Oriental Lodge No. 33

5th and 6th Northeast District Blood Drive, April 29

We need you to do your part!

Oriental had the second most donors last year with 12 out of 41 and we want to exceed that this year. Remember, friends and significant others count toward our total, and each successful donor is entitled to an Italian buffet dinner after donating compliments of the lodge!  Feel free to request a take-out container if you cannot dine on-site.  Blood donations may also be made at any LifeSource collection center and allocated to "Oriental Lodge."

5NE District Masons" -- visit www.lifesource.org for locations.5th & 6th NE District Masons

Jefferson Park Community Blood Drive

4:00pm-8:30pm Wed April 29, 2009

Biagio's Restaurant

4242 N. Central Ave, Chicago

1 mile south of Jefferson Park Masonic Temple - free parking next to donation site

To schedule appointment contact Paul Scheeler 630-408-1158 or scheeler33@msn.com

Eureka Challenge Assembly Party Jan. 25th

This is our annual fundraiser where we, the brothers of Oriental Lodge assemble all the materials for the Eureka Challenge. It is a lot of folding, bursting stacking and handling paper, but it's also pizza, beer, snacks and good times.

This year's Assembly will take place on SUNDAY, JAN. 25, 2009, from 11am to 6pm at W. Bro. Todd Newton's house in Oak Park, Illinois. We need a good turnout to make the work go quickly. I've been going since we started doing the assembly and I can tell you it is a good time. If you can help, please contact W. Bro. Paul Scheeler, at 630-408-1158. Looking forward to seeing you there!

We are back from Grand Lodge!

We're back! Grand Lodge was this past weekend, and our lodge had a pretty good turnout. I myself rode down on my scooter...an act of insanity to be sure, but the ride back was definitely more pleasant than the ride down (less wind, warmer weather). In addition to your dais officers, we had J. Barnes, M. Starr, M. Toth, H. Graff and The P'MOTY himself, P. Scheeler. We were able to catch up, and some important legislation was passed. Most exciting for me is that we now have the ability to conduct business on any degree without the need for a dispensation. To me this is a positive sign and will get our Apprentices and Fellowcrafts more quickly integrated into the life of the lodge.

Congratulations to R.W. Johnathan Barnes on his installation as the Worshipful Master of the Illinois Lodge of Research. I look forward to a good year of Masonic fellowship and scholarship.

Our Jr. Warden Patrick Jones will be giving a full report of the goings on at Grand Lodge, and we will be conferring a second degree at our next meeting this Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Dinner at 6:30-ish, lodge opens at 7:30pm. I look forward to seeing you there!