Mocha News - February, 2013 - Mocha Shriners

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MOCHANEWS | February 2013
Greetings from the
BRUCE SHRINE CLUB
Hope you all had a great Christmas
as we wish you all a wonderful
Happy New Year!
We have had a tremendous 2012
as a club and we are working
hard to make 2013 even bigger
and better. Under the keen eye
of our President, Noble Alex
Cameron, our elected executive
team has guide the Nobles of
the BSC through some heavy
discussions and as a club we
have come out the other end more
determined than ever to work
together in an effort to make the
Bruce Shrine Club the best it can
be. The pictures I’ve attached to
this article show the many good
times we have had at numerous
Christmas Parades that invited our
participation this 2012 Christmas
season. Our fi rst Christmas parade
was in London in early November
and continued to Owen Sound,
Port Elgin, Mildmay, Hanover,
Chesley and fi nally in Neustadt.
Noble Terry Mills added a bubble
machine to his parade unit and
along with this and our new trailer
full of enthusiastic Nobles we
took the prize for best parade
unit in Owen Sound and Chesly’s
Santa Clause Parades. A big
thank you to all the Nobles and
Ladies of the Bruce Shrine Club
who supported us at these many
parades and shared the fellowship
at the wonderful after glows. Our
Rameses Brothers who invite
us to share in the Owen Sound
Christmas Parade with them asked
if we could hand out some small
stuffed toys along the parade route
since our golf carts are manned
by two Nobles. The Nobles who
were left with the hand out task
took great pleasure in the face
to face contact they had with
special children along the parade
route. These Nobles took some
care to try and make hand outs to
children who may be from needy
families and children with obvious
disabilities. The smiles they
received from this small stuffy toy
gesture where heart warming to
say the least. We tried to carry this
into some of our other Christmas
parades as Noble Doug Gould
took the time to purchase a bag
of stuffi es from Goodwill and gave
them to our golf cart crews for
distribution. A small cost for some
great big smiles.
Many of our Nobles were
recognized during their Christmas
Cake sales activities by members
of the public who had seen them
on the televised London and Owen
Sound Christmas parades. This
added a little celebrity and great
publicity for our cause. Noble
Ken Cunningham, BSC Cake
Chairman, was happy to report
a complete sell out of Christmas
products this year as our club
members worked hard selling at
venues in Kincardine, Port Elgin,
Walkerton and Hanover.
Some great news, our 2nd annual
Quilt Draw was very successful
and the three hand made quilts
donated to our club will be in the
hands of the winners of the draw
in time for Christmas. You can see
the pictures from the draw held
at the home of Noble Cannon
Michael Farr and Lady Kathleen @
www.kincardinetimes.com
Ill Sir Grant Fotheringham, Past
Potentate of the Mocha Shriners,
drew the winning names for the
three quilts, with help from Noble
Ron MacLennan, chairman of the
quilt draw committee; Kathleen
Farr, president, and Lia Ellyatt,
treasurer of the Northern Nile Club;
and Jim Hudvagner of the quilt
committee, Monday afternoon 17th
December, 2012, in Kincardine.
And the work continues as we
work on events for 2013 such as
the BSC Annual Golf Tournament
Under the direction of Nobles Tom
and Paul Zorzi this grand Golf
event is set for the 22nd of June,
2013. This will be kicking off at 12
noon with a shot gun start. The
entry fee is still only $125 per/
player and includes all prizes and
dinner at the Club House. Get your
foursome together and don’t miss
this great time at the Saugeen Golf
Club.
A new event planned for 2013 will
be the 1st annual BSC Motorcycle
Draw being pushed forward by
incoming President Elect Lorne
Attenborough. We will be raffl ing
off a 2013 Harley Davidson Street
Glide with the winning ticket being
drawn on the 21st of October at
a to be planned event in Saugeen
Shores (stay tuned). We are
planning to be at the Western Fair
Grounds in London for the “World
of Motorcycles Expo, February 8th
to the 10th, set and ready to move
a large number of tickets on this
great touring motorcycle. If you can
make it down don’t forget to stop
by and say hello! (and purchase a
ticket).
For any inquiries regarding up
coming Bruce Shrine Club Events
please feel free to contact: Noble
Paul Zorzi, pzorzi@gbtel.ca 519
832 7447, Noble Doug Gould,
spanky@tnt21.com 519 832 7332,
Noble Kevin MacKay, kmackay@
bmts.com 519 389 7575, or Noble
Terry Mills, diante@bmts.com 519
386 7366.
I can’t tell you how great it is to
be a Shriner! All I can say is, “I’m
proud to be a Shriner, I’m proud to
wear the plaid. I’m proud to help
the children, who need our help so
bad!”
All the best wishes to our newly
installed Divan for 2013 and to all of
you for your efforts to make 2013 a
great year for MOCHA Temple and
the many supporting clubs that
make it great.
Yours in the Faith
Noble Kevin MacKay,
Ambassador, BSC
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