Valley News

The latest "goings on" in the Valley of Hartford.

Links to Our Newsletters

Our newsletter, View of the Valley, is available in PDF format for download and viewing.

This has several benefits. The printed version is in black and white, however, the PDF version is in color. Also, viewing this on-line will probably save a few trees, and help the planet.


General Valley News Items

Alan J. Cunningham Recipient of the Meritorious Service Award

At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Council of Deliberation, hosted by the Valley of Norwich at Bayview Lodge #120 in Niantic, Brother Alan J. Cunningham was announced as the Valley of Hartford recipient of the Arthur M. Brown 33° Meritorious Service Award for 2010.

Please congratulate Brother Al when you see him this fall!

"Scottish Rite for the 21st Century" DVDs Now Available

Our shipment of "Scottish Rite for the 21st Century" DVDs has arrived.

These DVDs, wonderfully designed and produced by the Supreme Council, are intended to provide information to interested blue lodge brethren, or any man who might be interested in the Scottish Rite. They are an excellent recruiting tool and can be viewed on a DVD player or on a personal computer. The packaging is also quite informative.

They are available to give to interested brethren, and may be obtained from the Valley Secretary.

Supreme Council Dues Reduction Program

Wouldn't it be great if something you did on a regular basis helped you reduce the amount of your Scottish Rite dues? Well, now it can!

The Supreme Council has begun a program to allow individual Scottish Rite masons to reduce their dues by shopping through OneCause. With OneCause, you register on their site, associate with your cause (in our case the "Scottish Rite Freemasonry, NMJ" cause), and purchases made through participating online merchants, begun via the OneCause website, will apply a percentage of the transaction amount to your dues. The maximum percentage is 20%, although the average percent is between 2% and 6%.

To sign up, you need an email address, and must specify your cause. A link on the Supreme Council Membership Services web page will take you right to the appropriate OneCause page, or you may follow this link directly.

Once on the OneCause page, if you click "Shop to Support This Cause" in the left hand navigation area, you'll be taken to a page to register. If you select the "Help" link in the upper left, you can read a list of Frequently Asked Question. There are other helpful links on the front page, including a short flash video to explain to you how the program works.

If you shop regularly online with merchants like Amazon, Staples and many others, a percentage of your purchase is applied to your dues. The only requirement is that you start the shopping experience from the OneCause page, by clicking on that merchant's link.

Help Needed

We need help in robes, make-up, lighting, backstage and in the Scottish Rite Choir. If you are interested, please contact the Secretary, either by phone or by email.