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March 04, 2025 Newsletter #79

Hi Member,   Supreme Regent By the Book Have you heard about the challenge our new Supreme Regent has given to our members? Read about it here.   Charitable Activities Highlights 2024 Fraternal Projects have come to an end, it's time to organize your councils for 2025 charitable projects.   College News Last call for this year's scholarship applicants to complete their checklist and a reminder to high school seniors. Inspirational Quote Get inspired this month in your neighborhood! Upcoming Dates Keep these important dates in your calendar.      Supreme Regent By the Book Books for Young People Since its founding, the Royal Arcanum has focused on the well-being of our youths. Supreme Regent Nicole Covelli has a strong focus on the continued education of young people and the importance of reading in their lives. She encourages our councils and our members to support reading in children's lives and promotes them to get involved with organizations that promote reading activities for the youth. Throughout her term, she encourages you to sponsor collecting books for the benefit of organizations that promote education and development through reading.  Here are some ideas that you or your council may want to partner with to help fulfill her initiative. Local Schools: Contact your school district to see if they would welcome receiving a donation of age-appropriate reading material for their students. Councils may also want to partner with their school districts in fundraisers that will be used for providing new reading materials. Libraries: Your local library may already have plenty of books on hand, but do they have young readers? Many local libraries have events scheduled to make reading fun for kids and would welcome volunteers or councils to help sponsor their events. Contact them and form a partnership for our future. Reading is Fundamental: Founded in 1966 by Margaret McNamara, Reading is Fundamental is the largest non-profit promoting reading among children in the United States. Reach Out and Read: Barry Zuckerman founded Reach Out and Read in 1989 to help families make reading a part of their daily routines. It has since expanded to become a national charity that integrates reading aloud into pediatric care. Goodwill and The Salvation Army: Both organizations accept donations of used books, which can provide children of disadvantaged families with access to quality reading material. Little Free Diverse Libraries: Many communities have created their own Little Free Diverse Libraries, making their front yard a mini-library available to their neighborhood children. Your council and members can participate in transforming young lives on a very personal level. Have more ideas? Make it happen in your council and share it with us for a future newsletter or Bulletin article.      Charitable Activities Highlights     Thank you to all the councils who participated in the IFS program in 2024! More than 25 projects were approved by the IFS Committee from more than 15 different subordinate or grand councils, providing more than $16,000 to local and national causes. The IFS Committee continues to stand ready to receive 2025 projects. Each subordinate or grand council is eligible to receive half of the value of qualifying charitable projects, up to $1,000 of reimbursement. Be sure to review the IFS Program guidelines, select the charitable projects of your choice, and submit an IFS Request as part of your activities for 2025.   Medora Council #1648 Hurricane Helene Relief Medora Council closed their year with support for Operation Holiday Chest through a donation to the Fraternal Department's Hurricane Helene Relief project. Thank you to all councils and individuals who supported this project to help the many who suffered from the results of the hurricane. Greater Chicago Food Depository   Medora Council also made a year-end donation to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which strives to end hunger by connecting our neighbors with healthy food and advancing solutions that address the root causes of hunger.      College News   Final Reminder for Scholarship Applicants   Warning: the deadline to complete the next steps of their Scholarship application is March 31.  Applicants should verify that the required items in the checklist they should have received from the Home Office have been completed. Please contact the Home Office immediately at (888) 272-2686 if you lost or did not receive your list of next steps. Good luck to all!   High School Seniors, Get Ready for College   Seniors, have you heard from the colleges you applied to? College admissions decisions are often made in March. Watch your mail and email for final admission letters. You're not done with high school yet! Be sure to prepare for your AP test and final exams to end your senior year on a high note and perhaps earn college credits with good scores.    Inspirational quotes   “We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” ―    Fred Rogers    Upcoming dates   Mark your calendar with these important dates: Daylight Saving Time begins: March 9, 2025 Spring Begins: March 20, 2025 Spring Bulletin submission deadline: March 23, 2025 Monthly Lend A Hand - Lift A Heart submission deadline: March 31, 2025 Scholarship and Grant checklist items deadline: March 31, 2025

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