Pennsylvania State Grange

Pennsylvania State Grange: Cultivating Community Champions

The Grange is a place for people of all ages to connect with others and with their community. We offer programs to develop leadership skills, build character and provide service to your community. In the spirit of friendship, Grangers accomplish great things while having a great time. Our gatherings are designed to be enjoyable for the WHOLE family.

Our Motto
In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity.

Our Mission
The Pennsylvania State Grange supports the local Granges to help members grow as individuals, unify their communities and create opportunity through legislation and community service.

In the news...

Pennsylvania Grange News July/August 2019

Announcement
Pennsylvania State Grange is pleased to
announce that Brittany Tempel will be
starting part time working in the office of the Pennsylvania State Grange. Brittany will begin her employment on March 11, 2019. She will be
in the office on Monday, Thursday, and Friday.
Please join us in welcoming Brittany to the office.

Message from Brittany
Hello, my name is Brittany Tempel and I'm super excited to start this amazing opportunity working for the Pennsylvania State Grange. I grew up in the Grange since my parents and grandparents were involved on the local, County, and State levels. My Mom, Tammy Schaeffer, is currently serving on the Lecturer's Committee, and my Dad, Tim Schaeffer, served as the Legislative Committee Chairman for numerous years. I have 2 daughters, Cadence and Grace. Grace is the current Berks County Jr. Grange Mini-Princess. I reside in Halifax with my girls, my fiancee Michael, and his 2 children, Kayleigh and Brayden. There are a lot of good things happening this year, Michael and I are getting married, we are opening a Barber Shop, and the start of a new job for me with the Grange. Again, I am honored and delighted to work for one of the best organizations out there. -Brittany

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Legislative speaker?
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at 717.346.1063

Ag One Newsletter

2018-2019 Legislative Priorities

PA STATE GRANGE TESTIFIES on MILK MARKETING ORDERS

Sunday Hunting
Message from
President Wayne Campbell

Download link
Farm Show PCN Mini w/President Wayne Campbell.

http://pcnftp.pcntv.com/main.html?download&weblink=8f76d35e9b92fc074b95a8458f0b9894&realfilename=FS$20M$20State$20Grange$20CC.mp4

March/April 2019 PGN

Past editions of PGN

State Grange History Committee

At the direction of the State Grange President, the History Committee has begun brainstorming ways to celebrate the organization’s 150th anniversary in 2023. We are aware from the various printed State Grange histories that historical pageants were presented at the annual sessions of 1923, 1948, 1973 and 1998 when the 50th, 75th, 100th and 125th anniversaries (respectively) of the State Grange were celebrated. We have found programs for several of the pageants listing topics and participants in each of the various acts/scenes but we have not found the more detailed scripts for any of the pageants. Unfortunately, all the persons who chaired the various pageants are deceased so we are unable to contact them to see if any copies of the scripts still exist. If anyone happens to have a copy of scripts from any of these pageants, please consider sharing that information with the State Grange History Committee by contacting Chair Doug Bonsall at 717-921-1957 or douglas.b@verizon.net.

The History Committee has been hard at work adding new information to our website. The Journal of Proceedings from 1873 to the present have been uploaded. Use the following link to access the information:
http://www.pagrange.org/journals-of-proceedings.html

The History Committee would like to thank Granges and individuals for their generous financial support and asks for your continued support to its most recent appeal so that the final phase of microfilming/digitizing can be completed to permanently preserve and provide on-line access to Executive Committee minutes, officers' registers and the three published State Grange history books (1949, 1973, and 1998).

Upcoming Events

Please remember to send us your Grange Events
to post on the website

Upcoming Grange Event Dates:

Grange Youth Camp: 6/28 to 6/30
Application

Grange Junior Camp: 6/30 to 7/6
Application

Family Festival: 7/18 to 7/21
Schedule
Registration Form

Ag Progress Days: 8/13 to 8/15
*Volunteers needed to help at Grange booth. Call Lizzie at 717.254.9550 or email: publicrelations@pagrange.org

Pennsylvania State Grange Convention

Schedule
Hotel Information
Registration

National Young Farmers
Educational Institute
hosted by
Pennsylvania Young Farmers

December 11-14, 2019

Downtown Marriott Convention Center in Lancaster, PA