Installation of New Officers of LOSNA for 2023-2024.

By Lady Sue Young HP,

I was elected as the High Priestess for the next year of our court. We also installed several other officers in our court for the following year. Yes, our fezzes are white and when we become the high priestess of our year we do get a special fez. That fez is designed and picked out for us by our Grand High Priestess Lady. This is always a big day for the lady who is going up for her year as the High Priestess. We do a lot of decorating to make the lodge look pretty. We invite our families to help us celebrate a very special day for us High Priestess. We also invite our Masonic and Shriner gentlemen and their ladies to come and be a part of our special day. This event is a very special day for the High Priestess going up the line of officers.

We are Lady Shriners that work for the children and the Shriner hospitals. We have several fund drives every year that benefit the children and the hospital. We are always looking for ladies to join our shrine court. We thank all the Masons and Shriners who support us and appreciate them very much. The Masons, Shriners, and their wives are always welcome to come and join us at our open events. We would like very much to have the Ladies as members too.  

Sincerely 

Lady Sue Young HP 

Crescent Court 106 

Anderson, S C

1st Annual Shriners Car Show - Cherokee Shrine Club

By Jonathan Godfrey

Cherokee Shrine Club held their first Shriners Car Show on March 18, 2023. It was a  cool and breezy beautiful day. More than 25 Shriners from several clubs were present  to either show a car, help with the show, have a look around, or all of the above.  About 45 vehicles were shown including a 100 year old Chevy! 

31 trophies were awarded with  CSC member JW Rogers stealing the show and winning the coveted Shriners Top Pick  trophy with his all original 1960 Mercury. 

The spectating crowd was rather large with people coming and going throughout the morning. Raffles and drawings were a hit with the crowd and everyone present at the end went home with a door prize. 

Iron City Bar-becue and Kona Ice kept everyone full and satisfied while Noble Nathan White enter-tained them with music.

Burns Chevrolet provided a clean, beautiful location and made a generous donation to CSC.  

We would like to thank everyone who came to the show,  shared the ad for the show, or told someone about it. Cherokee Shrine Club plans to use money raised at the show to fund 2 scholarships for Cherokee county students as a way to give back to our community that we love and thank them for their support. 

We hope to make this an annual event and would like to invite everyone to come enjoy the next one with us. 

Thank you.

Caffeine & Gasoline - York Crescent Shrine Club

By Tracy Dixon

We had a great turnout @ The Cruise In this past Saturday. We had about 35 different style cars in attendance. Everyone enjoyed Coffee, Biscuits & Gravy and good ole car talk . Looking forward to see Caffeine & Gasoline grow and hope to see everyone next month April 15th.

 

Clover Optimist Club - Gold Leaf Award

 By Stephen Schram

The Clover Optimist Club was presented a Hejaz Shriners Potentate's Gold Leaf Award for the generous donation of aluminum can tabs.  The tabs were accepted by Noble Benny Melton on behalf of our Temple and delivered to Area Representative Mike McDade.  Mike then took the initiative to find a metals recycler, Adam's Scrap Recycling, who's management then offered to match the value of the tabs as a donation.  Effectively doubling the value of the donation.  Mike then directed the money to the Sunshine Hut Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship Fund for Shrine Patients.  Potentate Byron Sheppard and Recorder Gene Parker put the award together and I just happened to show up like a blister, "when the hard work is done."  

Hats off to the Optimist Club for collecting the tabs and thinking of Shriner's when they were searching for a good place to donate.  We are all very grateful and it will be used for a great cause.

The Clover Optimist Club from their own Face book page About...

Optimist International is an association of more than 2,900 Optimist Clubs around the world dedicated to "Bringing Out the Best in Kids." Adult volunteers join Optimist Clubs to conduct positive service projects in their communities aimed at providing a helping hand to youth. With their upbeat attitude, Optimist Club members help empower young people to be the best that they can be.

Each Optimist Club determines the needs of the young people in its community and conducts programs to meet those needs. Every year, Optimists conduct 65,000 service projects and serve well over six million young people.

For more information on the Optimist Club, check out their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CloverOptimistClub/ 

From Noble Benny Melton...

Blessings come in many ways,  whether they're tiny ones and ENORMOUS one... I been getting and saving can tabs from The Clover Optimist Club and Cub Scout Troop 237 in Clover for a while now. So decided to start spreading the Word to some of my customers. Low and behold one told me last week he had some for me. With the ones he had and the other ones, I have a total right now of 19 gallon  ziploc bags. I'll be taking them to the Shrine Meeting tomorrow night to turn in.

Thanks to Tracey Hines Melton , Baby Squirrel, and Monkey Man for helping me put what wasn't already baged in them.

 Just had to get on here and tell you all that has collected them THANK YOU SO MUCH, THEY'RE DEFINITELY WILL BE A BLESSING TO THE GREENVILLE CHILDREN HOSPITAL. 

PLEASE don't stop saving them and whether it's me or another Shriner get them to us so we can share a BLESSING with the CHILDREN... 

One way or another we are all BLESSED no matter if you feel like it or not...

HE AIN'T DONE WITH US YET...

 

 

Fried Bologna at Greenville Shrine Club

By Everette Whitmore

Sunday Funday with a thick bologna sandwich……

 

Hot Wheels St Patricks Day - Baxter Parade

By Mike Rowe Sr.

Hejaz Hot Wheels Participated in the Baxter St. Patrick's Day Parade Saturday March 18th to bring awareness to the needs of children that our Hospitals support. It was an awesome turnout by the public, as a matter of fact, one of the largest crowds for a parade that I have seen. The Nobles present did a fantastic job. 

Thank you Nobles.

Assistant Rabban Leadership Conference

By Ben Martin

Tonya and I , along with Jimmy Moser are attending at the Assistant Rabban Leadership Seminar in Tampa, FL this week. Funded by Kosair for Kids Charities out of Louisville Ky, this seminar was designed to prepare upcoming leaders (both husband and wife) for their year as Potentate and Lady.  We’ve covered topics such as Financial Stability, the importance of a 5 yr. plan and plan transparency for upcoming Divan members, sustainable fundraising, and events.

It is exciting to hear how our philanthropy is adapting to market conditions and making long term decisions based on data. Our patient count and recognized patient care continues to grow and get international acclaim. We’ve expanded our hospitals outreach and we are helping more kids by having outpatient clinics, which in turn drives the costs to treat per child down!  Our hospitals are alive and well and I have full confidence in the team surrounding this direction.

Our Temples are a great part of the Shriners Children’s strategic growth plan and at the Temple level, we need to continue to focus on raising money for the hospitals, but also on recruiting, retaining, and relating to our membership. Our Nobles are becoming vastly different in ages. We have men of the “average Shriner age” (around 70) but also men joining in their 30’s. We should continue to adapt our events, communication methods and the way we do business around these changing demographics.

One of the great parts of a seminar like this is hearing all the successful Shrine fundraisers and events shared with us by the other Temples represented here. As for Tonya - Every night has been filled with all the things she’s learned about event planning, protocol, mentorship and how our ladies are the backbone to what we do. Today she was a part of Lady Judy Burkes, Do’s and Don’ts Fashion Show…. Look out ladies – she has some new ideas coming!

 

Lastly and most importantly, EVERY Shriner is a Mason. We all took the exact same obligations at the altar. As Shriners, let us never forget these obligations to our fellow Shriner/Mason brothers. We are all on the level and we should always treat our fellow brothers with dignity and respect, and especially Brotherly Love. Be a part of the solution in a way that shows you are a Mason first and foremost.