Grays River Grange #124: November 2009

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November 2009

November 25, 2009

Christmas Party December 8th

The Grays River Grange Christmas Party Is December 8 at 6:00 - Johnson Park. There will be two turkey's served and please bring a dish for the potluck. More information soon!

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November 19, 2009

National Grange Convention Update: Washington State Membership Team

National Grange Honors Heroes of the Grange.

Ted and Zula Bryan were honored at the national meeting for their energy promoting the Grange. They traveled to Alaska to organize a State Grange pausing only to work at an information booth at the Kenai Peninsula State Fair . In addition to organizing the Alaska State Grange, they are currently one of the two couples who serve as the Directors of the Washington State Membership Department and are getting new members and revitalizing Granges all across the State of Washington. Ted Bryan stated, "We try to carry the Grange message and give people who have never heard of the Grange the opportunity to be a Grange member and belong to this great organization.” The Entire Press Release

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National Grange Convention Update: Health Care

(Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 19, 2009) – Janet McUlsky, Senior Director of Alliance Development for Pfizer, Inc., told attendees of the 143 rd National Grange Convention being held at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel that “The U.S. has a ‘sick care’ health care system, which focuses on disease, not on wellness,” she opined. McUlsky pointed out that 75% of health care expenditures in the United States go toward curing core diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease and that, as a nation, we are not very wellness conscious. Obesity is a major problem in the United States and we are not a very exercise orientated population." Read the entire press release.

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