Community Service
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Charlie Curtis -- Community Service Chairman |
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The Community Service Report Forms are no longer mailed
to the Lodges
and must be downloaded from Moose International
or can be downloaded and printed by clicking on the
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The Family Activities Report Form is
available by clicking on the following link |
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posted 8/04/2008
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Congratulations to
MANCHESTER Lodge #699
For Their
Generous And Being The Leader In Most Overall Donations At The 2008
State Convention Which Exceeded
$12,000.00 ! |
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Congratulations to
FONT ROYAL Lodge #829
For
Their
Generous Donations
At The 2008 State
Convention
Which Exceeded
$11,000.00 ! |
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How Does
Virginia Stack up to the Totals Reported at Moose International?
as reported by Community Service Chairman, Charlie
Curtis, at the 2008 VMA Annual Convention |
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posted 7/21/2008
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Total
donations reported at International for Moose Community Service
for 2007-08:
| Loyal Order of Moose |
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| Total: |
54,472,922.80 |
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| Women of the Moose |
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| Total: |
17,477,642.69 |
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| Grand Total L.O.O.M. and
W.O.T.M. |
$71,950,565.49 |
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Total donations reported on Quarterly Reports for VMA for
2007-08: |
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| VMA Loyal Order of
Moose |
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| Total: |
5,744,863.04 |
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| VMA Women of the Moose |
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| Total: |
1,389,363.45 |
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| Grand Total VMA L.O.O.M
and W.O.T.M |
$7,134,226.49 |
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Approximately $1.00 of every $10.00
that was reported by International
came from the State of Virginia !
GREAT JOB, KEEP IT UP !!
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Moose International
Community Service Award Program
(Formerly "Top
Hat")
posted 7/21/2008 -- updated 8/09/2008
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VMA
had 42 Lodges that had Superior Rating for all 4 Quarters
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GOLD |
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| 575 |
Woodstock |
1655 |
Fredericksburg |
| 829 |
Front Royal |
1711 |
Warwick |
| 898 |
Portsmouth |
1897 |
Bedford |
| 1076 |
Franconia |
1947 |
Richmond-East |
| 1472 |
Hopewell |
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SILVER |
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| 583 |
Woodbridge |
1727 |
Lynchburg-South |
| 610 |
Covington |
1966 |
Washington County |
| 683 |
Exmore |
2165 |
Dale City |
| 715 |
Lynchburg |
2483 |
Stephens City |
| 1309 |
Waynesboro |
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BRONZE |
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| 198 |
Tazewell County |
284 |
Roanoke |
| 464 |
South Norfolk |
886 |
Gloucester |
| 1163 |
Tuckahoe Richmond |
1348 |
Culpeper |
| 1683 |
Clifton Forge |
1937 |
Sandston |
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posted 8/26/2008
Moose International Community Service Award Program
The Moose International Department of Fraternal
Programs is proud to recognize outstanding community service efforts by
our lodges. During the latter part of May each year, the
International Community Service Committee meets to judge all lodges that
have earned four "Superior" ratings during the recently completed fiscal
year. The top 50% of these Lodges are recognized as recipients of
the annual awards. Each will receive a plaque of appreciation
indicating the Lodge name and number and the level of award achieved.
The levels are as follows:
The top 20% will be presented with the Gold Community
Service Award.
The next 30% will be presented with the Silver
Community Service Award.
The final 50% will be presented with the Bronze
Community Service Award.
The Quarterly Community Service Report
The Community Service Chairman is responsible for
filling a Community Service Report for each quarter of the fiscal year.
Simply complete the report form, fill in all of the appropriate
information and mail or fax it to the Moose International Community
Service office. The reports are then graded by the Community
Service Department and given a rating of Superior, Excellent, or Good.
The criteria for grading is as follows:
Superior: 6 or more
Community Service projects completed during the quarter, with at least
one project being part of the Moose International Six-Point Program.
Excellent: 4-5 Community Service
projects completed, with one as part of the Six-Point Program.
Good:
1-3 Community Service projects during the quarter.
Please Remember: Timely Reporting Is
Vital To Your Lodge's Consideration For This Award Program. Lodges
that do not have their quarterly Community Service reports filed by the
deadlines will not be eligible for judging by the International
Community Service Committee.
Quarterly Deadlines:
1st Quarter ends on July
31 - report form due to Moose International by August 15th
report to State Chairman by August 10th (# hours, people involved, $
amount)
2nd Quarter ends on
October 31 - report form due to Moose International by November 15
report to State Chairman by November 10th (# hours, people involved, $
amount)
3rd Quarter ends on
January 31 - report form due to Moose International by February 15
report to
State Chairman by February 10th (# hours, people involved, $ amount)
4th Quarter ends on April
30 - report form due to Moose International by May 15th
report to
State Chairman by May 10th (# hours, people involved, $ amount)
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5 Virginia Lodges Qualify
for the "OLD FAITHFUL
CLUB"
posted 7/21/2008
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After many years of fully funding the Youth
Conservation Corps for the National Park Service, the Loyal Order
of Moose is ending that partnership. It was reported at the
International that there is still funds that will carry on the
program for 2-3 more years.
The following Lodges qualified for the "Old Faithful Club" by
donating at least $1,000.00 to the YCC for 2007-2008:
| 699 |
Manchester Richmond |
| 829 |
Front Royal |
| 1472 |
Hopewell |
| 1947 |
Richmond East |
| 1980 |
Chesterfield |
If your
Lodge is looking for a sure fire project to promote Goodwill in
your Community, don't forget the Tommy Moose program. Just
ask a Lodge or Chapter who has participated and they will tell you
of the good this program does. Plus the good PR it gives
your Lodge.
Fraternally Yours
Charlie Curtis
VMA
Community Service Chairman |
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| Community Service
has been an ever-growing portion of the overall Moose fraternal program
ever since its inception under the name “Civic Affairs” by then-Director
General Malcolm Giles in the late 1940s. The kaleidoscope of all
that is Moose Community Service was organized into a “Five-Point
Program” in the early 1990s, then expanded in mid-decade to the
“Six-Point Program” with its familiar logo below. Except that,
as you’ll see with a closer look, that familiar logo indicates a program
that has grown yet again. As of October, 2007 the Moose
International Six-Point Program covers service and donations to the Safe
Surfin' Foundation. Additional information on the Safe Surfin'
Foundation can be found by clicking Here. |
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Moose 6-Point
Community Service Program Details |
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Flight 93 National
Memorial:
Support The "$93 for 93" Memorial Project
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The National Park Service has announced that a design has been
selected for a permanent memorial to be constructed at the crash site of
United Airlines Flight #93 in Somerset County, near Shanksville, PA. Forty
heroic men and women perished aboard this flight in a successful, though tragic,
attempt to thwart a terrorist hijacking on September 11, 2001.
Each fraternal unit of the Moose is being asked to donate “$93 for
93” by April 30, 2007. Donations will be totaled at the end of
the 2006-07 fiscal year and one check will be cut to the Flight 93
National Memorial Fund for the sum. The check will be presented to a
representative for the Flight 93 Memorial at the 2007 International
Convention in Orlando, FL. A list of the individual fraternal units
that contributed will be attached to the check for proper recognition by
the National Park Service, the Flight 93 Advisory Commission, the Flight
93 Memorial Task Force and Families of Flight 93, Inc.
This community service effort is intended to be as simple as it
sounds. If all fraternal units would contribute a minimum of “$93 for
93”, Moose International would be able to present a check in the range
of $350,000.
In support of the Moose's effort to reach it's goal of raising
$500,000, two great new tribute items have been created for sale to our
members and to the public. The Loyal Order of Moose is offering a
handsome patriotic themed "We Remember Flight 93" commemorative necktie
and the Women of the Moose are offering an equally beautiful scarf.
Both of these items can be ordered through the Moose International's
Catalog Sales Department at a cost of $10.00 each. All net
proceeds from these sales will be donated to the Flight 93 Memorial
Project.
Order form and contact information to purchase Ties or Scarves is
shown below .....
(as published in the February issue of "Top Director")
Additional information about the Flight 93 Memorial can be found at:
http://www.flight93memorialproject.org/default.asp
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Sales of the
FLIGHT 93 Commemorative Tie continues
however the
Scarves are no Longer Available
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Youth Awareness:
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Kenny Head -- Youth Awareness Chairman
-- Kay Morrison --
Co-Chairperson
Woodbridge #583
Timberville #2022
pstgovhead@aol.com
kittykayrow1@verizon.net |
Click Here to download and print the Fall
2008 Youth Awareness Congress Registration Form
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CREATIVE TALENT NEEDED
Announcing the DESIGN A LOGO Contest
for the Youth Awareness
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2009 Moose International Student Congress
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Virginia’s Youth Awareness Coordinators (Kenny Head and Kay Morrison)
need your creative talents to design a logo for the upcoming Moose Youth
Awareness International Student Congress to be held in Hampton, Virginia
– April 30th to May 4th, 2009.
Just make sure it’s related to all things VIRGINIA and
uses the OUTLINE OF THE STATE. Also you will need to use the MOOSE
HEAD for any CHARACTER you design that is shown on the examples.
The logo needs to be in COLOR and SIMPLE enough to reproduce on shirts,
hats, etc.
EXAMPLES of four previous Congresses, the Moose Youth
Awareness logo, and the moose head are available by clicking on the
links below.
Your design will be sent to Moose International where
it will be finalized and made ready for use for the International
Student Congress.
There will be no great prize or reward for the winner
(we might throw in a t-shirt with the logo), but you will receive
recognition in the directory that is handed out to all participants at
the event, and you will have the satisfaction of a job well done.
The winner will be shown and announced at the
Mid-Winter Conference in Richmond.
Deadline for entries is January 1, 2009. Please contact
Kay with any questions and to submit your entry (in Word or PDF form)
to:
Kay Morrison
WOTM Youth Awareness Coordinator
1075 Meadowlark Drive
Harrisonburg VA 22802
www.kittykayrow1@verizon.net
(540) 820-9887
Click Here to load and print the sample logos from the 4 previous
Student Congresses.
Click Here to load the Moose Head image. Right click on image
and save jpg image to your computer.
Click Here to load the Moose Youth Awareness Logo and then right
click on image to save to computer. |
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posted 09/22/2008
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Update on
Eligibility Guidelines and Scholarship Amounts
All High School Students are now eligible to attend the Youth Awareness
Congress. Starting this year, Freshmen now qualify for the
scholarship and trip to the International Congress in addition to
Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
Also starting this year, the number of scholarships and amounts have
changed at the International level. There now are are five
scholarships to be awarded in the amounts of $12,000, $8,000, $5,000,
$3,000, and $2,000. The amount offered from the VMA will remain at
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2008 Youth Awareness Congress Schedule
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 |
Front Royal and Richmond East Lodge |
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 |
Aragona Village and Floyd Lodge |
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 |
Culpeper Lodge |
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 |
Waynesboro Lodge |
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 |
Colonial Beach Lodge
Click Here to view and print information Flyer
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 Saturday, November
15th, 2008 |
Portsmouth Lodge 11:00am - 2:00pm
kittykayrow@verizon.net for
more information |
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 |
Woodbridge Lodge |
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 |
Front Royal Lodge 9:00am - 2:00pm
kittykayrow@verizon.net for
more information |
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 |
Waynesboro Lodge 1:00pm - 4:00pm
kittykayrow@verizon.net for
more information |
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08/28/2008
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TO ALL LODGES,
CHAPTERS, DISTRICTS, AND MOOSE LEGIONS.
Please read this notice at your next meeting and then pass it on to
your Youth Awareness Chairman.
By now all Lodges and Chapters should have received from Moose
International information on the Youth Awareness program.
Which includes, Chairman’s Handbook and brochures. Please make
sure that this material is given to the YA Chairman.
There is a lot information listed on the VMA web site,
http://www.vmaweb.com . This
material can be downloaded and printed for future use. The
registration form is on the web site and all the dates and locations
for this year’s Congresses. Either Kay Morrison or myself will
arrive at the host Lodge at approximately 8:00 am. The
students should arrive no later than 8:30. This should give
them enough time to check in and have something to eat before the
Congress starts. The Congress will start at 9:00 and will end
at approximately 2:00 PM. The host Lodge will provide lunch
for the students and adults in attendance.
All registration forms should be completed and mail to me along with
a check for $25.00 payable to the VMA at least one week prior to the
Congress that the student will be attending. If you have a
student that decides to come and it’s too late to mail the
registration, just bring it with you on the day of the Congress.
If your Lodge and or Chapter sponsor a student it would be nice if
someone from that lodge or Chapter attend the Congress with the
their students.
All of the host Lodges will be receiving a letter from me soon
informing then what will be needed the day of the Congress via
regular mail.
All Lodges that are striving for the Premier Lodge Award, (hopefully
we ALL are) one of the criteria is, you must sponsor at least TWO
students to a Youth Awareness Congress.
This year’s Congress schedule.
Oct. 4th, Front Royal Lodge and Richmond East Lodge
Oct. 11th, Aragona Village Lodge and Floyd Lodge
Oct. 18th, Culpeper Lodge.
Oct. 25th, Waynesboro Lodge
Nov 8th, Colonial Beach Lodge
Nov. 22nd, Woodbridge Lodge
For any more information, you can contact me at 703 781 9291 or by
e-mail at pstgovhead@aol.com.
My home address is, 8301 Keeler ST. Alexandria, VA 22309.
Sincerely,
Kenny Head
VMA Youth Awareness Coordinator |
Click Here to print the
above letter from Kenny Head
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The Moose International Student Congress will be held
Thursday, April 30 through Monday, May 4, 2009 in
Hampton, Virginia.
Details will be posted soon including
scheduled events and participating Lodges and
Chapters.
Virginia will get to send four students this year!
Kay Morrison
VMA Youth Awareness Co-Chairman |
Click Here to view News about the most
recent 2008 Moose International Youth Congress
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Safe Surfin' USA and the Youth Awareness Program
in Partnership to Keep Our Young People Safe |
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Print this Letter
in Adobe PDF
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Dear
Brothers and Co-Workers,
All of us in Virginia can be proud of what we do to
protect our children. Your donations over the years to
the Youth Awareness Program has made it possible for us to
reach thousands of four to nine year old children and deliver
messages that will help them make wise and healthy choices in
their lives.
I am very pleased to announce that recently the Youth
Awareness Program has joined in partnership with Safe Surfin
USA. Like the Youth Awareness Program, The Safe Surfin
USA Foundation is dedicated to keeping our young people safe.
Their goal is to make the Internet a safe place for our
children. I am sure everyone has heard the many horror
stories from the TV and newspapers about predators preying on
our children through the Internet. The Internet is
probably the most useful tool known to man today. It has
made our very busy daily schedules much more manageable.
Unfortunately, it has also made it easier for predators to
invade the privacy of our homes and connect with our children
without the parents even knowing they are there.
Like the many programs that the Moose supports, the
Safe Surfin USA Foundation needs our help. Safe Surfin
USA was incorporated in 2000. Since its inception
through the efforts of Sheriff Brown of the Bedford County
Sheriff’s Department, Safe Surfin USA has been responsible for
distributing educational materials to local law enforcement
and schools throughout Virginia. In July 2007, Safe
Surfin was key in urging VA Legislators to pass a law that
makes it mandatory for all kindergarten through twelfth grade
students receive Internet safety education courses.
Safe Surfin USA is planning an event on May 24th 2008.
“Internet Safety Night at the Ball Park” with the Potomac
Nationals in Prince William Co. VA. Safe Surfin USA has
asked the Moose of Virginia to help them with this
fund-raiser. The materials distributed that night will
be on Internet safety and information about the Moose
Organization.
Of course there will be only so many volunteers needed
and I know it will not be feasible for a lot of people to
travel that far to take part in this event. But I also
know that all the Lodges and Chapters will want to contribute
in some way. If your Lodge and or Chapter can help
financially I ask that you send your donation payable to the
VMA and earmark it “Safe Surfin Foundation”. Your
contribution will be greatly appreciated. All who donate
to will have their names printed in the Potomac Nationals game
program that evening (but donations must be received by May
1st to allow printing time), as well as on the VMA website.
Personal donations will be greatly appreciated as well.
To the Lodges and Chapters in the northern Virginia
area, I’ll be back in touch about volunteers needed for the
night of the event. For any questions I can be reached
at 703 781 9291, 703 850 0479, or e mail me at
PSTGOVHEAD@AOL.COM.
Or you can call the VMA office and talk to Paula.
Sincerely,
Kenny Head
VMA Youth Awareness Coordinator |
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Can teenagers
persuade younger children to make the right choices in life? "Yes!" say
the teens and the adults who work together in the Moose Youth Awareness
Program. For more than a decade, the Moose has organized high-school-age
leaders into a highly effective "speaker's bureau" to persuade preschool
and elementary-age youngsters against drug use. The program, founded in
1986, has now expanded to bring awareness to 4-to-9-year olds on other
subjects such as child abuse, gangs and other elements that have an
adverse effect on the youth of today.
More than 1,400
eager teens gather at Moose Association Student Congresses around the U.S.
and Canada every year. They come to exchange good ideas among themselves
to more effectively deal with adverse elements in their own communities. Many students relate experiences in their own lives which made them want
to help prevent further tragedies. Many are already leaders involved in
school or community youth awareness programs; some became leaders at the
Congress.
During the course of the
Association Student Congress the students focus on creating Moose "KidsTalks,"
short presentations they then personally deliver to groups of 4-to-9-year
olds in their home towns. Adult experts are brought in to inspire where
needed, but best of all, the students initiate their own ideas for Moose KidsTalks. They discuss and refine ways to empower children to choose
health and resist danger, and go home determined to put them into
practice.
Several of the students use
costumes to convey their messages to the 4-to-9- year old age group to
encourage them to make healthy choices. Others use props or pictures of
sports heroes to catch the attention of those elementary - age children.
Many present skits, some teaming up with young audience members to play
the parts. Most bring activity aids such as coloring books, flash cards,
even mousetraps. As their experience grows, so do their skills in holding
the children's attention.
Right now the
Moose is asking for school officials across the North American continent
to recommend two high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors to attend
area Student Congresses to be held during October and November at central
locations in most states or provinces across the United States and Canada.
Those
considered to attend should be selected for both academic and leadership
qualities and communications skills, as they will be asked to work out
methods for influencing 4-to-9-year olds, the targeted age group, and to
use these methods with children in their own community following the
Student Congress. They will be challenged to become a part of "speaker's
bureau," finding opportunities to speak with groups of children such as
Cub Scouts, Brownies, Bluebirds, elementary school or Sunday - school
classes to name a few. The students will be asked to complete a minimum of
three (3) Moose KidsTalks following the State/Provincial Student
Congresses and continue through February. Participating students will be
asked to report on these meetings.
About 60 of the
teens attending Association Student Congresses will be selected by their
peers to attend, along with a guest from Great Britain, the International
Student Congress is held at various locations each year. During this
seminar, which includes a full day fun activities for the students, three
students will be selected by their peers to receive scholarships in the
amounts of $12,000, $8,000, $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000. The VMA
offers a scholarship in the amount of $1,000.
The future of
our countries rests with the little ones of today. Without a doubt, men
and women of the Moose will continue to provide assistance when the goal
is helping to make communities a better place for youth to grow. We will
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Dear Governors and Senior Regents, hopefully by now you have appointed
a Chairperson for the up coming Youth Awareness Program. Please pass
this article along to your Chairman. This explains how to be
successful when recruiting a student to attend a Youth Awareness
Congress and more importantly how to follow up with the student after
they attend a Congress.
This information was given to me by Cathi Setelin of the Richmond East
Chapter. This information is meant to be used as a guide and should
be helpful when planning for a Congress and the follow up afterwards.
Cathi has chaired this program for many years and with the help from
her Chapter and the Richmond East Lodge she has been very successful
in recruiting students and seeing them through the process of giving
KidsTalks and preparing their reports. Many of her students has
qualified to attend the International Congress and two students
finished in the top three. So please use this information to help
guide you on your way to a successful Youth Awareness Program for your
Lodge and Chapter.
If you need any more information please do not hesitate to get in
touch with me or the WOTM Coordinator, Kay Morrison.
Kenny
Head Kay
Morrison PDGR
VMA Youth Awareness Coordinator WOTM
Youth Awareness Coordinator
E-Mail
address E-Mail
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Youth Awareness Chairman Training |
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May - August: Prepare for your fall Youth Awareness Program |
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The Lodge and Chapter officers should have a
meeting and decide how many students they can afford to |
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sponsor; and if they want to sponsor together or separately. If it
is financially feasible, try and recruit more students |
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than you anticipate will complete the program. The cost for
training is $25.00 per student; if you train three and only one |
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finishes the program then you have lost $50.00 on the training, but
you still have a student in the competition. |
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If you only train one student and he/she does not complete the
program, then you have only lost $25.00 but you |
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are also out of the program and competition for that year. |
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Choose a coordinator/chairman that will be
committed to the students and their success. The students |
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should always come first with this chairman; and all other
lodge/chapter functions and obligations should |
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be secondary. A good YA chairman will miss many meetings during the
5 or 6 months they are working with the students. |
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The chairman must be accessible to the students 24-7 from October
thru February; and be willing to move quickly |
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when a student needs their help. It is sometimes difficult to have
separate chairmen from the lodge and chapter. If at |
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all possible, try and choose one person that will represent both, be
able to communicate with both, and have no bias |
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between the two. If you must have two active chairmen; they should
be able to work together and not view this program |
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as a competition between the two. To be successful, the YA program
should always be mutually administered and |
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mutually funded. |
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The coordinator/chairman should be included in a
meeting, with the lodge and chapter board of officers, to lay the |
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groundwork for communication; decide on a budget that will include
training cost, supplies cost (there should be a cap per |
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student), rewards for the student(s) that complete the program, and
the potential cost should the student(s) be selected |
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in the top three of the VMA competition. It should also be decided
at this time how the cost will be covered by the |
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lodge and chapter (each should commit in writing exactly what
expenses they are willing to cover and submit to |
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the membership for approval). Once approved, these commitments
become promises to
the students and will be used |
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by the chairman to help with the student recruiting process. All
promises must be met when working with a school and |
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their students. If the student(s) completes their promise to the
program, then the promises made to the student(s) had |
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best be available at the end. The chairman must assume all
responsibility for coordinating these promises between the |
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student(s) and lodge/chapter and assure that all flow smoothly. A
disappointed school and student in a YA program |
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is nearly impossible to recover from. However, a satisfied school
and student will ensure a successful YA program for |
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many years. |
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The student rewards are very important and
should be considered carefully. There are two very specific reasons |
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the students sign up for this program; the first being
money-money- and more money,
second is the opportunity for |
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community service (this one is very important on their college
app's.) If you want a successful program, want your |
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students to perform well - you must have a sizeable carrot to dangle
before them whenever they get lazy or have too |
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many other things to do. The rewards that will be presented in
March must equal the amount of work that they have |
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put into their program October thru February. |
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Keep your membership informed about the work
being done with the YA students. You never know where a valuable |
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resource for this program is unless you advertise that it is
ongoing. The students are going to need places to present their |
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"kids talks" - elementary schools, day cares, church youth groups,
scout troops. Many of your members have access to |
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these children's groups and will offer to help if they know what is
needed. Your students are going to need supplies and |
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small gifts for the children. This is another area where you can
solicit the membership for help. Your members may own |
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businesses, or work for companies that look for community service
groups to donate to. Promotional items from these |
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companies can help fill the "goody bags", and the business owners
see it as good advertising. Just like everything else in |
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the Moose, anything you can get donated will save the lodge and
chapter the expense of buying it. |
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September - October: Recruiting the students |
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Students for the YA program can come from
various sources; the local high school, church youth groups, and
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neighbors. If you decide to solicit the local high school you must
be prepared to present your offer with knowledge and accurate |
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information about the program. Contact the school and ask for the
name and contact info for a counselor that may be able to |
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help - this can be someone on the guidance staff, a student career
counselor, or one of the special activities counselors, like |
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SODA or Teacher Cadet instructors. Once you have the name of your
contact, you have the option of calling for an appointment, |
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emailing, or snail-mailing the person. Put your teacher packet
together that should include the current Moose International |
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Youth Awareness Program brochure and specific information on what
your lodge/chapter have committed to provide for the |
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students. You are not
asking the school and students to do something for you;
rather you are
offering a unique opportunity for |
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them to participate in a program designed for community service and
children. You
are not asking the
students to represent |
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your lodge/chapter in this program; rather you
are offering to sponsor them in
presenting themselves for service to children. Be |
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very specific with the school representative as to how many students
you are willing to sponsor, and everything your sponsorship |
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will include. Spell it out for them so that there is no
misunderstanding about your intentions. Be assured, the school's
role is |
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