Hi, friends. Happy February! I hope you can join us for our February “special outing”: a visit to the Sun Gallery! See more info below. Please put all our Special Outings on your calendar! (scroll down for calendar or see attached)
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Peace & Pizza Fri. 2/10 Zoom 7 pm
Peace & Pizza meets monthly on Zoom, always on the second Friday of the month. They usually feature a discussion, guest speaker or documentary, organized by Sycamore Member Stephania Widger at oceankayak@aol.com . For more info, contact member Stephania Widger at oceankayak@aol.com
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Sat. 2/11 at Noon: Let’s Visit Sun Gallery! Special Outing
Hi, friends. Happy February! I hope you can join us for our February “special outing”: a visit to the Sun Gallery! We will be meeting there at noon on Saturday Feb. 11. No charge, free parking. See more info in the embedded flyer below, or on the attached flyer, or on our website. The Sun Gallery is one of the local non-profits that we collaborate with on our Summer Concert Series. We hope to see Gallery Director Dorsi Diaz on our visit. Everyone is invited. Come be Odd with us! Please put all our Special Outings on your calendar!
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2023 Sycamore Special Outings Calendar!
Join us for some fun events this year! Add these to your calendar.
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Social & Business Meeting Mon. Feb. 13 at 6:30/7:30
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. Alas, we are experimenting with hybrid meetings – a combination of in-person and Zoom. Come visit and say hi for a bit, or stay and find out what is going on at the business meeting. Let Noble Grand Ted Seitz tedviolafire@yahoo.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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2023 Lodge Open House?
Is there interest in having a lodge Open House in 2023? It could be a simple or more complicated event, but either way it would require the participation of a number of people to plan and attend the event as lodge members/hosts. If you are willing to help with this, please reply to this newsletter or contact Julie at juliemac@pacbell.net If there is enough interest, we will schedule one.
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2023 Clean Up Day?
Is there interest in having a lodge clean up day? Much of the lodge has not been used for the last 2 years, and there is some dusting and spiffing up to do. If you are willing to help with this, please reply to this newsletter or contact Julie at 510-329-0660 (text ok) . If there is enough interest, we will schedule one.
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Sycamore Featured in 2 Magazine ArticlesSycamore #129 was featured in two articles in the recent Odd Fellows and Rebekah magazine. Make sure you check it out! Thank you to Laura Brady and Stephania Widger for writing and submitting the articles.
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Looking for Volunteers to support your Lodge
We are still looking for a few volunteers. We have a few spots where we could use some help in running the lodge, if you are interested in stepping up with a few hours a month.
We have an elected Trustee position that is open: the five Trustees meet usually once a month for an hour and are mainly in charge of deciding on and recommending to the lodge on issues regarding our beautiful lodge building. This would be a 2-3 year position.
Every year we need people to fill appointed positions such as Inside Guardian, Outside Guardian, Warden, Chaplain, Right Supporter, and Left Supporter, which sometimes involve reading lines at the monthly lodge meeting (and sitting in the big chairs, when we meet in person!); these are yearly positions.
Also, we re-elect our Noble Grand, Vice Grand, Secretary and Treasurer every year in December. These positions are really important, and keep our lodge running.
If you are interested or willing to do any of these positions, or want to know more, please contact our Noble Grand Ted Seitz at tedviolafire@yahoo.com
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Interested in Joining Hayward Odd Fellows?
We are always looking for new members who “play well with others”. Our yearly dues are $80. There is something of a process for becoming a member, including application, interview, initiation. If you are interested or want to know more, please reply to this email or contact our “Noble Grand” (this year’s president) Ted Seitz at tedviolafire@yahoo.com
As always, Friendship, Love & Truth, and may 2023 be gentle on us all,
Julie Machado
Sycamore #129
Communications Committee, Chair