On March 3rd, we arrived at the Haymarket Lodge at about 2pm.  We were running late because we needed to change our clothes and fix our hair from our donut sales that morning since we were bundled up from the cold temperatures and the wind.  We were surprised when we got there because the Lodge had no electricity or heat so we kept our coats on to stay warm.  Despite the cold, no light or electricity the Installation was really nice.  Dad Michael Thornton played the guitar since they couldn’t play the digital piano.  Mary Alice Baird was installed as Worthy Matron for the year and her theme this year is the Rainbow Connection.  She talked about her time as a Rainbow Girl and she had Gigi sing the song The Rainbow Connection as a solo.  Gigi had to sing it without the piano and she did a good job.  We stayed for the reception afterwards and we sold boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts to those in attendance.

In Rainbow Love & Service,

Isabella

3/3/2018

On March 3rd, we arrived at the Warrenton Giant at 8:45am and got our table set up on that cold windy day.  Mom Nancy delivered our 45 dozen donuts to sell around 9:15am.  We brought lawn chairs, hats, gloves, and blankets so we could stay warm.  Our location had JoElla, Mom Louisa, Mom Ange and me.  We were able to sell all of our donuts and get an additional $115 in donations by 12:15pm.  We had a successful donut sale that day.  JoElla was even able to get a $25 gift card from that Giant location for our Mystery Dinner Silent Auction.  In addition to the location I was at the Assembly also had 4 more donut sale locations.  The Ashburn Giant location had Vanessa, Emma, Ella, Leela, and Mom Erin; the Manassas Giant location had Zoey, M’Balu, Batu, and Mom Jean; a Credit Union in Manassas had Gigi, Dalanie, and Mom Priscilla; and the Pet Value in Manassas had Katie, Sami, Cassidy, and Mom Vanessa.    Once the donut sale was done we had a quick lunch and changed so we could get to the Haymarket OES installation.

In Rainbow Love & Service,

Isabella

3/2/2018

We arrived at the Lodge at 5:30pm and we got the dining room set up and unloaded Mom Belinda’s car with all the food.  One of the containers spilled in the back of her car and it looked bad but smelled good!  We started serving dinner after the prayer at 6:30pm.  For dinner we had Butter chicken and tofu, rice, salad, dessert, coffee, lemonade and iced tea.  The Rainbow Girls that served dinner were Gigi, Dalanie, JoElla, Akshita, Lilli and me.  We all helped to clean up and we were done early and were able to go home by 8pm. 

In Rainbow Love & Service,

Isabella

On February 27th, Manassas Assembly #13 held an Initiation during the meeting. We initiated Emma. The girls at the meeting were myself, Katie, Kate, Dalanie, Zoey, Gigi, Vanessa, Sami, M’Balu, Alyssa, Jazmyn, Maribel, Lillian, Batu, and Ashley. Gigi, Vanessa, Kate and Sami had to protem: Vanessa doing the part of Love, Gigi doing the part of Faith, Kate doing Chaplain for Initiation and her own part as Worthy Associate Advisor and Sami, amazingly, stepping in at the last minute to do the part of Chaplain for Opening/Closing and Service in addition to doing her own part, Patriotism. Kate won the necklace for her amazing performance as Worthy Associate Advisor and Chaplain. Overall, the Initiation was amazing! I had lots of fun, and I’m happy we now have a new member of the Assembly!

Akshita