The Child ID event on July 9th at the Hanover Tomato Festival with the Masons of Washington & Henry Lodge was a great success.  We’re very grateful to have been invited to such an important event and we were eager as well as happy to help alongside the Masons.  The kids there were especially nice and overall we helped 89 of them receive ID disks.  It was an amazing event and I’m sure the rest of Richmond Assembly will agree with me when I say that we look forward to working with the Masons of Washington & Henry Lodge in the future.

In RL&S,

Jessica
Richmond Assembly #10

As a Majority Member from California, I was so excited to watch California’s Grand Assembly live stream online, but afterwards I saw a number of comments in the California Alumni Facebook page about how there are fewer girls than there were in the 90’s.  They asked, what could be done to get more girls to join Rainbow?

I started thinking, now being part of Virginia Rainbow, a relatively small- but growing- Rainbow state, what we could do to help increase our numbers.  What was lacking?  Then it hit me- I have an IORG magnet on the back of my truck, and many times, Masons mention to me that they didn’t know about us, or that we were here in Virginia.  We have a very strong relationship with certain Lodges, but outside of that, many Masons do not know we are here.

So I coordinated with my Advisory Board Chairman, who is also a Majority girl, and we decided to sit down and write a letter to all the Masonic Lodges in our area letting them know that we are, in fact, here and always ready to help.  We offered to give programs and assist them through a variety of service projects.  We reached out as part of our GWA’s mission to support our Masonic Sponsoring Bodies and also our own Assembly’s 25th anniversary.  The Richmond girls approved the letter and signed them before we mailed them out.

I am so excited to say that it worked!! Since sending the letters, we have added 3 Lodge programs to our calendar, and it’s only the beginning.  Hopefully our exposure will lead to new girls, but if nothing else, it will lead to new and strengthened relationships with our Masonic Family.

In RL&S,

Mom Jackson
Mother Advisor, Richmond Assembly #10

On December 19, Hampton Assembly helped Monitor Lodge with Breakfast with Santa! It was an open to the public event where kids and their families could come in and have a warm pancake breakfast. They got to eat up and see Santa. Many of them sat on St. Nick’s lap and told him what they wanted for Christmas, got pictures with him, and a small gift as well.

In Rainbow Love and Service,
Lauren
Hampton Assembly #2

On Saturday June 27 the girls of Richmond Rainbow helped serve at the Scottish Rite Temple. It was the annual spaghetti dinner for the Childhood Language Center and the proceeds went to that cause. Our girls were in charge of refilling condiments however they helped where ever needed and cleaned tables, refilled drinks, and lots more. They did a wonderful job of serving almost 500 people.

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Sierra
Richmond Assembly #10