so fast. Due to many of the girls going on home visits for Christmas, we finally were able to celebrate Christmas in Virginia Home on Saturday January 8th! Thank you SOOO MUCH Virginia Moose for making us all feel special and blessed by your gifts and generosity. The girls have enjoyed playing with many of their gifts and super excited to try out the ones that they haven't quite had time to use yet. The girls all received roller-skates for Christmas from Santa and they are all super excited to use them. Cloe & Temilade loved their scooters & I wish you could have seen the faces on Cloe & Peterrene when they opened their American Girl Dolls. Audrey loved her new coat and clothes and Alissia was excited about getting her Bible. Shannon loved the ribbon and gift cards & Lisa and myself feel truly blessed by your gifts for us as well. We appreciate you and your help making this Christmas a special one for our home! Keep checking our site for updated pictures and posts as to what we've been up to. I love taking pictures and so I try my best to keep the photos updated for you so you can at least see everything we're doing, even if we don't get around to posting a journal entry all too often! Thanks again & keep posted for more to come! Amanda (& Lisa)


P.S. The snow finally came... we were delayed in the arriving snow for the last month and a half or more (which I wasn't too sad about... I was enjoying the 50 degree temps we were having here in January and for the sake of shoveling I don't think the girls were sad we didn't have snow for the last month) but this week we got our first significant snow fall for this winter... SO, thanks for the warm gloves which helped the girls hands stay warm!

 

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Virginia's Mooseheart Girl

 

Akemi Michel Joy Haddox

       

      Birthday: May 6, 2009

     Admitted: June 29, 2010

 

     Sponsored By: Williamsburg Lodge #757

Click Here to view Photos of Virginia's Girl  --  Akemi Haddox

Virginia's Girl - Akemi Haddox

 

Celebrates her 1st Halloween at Mooseheart

 

Click Here to view additional Photos from the visit by Mooseheart Children to Moose International Headquarters for Trick-or-Treating

  

Click Here to view Additional Photos of Virginia's Girl - Akemi Haddox

 

Sponsored by Williamsburg Lodge #757 and Norfolk Lodge #39

 

 

Message from Mooseheart Executive Director Scott Hart

posted 12/01/2010

 

     Winter has always been a fun time at Mooseheart, who couldn’t forget that childhood anticipation of waiting for the first snowflakes of the season or wondering if enough snow will stick to cancel school or at least get an early dismissal. From making the first footprints in the freshly fallen snow to packing that first crisp snowball – being a child in the winter wonderland of Mooseheart is special. As the season of fall begins to relinquish the reins to winter, this year at Mooseheart something is much different. From now until January 1st, our community will be shining bright with one of the largest holiday light displays in the Chicagoland area.

     As the last leaves of autumn made there way from the trees to the ground, a group of over 125 volunteers, many of them Mooseheart teens, started erecting over 80 lighted displays for the 1st Annual “Experience the Holiday Lights at Mooseheart” drive thru show. Snowmen, dinosaurs, Christmas trees and even a giant teddy bear come to life each evening thanks to the skill and muscle of our volunteers. Each evening when the displays are switched on and the Child City is aglow, more volunteers, including our teens, step up to welcome each visitor and ensure that their holiday lights experience is the best one possible.

     Our Family Teachers work throughout the year to make sure the young ladies or young men in their care are doing their part in giving back to the local, national and global communities. From assisting with food drives, coat drives, visiting nursing homes, preparing shoeboxes full of Christmas presents to be shipped overseas and packing food for organizations like Feed My Starving Children, our children and teens are learning to be a light in the life of others. Giving back doesn’t come easy, especially in a marketing world that pushes the message of, “what is in it for me?” twenty-four hours a day. Our children learn by our example and by participating alongside us.

     There are few better examples of this than the Moose organization. Each day men and women of the Moose give of their time and sustenance to make the lives of our children at Mooseheart, our seniors at Moosehaven and those within their own communities better. The Moose Associations around the country donated funds toward the sponsorship of many of the lighted displays that can be viewed along the Holiday Lights route. The children’s homes that provide shelter and warmth for our youngsters and line the way of light show are again funded through the generosity of Moose Associations. The Moose organization is made of over 1,000,000 men and women of action – volunteers in action! May this season find each of us ready to give and to be a light of hope in the lives of our fellow man.

 

 

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All Children Deserve A Chance

Can Mooseheart Help Someone You know ?

 

Click Here to View and Print the Procedures for Admission to Mooseheart Child City and School 

posted 06/28/2010 - updated 05/02/2011

Do you know of a child that can take advantage of the benefits at Mooseheart ??

 

          Historically, children have come to Mooseheart because the father, a member in good standing with the Loyal Order of Moose, passed away.  It is now Mooseheart's policy to admit qualified children who have a need. 

          The Admissions Committee considers all applications of children in need; when and if there are capacity considerations, preference must obviously be given to those children who are affiliated with the Moose member families.

          The Procedure For Admissions to Mooseheart Child City and School can be downloaded and printed using the link above.  Additional information or inquiries regarding admission may be made by contacting ... Moosheart Admissions Dept. -- Phone: 630-906-3631 -- Fax: 630-906-3651 -- Email: krife@mooseheart.org

 

Fraternally
Donnie Maddox
VMA Mooseheart / Moosehaven Admissions Chairman

Click Here to View and Print this flyer in Adobe PDF 

 



 

 

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W.O.T.M. Sports:  

Ruthi Doan-Pietras  -  VMA WOTM Sports Chairman

 

WOTM Sports Program

 

 

 

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History of the W.O.T.M.:  

 

Did You Know ?     --     History of the Women of the Moose

 

          The "Moose Legion" or "Degree of Service" was created by resolution during the annual convention of the Supreme Lodge in Cincinnati, Ohio, and adopted by the Supreme Council in 1913 as the Mooseheart Legion of the World".  Initially, and continuing until 1931, women enjoyed full membership as an intricate part of the Mooseheart Legion of the World.  Early issues of the Moose Magazine proclaimed this union of men and women with the headlines….. "Mooseheart Legion for Men and Women".
 
          Rodney Brandon, the "Moose Legion" degree's first administrator carrying the title Grand Regent, devised the first emblem, which incorporated a moose head centered in a pyramid with the letters "F", "H", and "C" at its points superimposed over a heart, surrounded by a circle and containing the words "Alces” and "Machlis", all of which had individual meanings.  The pyramid symbolized the core of our existence, Faith, Hope and Charity, while the heart symbolized heart of the fraternity, and the word "Alces" meaning moose or large beast and "Machlis" meaning leader.  The emblem was used in conjunction with the Women of the Moose until 1991, when a change was made to give both the Moose Legion and the Women of the Moose specific logo identity.
           
          Though the Women of the Moose (originally termed the Women of Mooseheart Legion) had received formal recognition as a Moose auxiliary in 1913, they at first had little structured program of their own beyond the Chapter level. That changed in 1921, when James J. Davis, ( 247th member of the Loyal Order of Moose and the founder of Mooseheart ), met and hired a remarkable woman named Katherine Smith.  When the 19th Amendment had granted women the right to vote in 1920, Smith, (from Indianapolis,) reasoned correctly, that women in politics would be a "growth market."  She quit her secretarial job to go to work in Warren Harding's successful Presidential campaign--and, still in her 20s, she was rewarded with an appointment as Director of Public Employment in Washington.  Labor Secretary, James J. Davis, was her boss, and he immediately recognized her talent and drive.  It took him five years to convince her to quit her government job and go to work for him running the Women of the Moose.  A stereotypical "women's program" held no interest for her, Smith argued.  "So get out there and make a program," Davis retorted.  She did exactly that, as the organization's first Grand Chancellor.  The year 1931 brought the formal organization of the Women of the Moose, and produced an amicable split from the men, as a separate and distinct unit of the fraternity.  Katherine Smith served as Grand Chancellor of the women of the Moose for 38 years until her retirement in 1964, at which point the Women of the Moose boasted 250,000 members. (It has since grown to more than 540,000, in approximately 1,600 Chapters.)
 

 

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