PA State Grange Planning Meeting

I am extremely proud of the PA State Grange Officers, Exec. Committee, Committee Directors and Committee Members for their hard work this past weekend during the 2011 PA State Grange Planning meeting in State College.

The Executive Committee met during the day on Friday and then the Officers and Executive Committee members went right to work in the evening and met my challenge to create a Mission Statement for the PA State Grange. Work on this had begun years ago under Past President Betsy Huber and it was completed this week.

PA State Grange Mission Statement: "The PA State Grange supports the local Granges to help members grow as individuals, unify their communities and create opportunity through legislation and service."

The group also set up a tentative schedule for Family Festival (July 14-17, 2011) as well as for State Session (October 15-17, 2011).

The Committees all worked on their respective camps and projects for the year as well as finalizing their contests and programs for the new 2011-2012 Guide to Contests and Programs.

Carl Meiss
President