National Grange 2011

Party on the Prairie - National 2011 - November 9-12, 2011 Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills, 1902 East 71st Street, Tulsa, OK Be sure to buy a ticket for the quilt - funds will go toward expenses for the National Convention

 Please download the 2011 National Convention brochure.

Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma will be hosting the National Grange convention in 2011. Each state is going to be in charge of different aspects of hosting the convention. The State Masters and CO-chairs have been meeting once a month on Team-speak.

Colorado's main responsibility is making arrangements for flowers and taking flower orders for various events. This involves collecting money and making sure the flowers get delivered.

We will also have opportunities to provide Deputies, presenting the Colorado flag, and we will be hosting the hospitality room one day - Thursday.

Christmas Ornaments  are needed to decorate a tree at the 2011 convention.  If you are making ornaments this year, please make a few extra for the tree in Oklahoma.  Bring them to the 2011 State Grange convention.

Texas is in charge of the sixth degree presentation and the group will draw names at the National Convention in North Carolina to determine who will fill the offices.

Nebraska is making arrangements for bags to give to each person registering. Each state has the opportunity to put items into those bags. Right now we are thinking that we will be making 500 bags at the most. We need Grangers to contact businesses for companies to get something to put into those bags. I would suggest that your Grange discuss whom you might contact in your area and then do so and then bring any items obtained to the State convention in October 2011. The items need to be small and if it's a food item, it should be something that doesn't require refrigeration. As you can see we are going to need people to attend the convention in 2011 to help with all these different aspects, and I'm sure that there will be more things that will come up as the year progresses. We have checked into the possibility of hiring a charter bus. If you would be interested in riding a bus please let me (or the state office) know by January 15, 2011. Then we can make definite plans. I would guess that the bus would leave from the Denver area on Wednesday and travel back on Sunday the week of National session. The beginning of 2011 we will be looking for individuals to head up some of these various aspects and if you would be interested in being that individual please let me or John & Trudie Hagen know. Additional details about each area will be posted on the Colorado State Grange web site.

Cindy Greer

Colorado Host CO-chair