Hi, friends. Here’s your monthly Sycamore Odd Fellows lodge newsletter. There are several events this month. The 2024 lodge calendar is also on the lodge website here. (It’s in jpg/pdf format…we could use someone who knows how to put it into Google Calendar – if you have a bit of time to volunteer, please respond to this email.)
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No Game Night in July
Game Night will resume in August. Game Night usually meets on the first Saturday of the month from 6-10 pm at the lodge.
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Social & Business Meeting Mon. 7/8 at 6:30/7:30 pm
Our monthly Lodge Social and Business meetingis always on the second Monday of the month – the Social starts at 6:30 and the meeting at 7:30. This will be a hybrid meeting – a combination of in-person and Zoom, so you can choose how to attend. Come visit and say hi for a bit, or stay and find out what is going on at the business meeting. Let Noble Grand Sarah Hartman sarah.a.hartman@gmail.com or Secretary Laura Brady laurabeanbrady@gmail.com know if you have an item that you wish the lodge to discuss. I will send out the agenda and all the additional items to members via a separate email on Monday.
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Peace & Pizza Fri. 7/12 at 7 pm
Peace & Pizza meets monthly, always on the second Friday of the month. They usually feature a discussion, guest speaker or documentary, organized by Sycamore Member Stephania Widger, oceankayak@aol.com
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3 O’Clock Jump at the Turf Club Sat 7/20 at 2-4 pm
The fabulous 3 O’Clock Jump big band will be playing in the World Famous Turf Club‘s outdoor Tiki Patio one Saturday a month all Summer! Come enjoy the afternoon, watch some fellow lodge members play music, and have a refreshing beverage. It’s a lovely way to spend an afternoon. Here’s a photo from a prior year, and also their flyer, below.
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Weekly Every T&Th: Requests & Dedications Zoom
Sycamore Member Frank Goulart continues to recover from his 2020 stroke, but he still plays guitar – and he invites everyone to a weekly “Request & Dedications” Zoom social on Tuesdays at 12:30-1:30pm and Thursdays 2-4pm! (Pacific time). Come to talk and laugh and enjoy some music and friendship. If you would like to get on his email list so you get the the Zoom link, email Frank at fgoulart@pacbell.net . Let him know requests for any songs you would like him to play.
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Summer Concert Series
Hot off the presses – the final schedule for the Hayward Odd Fellows Summer Concert Series is here! We’ve got fun happening almost every Sunday in August and September. We will need volunteers, too, to come and hang out at the Hayward Odd Fellows booth at the events. So please put the dates on your calendar, whether you want to come check it out as an audience member or volunteer! It’s a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon – in the park with friends and music.
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Sovereign Grand Lodge NewsWant to know more about Odd Fellows? What is Sovereign Grand Lodge, you ask? Well, as you know, Sycamore #129 is a local Hayward lodge. Then there is a state-level lodge, which is called Grand Lodge of California – their website is here. The level above that is Sovereign Grand Lodge. Here is their newsletter. You are part of a large fellowship!
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More Official Odd Fellows Info!
Here are more official Odd Fellows links. Find a lodge near you! Check out the organization on Facebook or Instagram! On other Social Media forums! Blogs! Podcasts! Books! Wow!
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As always, Friendship, Love & Truth,
Julie Machado
Sycamore #129Communications Committee