Brothers & Sisters,
Come on Board with Grand Worthy President-Elect Peter W. Ackers and the Fraternal Order of Eagles as we celebrate this great organization with a custom made and designed Eagles monopoly-inspired board game - Eaglesopoly!Your Region, Conference, State and/or Aerie/Auxiliary can reserve a special place in history by sponsoring a space or card in this fully playable game! Proceeds will benefit GWPE Peter Ackers’ charities - Parkinson’s Research at the University of Iowa Neuorscience Institute and the Mighty Oaks Foundation. With your help and sponsorship, we can get the game into production and ready for sale at this summer’s International Convention in New Orleans. For more information, visit the Eaglesopoly page at foe.com. The sponsorship page will launch next Monday, April 1, at Noon ET, so be ready to reserve your space! Preview the board and sponsorship levels here: https://www.foe.com/Members-Only/Eaglesopoly or on the attached flyer. Thank you and we look forward to making Eagles history with all of you! Peter Ackers Grand Worthy President-Elect
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Osky Flyover Wins 2024 Bulletin Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Bulletin Contest! "Osky Flyover" from Oskaloosa, Iowa #726 has taken home the grand prize for the first time! Listed below are the winners in each of the entry categories. Winners will receive a plaque and all participants will receive personalized feedback from the judges. We thank all who participated in this year’s contest and look forward to another great competition next year. Best Overall Entry Osky Flyover, Oskaloosa, IA #276 Class A (up to 500 members) 1st – Osky Flyover, Oskaloosa, IA #276 2nd – Eagles Eye, Prineville, OR #2555 3rd – The Talon, Gaithersburg, MD #3509 Class B (501+ members) 1st – Eagle Wings, Santa Maria, CA #1745 2nd – Eaglette, Marceline, MO #726 3rd – FOE #3263 Newsletter, Huntsville, AL #3263 Electronic 1st – The Pen, Alberta/Sask. 2nd – Dakota Hotline, Dakota State 3rd – The Eagles' Cry, St. Marys, GA #4379 State/Province 1st – Rocking & Rolling Across Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State 2nd – The Communicator, Nebraska 3rd – The Score, Missouri ATTENTION ALL AUX. SECRETARIES:
It is that time of the year again! State Convention is right around the corner. I want to pass Along a couple of items of interest to all of you: 1. Packets will be emailed out the first part of March so please watch your EMAIL! 2. If you had a delegate/member in attendance at State Convention last year you will receive your Credential forms by snail mail so watch for them. 3. If you have someone attending State Convention this year but you do not receive the Credential form(s) please let me know. You can reach me at 319-350-3966. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL MAY 15 TO LET ME KNOW YOU NEED A CREDENTIAL FORM! 4. Please watch your EMAIL and State Bulletin for updates to Information on State Convention. If you need the information for the Verna Funke Scholarship Application, Woman of the Year Award, Alta B. Smith Woman of the Year, Ritual Hall of Fame, or Hall of Fame Guidelines please let me know and I will get them to you,. These are also in the State Guideline book all local Secretaries, State Officers and Past State Presidents received a few years ago when they were updated. Looking forward to seeing many of you at State Convention! Cindy Balsanek IA State Aux. Secretary Forwarded from: Lois Coe:
Need Volunteers to sell pull tabs at the 2024 MINK Conference! If you respond to this email - please make sure to put the email for Lois Coe [ [email protected] ] in the "To:" field and also remove the Iowa Foe Bulletin email address from the "To:" field. Please respond to Lois and let her know when you are available! ~ IF YOU VOLUNTEER - we are depending on YOU! FRIDAY NIGHT5:00 to 6:00 pm – 6:00 to 7:00 pm - 7:00 to 8:00 pm – 8:00 to 9:00 pm – 9:00 to 10:00 pm – 10:00 to 11:00 pm – SATURDAY 3:00 to 4:00 pm – 4:00 to 5:30 pm – SATURDAY NIGHT 8:00 to 9:00 pm – 9:00 to 10:00 pm – ~ Apologies to Everyone for the Bulletin being Late! ~
My Circus... and my Monkey(s) have been working overtime lately. Sorry if this is "over sharing" but it might alert you to some medical issues to be looking out for that you did not know existed... especially our Senior Members. My Mom had an atypical "small" stroke, approx a week ago (nothing about it is small except the area of her brain where it is located). This type presents differently than a "regular" stroke. Her right side is affected - but she has jerking motions with her arm & leg on that side - that she can't control. It's almost like a tourette's tic. She has more dementia symptoms than before. Of course we noticed the jerking movements, but there weren't any of the typical stroke symptoms. She was talking fine and walking and her face wasn't drooping. Please keep an eye out, or research it further. Any medical professionals feel free to add any experiences that you have had with it. It's been pretty rough dealing with the hospital trying to get into a nursing home for rehab. She may end up staying permanently, so I don't want to make a rash decision and end up in one of the bad facilities. Thank you for your support and of course - your patience! ~:~ Janel ~:~ Glenwood Iowa Eagles #3784 had THREE winners in the Children’s Art Contest this year!
Congratulations to our community’s young artists! Way to go kids! 1. Grace Whigham 1st place for 5th Grade “Parrot” $200 prize (This is Grace’s 3rd year as a participant and winner!) 2. Xenia Hernandez 3rd place for 6th Grade “Snakes” $75 prize 3. Jezebel Nord 4th Place for 6th Grade “Joker” $50 prize For those of you aware of the Grand Worthy President Chuck Weber's visit to Iowa, the venue schedule has changed. The Waterloo stop has been changed to Albia for Thursday. Albia Aerie is open at 4pm for meet and greet and bingo to follow. He will then visit Oskaloosa Eagles Aerie 276 on Friday, Eagles Club #1398 Creston, IA on Saturday and Des Moines Fraternal Order of Eagles 109 on Sunday.
MINK AERIE RITUAL needs (9) nine judges!
THERE are (3) THREE TEAMS that have registered – to date! Starting time is tentatively set for noon on Friday, April 12, 2024 IF YOU HAVE JUDGED previously at Grand, State or MINK and are willing to help – please email me at: [email protected] I will be the liaison for all Aerie ritual information. We really need experienced judges and tally people. Rick Kielion, South Omaha #154, has graciously agreed to assist Steve Langton with Ritual, as Steve cannot be in Omaha until Friday evening. Rick is a long standing ritualist, competing on all levels. HOPE TO HEAR from many of you very soon! Grand Madam President - Becky Wilson's Iowa Visit
GMP Becky Wilson will be visiting IOWA from March 6th – March 8th, 2024! We hope you can join us at one of these events to meet this lovely lady from the State of Missouri, who leads our Organization! March 6, 2024 – Tama-Toledo Auxiliary 5:00 pm – Soup & Sandwich Dinner 6:30 pm – All State Ritual - Followed by Social Hour March 7, 2024 – Albia Auxiliary 4:00 - 5:00 pm – Social Hour 5:30 pm – Dinner Followed by a Short program and Circus Games for Becky’s Charity “Meals on Wheels” March 8, 2024 – Des Moines 10:00 am – Tour of Blank Children’s Hospital ~ Followed by Lunch at the “Machine Shed” ►►►Please let SMP Lisa Zook know if you are attending the lunch on Friday so reservations can be made. You can call her at 641-799-3246. If you have any questions please email: [email protected] or you can call my cell phone - 319-350-3966 ~ Cindy Balsanek, Iowa State Auxiliary Secretary |
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