On July 17, 2021, Quantico Freedom Assembly #6 held its installation of officers.  The meeting room was beautifully decorated with lots of lights and there were even water fountains to create a serene atmosphere!  These decorations helped support the theme of “Imagine, Innovate, and Include” by taking some hints from The Last Airbender with the elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth.  Akshita was installed as the Worthy Advisor this term and she has two mascots, a Peacock and a Flying Sky Bison.  Akshita is very involved with Robotics and STEM, so she chose charities that fit perfectly with the educational priorities in her life to include Young Abilities and the Malala Fund.  I hear there are so many events planned for this coming term and I can’t wait to find out what they are!  Congratulations to all the newly installed officers.  I know this will be an exciting term.

Isabella C.

You would think that watching a Grand Assembly over Zoom would get to be boring, but I assure you the Saturday afternoon session was certainly entertaining.  Pennsylvania Rainbow put on a talent show for everyone to watch and I was so impressed!  One girl sang and she turned out to be better than the soloist for the main session!  The comments requested that she be next year’s soloist.  They had multiple dancers as well and I spent so many years dancing that I was pretty good at judging the talent.  There are so many talented Rainbow sisters in Pennsylvania that I will need to visit in person some day just so some of it rubs off onto me!  I must thank Pennsylvania Rainbow for allowing me to witness all the fun they have at Grand Assembly.

Isabella C.

I was able to attend the opening session of the Pennsylvania Grand Assembly this year through zoom.   Unfortunately, they were not able to accommodate out-of-state guests this year, but I could watch the sessions.  This year it was the “Spread the Sunshine” Session with Steffanie Barth as the GWA for 2020 – 2021.  The symbols for the year were sunflowers, suns, and bees.  The colors were blue, yellow, and white.  There were some interesting things that I saw this session which included in the flag tributes that specifically did a speech for the flag of Tennessee because it is the flag of the state for the Supreme Worthy Advisor.  I also found it interesting that they provide mentor awards for their adult workers to honor all that they do behind the scenes to make Rainbow girls look good.  It was a surprisingly short opening session, but there are two sessions yet to go, and I’m sure I missed some things since I only see the non-closed parts over zoom.  Looking forward to the Saturday sessions!

Isabella C.

This is what it is like when both of your brothers are DeMolays. There is ever more traveling on top of Rainbow. There is a lot of Chipotle spirit nights and game nights you are not allowed to go to. This year, I am the DeMolay flag bearer, and I wanted this flag because my brothers are 3rd generation DeMolays. For an example of it being chaotic, the other day the boys from Ashburn were late for the Conclave meeting because they went to get Mexican so I had to eat my quesadilla like the flash!

In Rainbow Love and Service,

Ella