On May 20, Prince William DeMolay Chapter invited Manassas Assembly to their cornhole tournament. Sami, Vanessa, Joella, Ella, Leela, and myself were there, as well as a lot of DeMolay boys. We picked our partners and picked a number to decide which teams played each other. Mom Erin was my partner. We definitely underestimated ourselves! We won the first game and then the second and just kept winning! We actually made it to the final round! In the finals it was double elimination so we had to win by 2 games. We won the first game of the finals and then we lost the second. We came back and took the win in the third game. Turns out we were better at cornhole than we thought! Not to brag, but I had a pretty awesome partner!! We got to sign a cool trophy! There was also a food competition. Moms Joanne and Erin won trophies for the food competition, too! I also got a little tan from being in the sun for a couple hours and who doesn’t love tanning!

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Katie
Manassas Assembly #13

It was an honor to participate in the DeMolay Dodgeball for Dyslexia competition in Pennsylvania on my birthday. We got up early in the morning and headed to Ashburn to meet up with the DeMolay boys and then drove to Pennsylvania. Along the way, we stopped for a tasty lunch filled with lunch meat sandwiches. There were two other Rainbow Girls with me on this trip, Emma and Sara, and two Rainbow Pledges, Leela and Ella.

My team, the Hedgehogs, lost on the first round but we definitely put up good fight! The two teams that made it to the finals were from Virginia, which was a huge win for us. The final two teams fought head to head and had a very entertaining competition.

After dodgeball was finished, we headed to eat dinner and then to Hershey Park! At dinner, all of the DeMolays sang happy birthday to me and it was so sweet. I am so lucky that I got to spend my birthday with such wonderful people and some of my Masonic family.

In Rainbow Love and Service,
Vanessa
Manassas Assembly #13

On Saturday March 31st, I went to the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia to set up benches. Vanessa, Joella, Katie, Sami, and I participated.  I woke up early in the morning so Mom Paula could drive me there with Vanessa and Joella. It was really cold when we first got there, so most of us were wearing jackets or sweatshirts.  Ella, one of our Pledges attended too. She had gotten a giant chocolate Easter Bunny at the Easter party and was looking to give it away to the hardest working DeMolay or Rainbow Girl.

First, we went inside the memorial building. We went all the way back to the storage room, where some of the DeMolay boys were handing out chairs. We had to carry 50 of them down a giant flight of stairs! After all the chairs were brought down, the big benches started to be set up on the stairs. Since Ella and I were too small to carry the benches, we helped set up the chairs and get them in a straight line. Then I helped her look for the hardest working kid. It was really difficult since all of them were working so hard lifting those benches! We finally decided to pick one Rainbow Girl and one DeMolay to drop the chocolate bunny in the box to break it. Then all the hardworking kids would get a piece! After a long time of looking, we decided that Vanessa would get to drop the chocolate bunny with one of the DeMolay boys. Then anyone who wanted chocolate got some. You could also get a doughnut and milk from the building’s kitchen. By this time, the sun was very bright and most people didn’t need their jackets or sweatshirts anymore. Then we took a group picture on the benches that we set up on the stairs to the memorial building.

I was sad when it was over, but I was glad that I had a great time.

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Alyssa
Manassas Assembly

The Prince William DeMolay Chapter’s Installation was on March 24.  A lot of people were there. One of the Rainbow Girl’s (Vanessa) brother was the one who got installed Master Councilor. My brothers were installing officers.  Noah did the Installing Officer part and Ryan was Junior Councilor.  They did a very good job at their parts. The gavel and ring Preston got were pretty.  Dad Costis made the gavel. It was cool that he made the gavel out of a block of wood.
Dad Stallings presented the Costis Family with an honorary DeMolay member certificate.  We know Matthew would have been a great DeMolay!

Ella
Manassas Assembly #13