2013/14 New Membership Campaign and NO ENROLLMENT FEE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR!!!
Our Year of Celebration has begun! Four milestone events will happen during this Moose fiscal year - the 125th Anniversary of the Loyal Order of Moose; the 100th Anniversary of the Women of the Moose; the 100th Anniversary of the Moose Legion; and the 100th Anniversary of Mooseheart, our school and residential campus for children and teens in need.

In recognition of these once-in-a-lifetime events, we are asking each lodge, chapter, Moose Legion and member to GO THE DISTANCE and make this the most memorable year in Moose history. Our first goal is to grow the membership and we will spend a great deal of time and resources on our retention initiatives as well as our production campaign.

1. A complete Moose - Go The Distance membership campaign package was mailed to each lodge on Monday, April 29th and should be received shortly. It includes detailed campaign information, broadsides for the lodge and several other promotional pieces that you can use to promote this program beginning today. (One clarification in the packet: Moose - Go The Distance campaign merchandise will be available beginning Friday, May 24th at the Milwaukee Convention and through catalog sales after the close of the meeting.)

2. To help your members invite qualified friends and relatives into our fraternity, the Supreme Council has authorized the General Governor to waive all application fees for the entire fiscal year. That's right - $0 application fees all year long from May 1, 2013 - April 30, 2014! This applies to all Loyal Order of Moose, Women of the Moose and Moose Legion applications. There is no longer a reason to wait to bring new members into our fraternity.

3. For all members who sponsor at least one individual into the Fraternity, Moose - Go The Distance lapel recognition pins will once again be available through Moose International. As opposed to recent years when a small supply was sent in advance to every lodge, you will have to request an initial supply from the Membership Department, free of charge.

4. When a member's first two applications are reported and enrolled during this campaign year, he will once again qualify for a year's free dues in his primary lodge. Life Members that sponsor two applications will receive a $15 gift certificate for the Moose Catalog Sales Store.

5. For each LOOM member that qualifies for the 5 Club, $5 will be donated to the Mooseheart School Renovation project courtesy of your state association. We are asking each association to use the additional $5, which has traditionally been collected to ship award items, as seed money to start a local campaign to help promote membership.

6. Members sponsoring 25 or more during the campaign will qualify for the Director General's Circle of Distinction and have a Centennial Mooseheart Brick dedicated to them during the renovation project. Other incentives are also available depending upon the level achieved.

7. A commemorative Moose membership card will be printed, starting today, for any new or renewed membership that occurs from May 1, 2013 through April 30th, 2014. The cards are gold in color and feature the Mooseheart Centennial Logo in the lower left corner. All other information on the card is exactly the same as before. Both the existing green membership card and the new gold card should be honored at all lodges, assuming the "paid to" date in the lower right corner is current! Cards that are not typically replaced annually (paid in advance, life members, etc.) will not be sent a new card, but can receive one for a small donation to the Mooseheart Renovation Project at the Membership Department display at convention or by contacting the Member Services team by phone any time after June 1st (630-906-3658).

What a great way to share this Great Fraternity, invite your Family & Friends to join the Moose and they too can make a difference in the lives of a Child and Senior.
8. As always, the Membership Department is available to answer questions and support the campaign in any way possible. Feel free to contact us at memberservices@mooseintl.org or at 630-906-3658.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the outgoing officers in both lodges and chapters. It has been a pleasure working with those I have come in contact with during the past year. To those of you who made your year CONGRATULATIONS I know this is a great accomplishment for the chapters, and the officers always have a lot riding on this. This can also be a boom for the lodges, especially the Governors, since the award of excellence depends on this and other things that have to happen during your year.

I will be starting my Lodge visitations in the next few weeks and look forward to seeing all of you once again.

To all of the incoming officers, hopefully the new campaign and the O APPLICATION FEE will help you to get a jumpstart on the new year.

I look forward to working with you during the upcoming year and by working together maybe we can put Colorado on the good list for Moose International. I am confident that we can have a great year. Don't forget you can call (719-641-4427)or email me (gthompson@mooseintl.org) at any time and I will answer your questions or if I can't I will get the answer for you.

Thanks for all you do
Glen
Glen Thompson
Colorado, Wyoming/Western Nebraska
Regional Manager

Brothers and Coworkers
Please consider joining the Donor's Circle for as little as $25.00 with each additional donation you can advance to different levels of recognition and will earn different pins to wear proudly. You will be helping our Children at Mooseheart and Seniors at Moosehaven with each donation.
Information is available on www.mooseintl.org
Please check the Moose web page daily for information on any of the programs going on in your Fraternity.

If you ever have any questions on programs in Moose Charities please feel free to contact me sthomp1127@msn.com or call me 719-390-8607

In Friendship;
Sandy Thompson
Moose Charities Director

Wyoming-W. Nebraska Moose Association

RUSSELL HOUSE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

These Memorial Scholarships are given by the Association to honor
Pilgrim Russell House, Secretary of the Wyoming W. -Nebraska Moose Association from 1963 to 1986. Mr. House served his Lodge and Association faithfully for many years as an officer and ritualist.
This $600.00 scholarship is given each year as funds permit.

Requirements

1. You must be entering your junior or senior year in an accredited institution of higher learning.

2. You must have a GPA of 2.5 or better.

3. These scholarships are not based on need, but rather career goals and motivation.

4. Your Lodge or Chapter affiliation must be through a parent, step-parent, grandparent, or legal guardian in good standing in their lodge or chapter. The Lodge or Chapter must also be in good standing with the Association.

5. Please include the name of the college that you attend, along with the address and phone number of the Financial Aid Department.

6. Your Student ID number is required to credit your student account with the funds should you be the winner of this scholarship. All funds are sent directly to the Financial Aid Department of your college.

7. The judging of applications is done by a panel of Past State Presidents at the Association State Convention held in August each year. The winners will be notified by mail.

8. Your essay may be attached to this application, rather that written on it if you prefer. Please do not include photographs or folders.

9. Deadline is July 15th.