Brothers,

     June provided us an opportunity to have a successful fundraiser with a second Fish Fry, it was held Friday June 20th and by all accounts was as, if not more successful than the first one. We will have a final tally on Tuesday July 8th, our first stated meeting in July. There will be much business to be discussed then so please come out.
    A special thanks goes out to all the brothers who came out to help cook, serve & clean. Bro. Richard Williams deserves a very special “attaboy” for heading up the ticket sales, collection and organization of most of this event. It just goes to prove that when you have good people around you, you can take a far fetched idea and make it work no matter what. Thanks brothers!
    I must say that Bro. Richard is a perfect example of a junior officer who has taken hold of something and put forth his best effort to make it successful, we need more of this, we need to see some of our newly raised Master Masons attending more meetings, volunteering and heading up committees, the senior officers and brothers need to help nurture these new brothers along and “show them the ropes” so that they can then take a step back and let some of the younger members of our lodge should some of the physical burden that many of our events require. This will ensure that we continue to be a successful Lodge in perpetuity.
   I look forward to seeing more and more of you in Lodge, I know gas prices are a hurdle and I encourage you to carpool if possible. Our members fairly spread out between Fernandina and Yulee and I am sure many would be willing to carpools, send an email out to the brethren via the Secretary to get a carpool organized.
It will give you a chance to socialize a little bit before lodge and save some gas too!
Have a happy and safe Independence Day!!!
Again, thank you for your support and see you in Lodge

Fraternally,
Orlando J. Avila
Worshipful Master 2008
ameliamason@bellsouth.net