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Grand Lodge of Washington
Gr and Lodg e of W ashingt on Washington Job’s Daughters
Masonic Tribune
Masonic T r ibune
Volume XCVIII No. 4 - Summer 2017 Issue - Page 26
Volume XCII No.1 - Summer Issue - Page 3
This year one of the main focus’s of Washington Job’s
Daughters was promotion. Last year we took a long look
Washington/Idaho at the numbers of our last few years, and realized that if we
continued to decrease ever year as we had been, within
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls 10 years our numbers would be almost non-existent. We
knew that we had to do something, make some changes
and be creative. The same old promotions were not work-
ing. We also realized that it was not only our numbers that
were affected, but our entire Masonic Family. The Youth
Groups really are the future and we need to help revitalize
them.
We proposed a promotion package at our Annual Session,
and it was voted in. We started with having a booth at the
Puyallup Fair over Labor Day Weekend, it took a lot of coor-
dination, and many hours, but we were able to get about 30
names of interested girls. We then did bus ads inside buses
in King and Pierce County, we have had a few contacts
off of those, and some of them are still up. We then pur-
chased a commercial from our Maryland Jurisdiction; they
just changed it to put out specific information. We showed
In Washington/Idaho Rainbow, The World Is Our Backyard, them on Regal Movie Theaters across the state. The best
and the gifts that await each of us this year have been quite part of this is that we have the commercial in both audio
the wonders of our world. In Rainbow, as in all of our concor- and video form and we were able to put in flash drives to
dant orders, we have the opportunity of growth in member- give to each of our Bethels for them to use as they want.
ship, education through our Meetings/events, building foun- They can put it on websites, TV even radio, however they
dations through service in our communities, and celebration can get it out there. We are in the process now of getting
of our many outcomes. Billboards up on both sides of the state.
This grand year as we’ve traveled, we have found many tools We are still in the process of getting the exact numbers
along our journey that have built a stronger foundation and a together on how the promotion has worked for us, we do
brighter future for our order. We’ve gained values in our of- know that in the first 6 months of our new promotion we
ficial visits, learned lessons in our training’s, shared growth in Initiated 54 girls across the state. While these numbers
our ritual competitions, and celebrated success at our recep- are not as high as we were hoping for, they are encour-
tions. But, that is only where our foundation starts and our aging. One of the biggest pluses we have seen from our
journey begins as we grow through participation in events state wide promotion is that Bethels are doing more promo-
within our Lodge family and grow together as a team within tion on their own. We are seeing multiple Bethels who are
our community while serving others. initiating multiple girls at a time. Our biggest promotional
tool, so to speak, is our Miss Washington Job’s Daughter.
May shared at her reception that when she was elected Grand She has been doing more promotions for Bethels then they
Worthy Advisor, she was extremely excited, and extremely have in the past. All of these are encouraging signs that we
nervous. However, throughout her travels over this year, she are moving in the right direction.
has simply been May Powell, Grand Worthy Advisor. May
Powell eloquently Stated, “Thank you for this opportunity, and So if you have a website you would be willing to put our
thank you for letting me, be me.” commercial on, or know of an event that Miss Washington
could come and speak at, please contact us.
Many times along our journey of exploration, while visiting
our backyard in the Pacific Northwest and across Washing- Promotion - promotion@wajdi.org
ton/Idaho, we have been so thankful to celebrate this year Miss Washington - MWBjd-events@wajdi.org
with each of you, our concordant Masonic family. Thank you The Youth are our future, their success is our success.
for believing in us, for supporting us, aiding in our growth, and
celebrating with us. Melodie Oberdorfer,
As our year comes to a close, we are so blessed with each of Grand Guardian
you being a great part of our world in Rainbow and helping us Washington Job’s Daughters 2016-2017
build a more beautiful backyard. We’d like to extend a cordial
invitation to each of you to come play with us in Yakima, as
we celebrate at our 96th Grand Assembly, July 14th-16th at
the Sundome. For more information and to register, please
visit our website at http://nwrainbow.org/2017/03/20/grand-
assembly-forms/.

In Rainbow Service and Love,
Dot Gosset, Print Media
Washington/Idaho
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