CFL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

DEADLINE FOR RECIPE ENTRIES HAS BEEN CHANGED TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2013

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Thank you for you inquiry about our new cookbook!  I have always enjoyed the wonderful recipes and tips of all of our Grangers and it brings great joy to be a part of the construction of a new Washington State Grange Cookbook! My vision is a cookbook filled with recipes of yesteryear along with homemaking tips and traditions from all of your homes that we all grew up with and cherish. There will be a section for gluten free and diabetic recipes along with new recipes and ideas for today’s busy homemaker and cooking enthusiasts.

I am asking for submissions of recipes to be accompanied by your Grange name and number, Pomona name & number and  the name of the recipe creator in your recipe notes, and if possible a very brief story about the recipe and how it has

become a tradition or favorite recipe of yours. I would also love to see a photo of the ancestor or farm in which this recipe originated from. Please send photos to my home address or by email to cechamilton@ymail.com  Photos are not required but will add a special touch to the book. The photo needs to be small and or if possible in a jpeg format for downloading onto the computer program I have for the cookbook order. Black & white photos only. Please identify and know that you may not get the photo back. If photos are not used please understand that the recipe is the important part and room availability is the reason it may not be used.
Please be sure to include all ingredients and exact quantities in your recipes. If the recipe is from long ago it is appropriate to have a scant of this and a smidgen of that in the recipe. As we all know that is how things were added then and for some of us it still is that way.   I would love to have your cookbook name submissions heading my way starting today and also front cover ideas are welcome too. The name will be chosen at the end of October.

It is my hopes to have a completed book ready for sale for this coming Holiday season. Wouldn’t it be a wonderful gift for your loved ones or an ideal holiday bazaar item for your community? So, don’t be shy, start preparing your entries today! Mail all information to me at my home address found at the top of this letter or go on to the website named  :       http://www.morriscookbooks.com/  when you are on the webpage look up in the right hand top corner and you will see the typensave tab, click on it and go to the log in page. On the right side you will find the log in area for existing accounts , that is us. Our user name is   FAMILY LIVING 2012   be sure to add the space in between. Our password for submitting recipes is custard371    . Go ahead and try it, it is so fun!! Add your recipes and add characters and just have fun with it. There is no limit on recipe submissions! I am hoping for at least 500 recipes. You can edit your own recipe too. A link is on the Washington State Grange website. Pass the word out to others and let’s get this cookbook started! Deadline for entry is January 31, 2013.

NOTE FROM THE
STATE DIRECTOR OF FAMILY LIVING

Director's Letter for packets

Hello and Welcome to all newly elected and returning Family Living chairpersons. Those of you who dedicate time and energy in promoting our program and who help to make your Grange a welcome place. This will be an exciting journey for all of us as we embark on new activities and areas of service. It will also be both fun and challenging as we attempt to turn many of the skills and necessary duties that families carry out on a daily basis into fun, rewarding experiences for all ages to learn about and enjoy. After all, every family is unique and we all have certain jobs to do in order to make our homes safe, comfortable and productive. I encourage you as chairpersons to prepare and follow through on your duties to ensure a successful and enjoyable program for all and for this dedication I say Thank you!

With the new title of Family Living in mind we see our Grange family as one in which we nurture, and help to grow in many of the same ways we do in our own homes. I ask all of you to envision your Grange as your home away from home. Is it viewed as a mutual place where friends, families and communities meet to accomplish wonderful things? How is your Grange looking these days? Is it inviting to the eye? Is it welcoming and pleasant to all who enter? Is there a smiling Granger waiting to greet those who visit and participate in your many activities? As a Family Living Chairperson we must strive to achieve all of these and much more.

I invite all Granges to strive to remember those less fortunate than ourselves and place the Family Living Departments Charities on your Granges list of contributions for this year. These charities include: Family Living Scholarship, Kelley Historical Projects Fund, Kimball Memorial, King Memorial, and the March of Dimes. Your generosity will certainly enrich the lives of others. Please make donation checks payable to: Washington State Grange Foundation and mail to: Cecelia Hamilton, 20 Old West Curlew Lake Rd., Republic, WA. 99166. You may use one check for your donations. Please designate the amounts to each charity in the memo area of your check if you choose to support numerous areas. We offer many projects that make a difference in people’s lives and these may be found in the Program Handbook and on the Washington State Grange website.

Be sure to check out the many areas of our Family Living Department contests. Non-members are encouraged to enter. All entry forms and guidelines are available on the website: www.wa-grange.org along with the new two year handbook for 2012 & 2013. All Family Living report forms are available there.

As always, I wish you the best as you promote and carry out our program. It is a privilege to serve the families and the Granges of Washington State and I look forward to visiting the many Granges and also meeting many new faces and making new lifelong friends in the Grange.

Fraternally,
Cecelia Hamilton

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