Perry Valley Wins Awards

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the annual convention of the PA State Grange in Reading.  </B></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="ff801010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="13a914200.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id363.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Service"><B>Betsy Huber (left), President of the Pennsylvania State Grange, was a recent guest of Perry Valley Grange. The 2005 state award for outstanding community service by a local Grange was presented to Doug Bonsall (right), Perry Valley's president and community service chairperson.</B></A></div> <div> (Read about Perry Valley Grange Community Service Projects in the <A HREF="http://www.perryvalleygrange.org/advocate-2006.pdf" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.perryvalleygrange.org/advocat">Grange Advocate March 2006 .pdf)</A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>When the State Grange met in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, in October 2004, Perry Valley Grange was very much in evidence.  Several awards were received by the local Grange for significant accomplishments during the past year.</B></div> <bR> <div> The first award received was a fourth place for the organization's 2004 Open House-Community Night Report.  This is an annual March event featuring a fellowship dinner and recognition of the Community Citizen Award recipient</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Open House Community Night"><I><B>Click here for more information about Open House-Community Night 2004 </B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> The primary purpose for the existence of Perry Valley Grange is to serve its community.  Thousands of hours and dollars are given annually by the Grange and its members to help worthy causes and needy individuals.  These selfless efforts were recognized with a second place award for Community Service reports among all Granges in the state of Pennsylvania.  A written narrative and pictures detailed the service projects completed during the year</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id363.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Service"><I><B>Click</B></I></A><A HREF="id363.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Service"><I><B> here</B></I></A><A HREF="id363.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Service"><I><B> fo</B></I></A><A HREF="id363.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Service"><I><B>r more details about the Community Service projects </B></I></A><A HREF="id363.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Service"><I><B>of Perry Valley Grange</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> During the past year, Perry Valley Grange expanded its membership and received a Grange briefcase for 11 new members.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id345.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Becoming a Grange Member"><I><B>Click</B></I></A><A HREF="id345.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Becoming a Grange Member"><I><B> here</B></I></A><A HREF="id345.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Becoming a Grange Member"><I><B> for more details about becoming a</B></I></A><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="id345.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Becoming a Grange Member"><I><B>Grange member</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> Other local involvement at the convention included:</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Dick Pennay & Doug Bonsall</B> were Perry Valley's official voting delegates; committee assignments were Dick on the <I>Agriculture Committee</I> and Doug on the <I>Good of the Order (constitution & bylaws) Committee</I></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bill Cameron </B>attended the annual meeting of the State Grange Credit Union as a member of the Credit Committee</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Perry County provided a group of women for the Ceres drill in the 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> degree including our members: <B>Linda Byers, Marge Earnest, Kathy Garrison, Nila Graybill, Renee Hetrick, Virginia Shotzberger & Mary Smith</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Arrangements for the beverage, punch bowl and serving trays for the reception following the 6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Degree were handled by<B> Doug Bonsall</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">19 from Perry Valley attended the annual awards banquet:  <B>Geri Berger, Doug Bonsall, Linda Byers, Bill & Flora Cameron, Bill & Marge Earnest, Darlene Foose, Carol Gantt, Kathy Garrison, Dick & Louise Pennay, Sue Pontius, Carol Rhoades, Virginia Shotzberger, Mary Smith, Craig Staller </B>and <B>Reid & Judy Wilson</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The 2004 Pennsylvania State <I>Granger of the Year</I> was awarded to our own <B>Doug Bonsall, </B>who also was part of the team to install the new state officers at the end of the convention</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id337.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local President named State Granger of t"><I><B>Click here for more details about the 2004 PA State Granger of the Year.</B></I></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Click here for more details about the 2004 PA State Granger of the Year.</B></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>