ABERDEEN MOOSE 590. Volume 3, Issue 11. Hope to see you at the Lodge!! WOTM November Birthdays are:

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1 ABERDEEN MOOSE 590 Moose Booster Marine Corp League Home of Aberdeen Family Center # th Ave SW Aberdeen, SD Phone: LODGE HOURS: Tuesday: 5pm to (time varies to activity) Wednesday: 5pm to (time varies to activity) Thursday: 5pm to (time varies to activity) Friday: 5pm to (time varies to activity) Lodge is closed other days except for special events. (see calendar) **Please remember the Moose Family Center for all of your party planning needs: weddings, showers, birthdays, reunions, fund raisers, Christmas parties & rehearsal dinners. Call Lexie for bookings at Also, remember Lodge Gift Certificates for all your gift giving needs Lodge #590 Officers Governor..Vacant Jr Governor...Tim Kearns Jr Past Governor..Kelly Brugman Trustee...Anthony Stayner Trustee... Dale Mork Trustee...Gene Schlosser Prelate...Mike Bonin Treasurer..Vacant Administrator...Kelly Brugman Chapter 178 Officers Jr Regent.....Jan Kearns Jr Grad Regent..Chastidy Pletten Chaplain...Casey Selzler Sec/Treasurer..Susan Selzler Recorder...Gladys Church INSIDE THIS ISSUE Cover Cover Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 5 Page 5 Page 6 Page 6 Page 7 Page 7 Page 7 Jr Governor Birthdays About Moose Calendar Calendar WOTM News Bingo Lodge Manager Membership What s Happening Football Winners Toys for Tots Volume 3, Issue 11 November 2014 Jr Governor Greetings Wow, October sure was a busy month at the lodge. Keeping track of all the different events and rounding up volunteers sure kept us busy. Thanks to all of you for coming out and supporting the lodge and a very special thanks to our volunteers. I know you ve all heard it a million times before, but I just have to say it again without our volunteers, the lodge would not exist. I just can t say it any simpler than that. If you have an interest in volunteering, give us a call, we can always use more help. Thanks again to all our volunteers! Last month I attended the Dakota Moose Association s Fall Convention and met many long time Moose members and learned a great deal from all of them. My hats off to the Rapid City Lodge, they did a great job hosting the event. I think the most important thing I took away from the convention was a reminder of our primary mission. Sometimes we get so caught up in planning events, tending to the needs of the building, and many of the other things that keep us busy that we forget our primary mission tenets of fraternity and charity. With those tenets in mind, if you know or hear of a need where we can help, let us know...working together we can do great things and foster a strong fraternity. I encourage everyone to attend a future convention if they are able. The 2015 Spring Convention will be held in Mobridge. Finally, I ve been told by a few folks that I may have painted a pretty bleak picture in last month s booster. The goal of my article was to let folks know our attendance numbers and volunteer hours were way down and to try to reach out to you to help build them back up. Unfortunately, instead of building up our volunteer list and gathering ideas for future events, I may have unintentionally fanned the flames of the rumor mill. So let me quell the fire WE ARE NOT PREPARING TO CLOSE! In fact, we are currently planning several long term goals for lodge improvements and busily developing plans to host the 2015 Fall Dakota Moose Association Convention. So, as Mark Twain might have said, The reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated. Hope to see you at the Lodge!! Tim Kearns, Jr Governor NOTE TO SNOWBIRDS!!!! If you are traveling during our cold months this winter and need your Booster forwarded please let us know as the post office will not forward the Boosters. WOTM November Birthdays are: 11/2 Priscilla Linn & Chris Kempf 11/3 Carrie Lang & Sandy Swingler 11/4 Patty Holm & Marie Lipp 11/9 Connie Jackson 11/10 Ann Enger & Betty Suedmeier 11/21 Karen Cisco 11/22 Linda Mork 11/29 Patricia Wiedmeier 11/30 Louise Hoeke MOOSE Lodge 590 Christmas Wish list (just in case Santa is feeling generous): -Kitchen Aide mixer for our kitchen -New 6' or 8' white plastic tables like we use -Gas grill for our summer events -Donations towards s new LED sign for our outside to show our upcoming events.

2 Page 2 Report Sickness to: Shirley Syhre Funeral Lunches: Mary Ann Schlosser The Moose Booster is published monthly for the Aberdeen Moose Family Center #590 and sent to all members in good standing as part of your membership dues. Deadline for any articles is the 20th of the month. You can your articles to: moosefamilycenter@gmail.com Presorted Standard Postage Paid at Aberdeen, SD. PLEASE let us know of address or phone changes! Anyone wishing to have their Booster ed instead of postal mailed, please your request to: moosefamilycenter@gmail.com Please like our Facebook page to keep up on our current events: Aberdeen Moose Family Center 590 Legion Breakfast Menu Biscuits & Gravy w/eggs Pancakes, eggs & sausage or ham Waffles, eggs & sausage or ham French Toast, eggs & sausage or ham All include coffee, juice & fruit bar (when available) Moose Booster About MOOSE You may have heard the saying, A burden heavy to one is borne lightly by many. This is at the core of the Moose organization and what makes us unique in our Lodges, local communities and charitable cities that we support. Our roots can be traced to 1888 and the founder of the Moose, Dr. Henry Wilson, who successfully established the first Lodge in Louisville, Kentucky. In the early years, the Moose was to serve a modest goal of offering men an opportunity to gather socially, to care for one another s needs and celebrate life together. Since those early years, our fraternal organization rapidly expanded to include valuable service to our communities, care for children and teens in need at Mooseheart Child City & School, a 1,000-acre campus, located 40 miles west of Chicago and care for our senior members at Moosehaven, a 70-acre retirement community near Jacksonville, Florida. With a combined membership of over 1,000,000 members, our presence is felt in over 1,500 communities across all 50 states and four Canadian provinces, plus Great Britain and Bermuda. The Moose organization contributes between $75 to $100 million worth of community service (counting monetary donations, volunteer hours worked and miles driven) annually. In addition to Mooseheart and Moosehaven, the Moose fraternity s Heart of the Community effort is multifaceted with internally developed programs like Tommy Moose. Tommy Moose aids in helping children overcome fears and anxiety during times of stress. Donated to law enforcement, fire fighters and other emergency workers, Tommy Moose plush dolls are presented to children in various traumatic situations. The external focus of our service is directed towards many worthwhile national charities, a few of which are: Special Olympics North America, Salvation Army, Safe Surfin USA Foundation, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, and St. Jude. In our local Lodges, you will find a wide array of activities to participate in both as an individual and as a family. From holiday parties, dances, sports, themed dinners and live entertainment, the Moose has much to offer. Membership can mean different things to different people. You are the one determining what you want to get out of the organization, and what you want to give back. The Moose is about celebrating life together, serving those in need within our local community, supporting our children at Mooseheart and standing by our senior members at Moosehaven. To find out more information on how to be a Moose, please call or stop by the Lodge and check us out and ask our staff/ members. Courtesy of Moose International Tom Malchow Moose Legion Members get $.50 off price of meal by showing Moose Legion Membership Card. Adults $6.00 Kids 6-10 $ & under FREE

3 n ov e m b e r Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Men s Bowling Assoc Banquet 5pm 2 3 Legion Breakfast 9am 9 10 Happy 239th Birthday to our Marines! 16 Aman Family Dance 1:30-5:30pm Lessons 6:30pm Joint Mtg 5:30p LOOM Mtg to follow 11 WOTM Meeting 7pm Lessons 6:30pm LOOM Mtg 5:30pm 18 Lessons 7pm WOTM Meeting 7pm Tommy Moose donation & Member retention Sam s Club Dinner AA Goose Feed 21 Dessert & Cards 1-3:30 pm 27 Members Thanksgiving Dinner. please RSVP 15 Micah Small8 & Thrillbilly Dance 8:30p Wine Tasting/ Membership retention BINGO, BINGO, BINGO!!!! BRING A FRIEND ALL ARE WELCOME!! Thursdays at 6pm Doors open at 5pm. Packet sales start at 5:30. Food Available!

4 december 2014 Sun Mon Tue Legion Breakfast 9am 28 2 Free Line Dance Lessons 6:30 pm Joint Mtg 5:30 pm LOOM & Board WOTM Meeting 7pm 9 Thu 3 Fri 4 Lessons 6:30 pm 16 Lessons 6:30pm Bingo 6pm WOTM Mtg 7pm Lessons 6:30pm Wedding Dance Desert & Cards 1-3:30 pm LOOM Mtg 5:30pm Sat Aman Family Dance 1:30-5:30pm Lodge X-Mas Party Wed CLOSED! Happy Holidays to all of you and your families!! 31 Aman Family Dance New Years Party This calendar is tentative! All dates, times or events themselves are subject to change. Please check next month s Booster for final events and times. You are always welcome to call the Lodge for any clarifications you may need addressed

5 Page 5Page 5 WOTM News The Chapter 178 donated $1, toward the new windows that were installed in the lower portion of the Lodge. At our September 23rd meeting, we presented a check for the Lodge to Jr Governor Tim Kearns. Kim Schneider was invested as the Deputy Grand Regent for the Dakotas at Convocation in Rapid City on October 5th. Mary Ann Schlosser is now a Past Deputy Grand Regent. As College Regents chairman Kim will be hosting the College of Regents Chapter meeting November 11th. Lodge Manager Moments Wow! Our year end is getting closer and as I sit back it's wonderful to see all we've done in the last year! It's been a constant uphill trip but with our members & friends it's been all worth it! Despite the rumors, we are actually ahead of where we were sitting last year at this time. We were picking which bills to pay and wondering if we'd have to close again! Looking back we've striped our parking lot, painted our beautiful Moose mural centerpiece, painted & repaired our downstairs, put in our new energy efficient windows and are paying our bills & and all with the help of our great, devoted members & friends! I am hoping these accomplishments are showing some of our more skeptical members that we are coming back and won't be giving up easily! So I will be waiting and watching for more to come down and check us out and with what I have planned...you're not going to want to miss out! We are listening and, as times goes, will be attempting to meet your requests. Our biggest obstacle right now seems to be that we are still Aberdeen's biggest kept secret. Too many people still think we are closed or don't even know that we exist or serve food/drink. So please...please...help us by spreading the word, tell your friends and family to check us out. We will be spending this next year doing membership campaigns and bringing some fun family entertainment in so please keep a close eye on our calendar of events or Facebook page. We also have a new cook in the kitchen so please stop down and meet her and check out our Wednesday and Friday night menus. Also, remember us for all your booking needs...birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, holiday parties, family get togethers...just give me a call to quote a private room or reserve your dining table! See you soon... Lexie Skinner, Lodge Manager Draw Your Price Happy Hour Wed & Fri 5-7pm. Open a pull tab and pay either 50 cents, half price or full price for your drink. Stop down and inquire about the pull tab that could win you a 40 flat screen TV! Try your luck!. Remember the each and every Friday! Jackpot over $2100! BINGO Bingo continues at the Moose Family Center every Thursday night. Packet sales begin at 5:30 games start at 6PM. Packets contain cards to play 29 games and a ticket for a drawing for a FREE 2 Pack. If you are a current Moose member show the cashier your card and you receive $2 off on your packet. Cards are sold separately for two games that have a 50% payout and a " Let's- Make-A-Deal Game. Pay out for regular games start at $15, increasing as the number of players increase. The weekly drawing for a FREE 2 PACK and The Pickle Jar were added in October. CURRENT SPECIAL: Anyone joining as a new Moose member receives a free 4pack (two packets may be played on a separate night) The member signing up the new member receives a FREE packet. There are never too many volunteers to work bingo, to cashier, check cards, or call numbers. If you can help call Lexie at the Lodge , or Mary Ann or Even if it is only one time or weekly. Many thanks to those who have helped. The bingo volunteer for September is Diane Heupel, who receives $10 in Moose Bucks. Thanks Diane. The Lodge has the honor of hosting the Marine Corp for their monthly meetings. They are the proud Sponsors of the Toys For Tots program. We will have a box and be one of the drop off locations for Christmas toy donations.

6 Page 6Page 6 Membership When you receive your new membership cards it tells you to activate your card. When you do this it tells Moose International that you did receive your card.. There have been situations where members did not receive their cards and this will make it easier for them to find out the reason. If you did not do this it will not affect your membership status. Back to Basics Membership contest where you entered the contest to win $50 in Free Moose Bucks if you sponsored the most members by December 31st had 12 Chapter co-workers enter and 4 Lodge members enter. So the race is on, sponsor members. You have two more months to be the top sponsor to win the bucks. For those who are concerned, I am not qualified to win as I am the Membership Chairman. From the survey some of the reasons for joining were : to play the, a friend or spouse wanted me to, and support the organization. Reasons to continue: help others, be with friends and have fun, auto insurance premium is great. November 2-8th is MEMBERSHIP RETENTION WEEK. While member retention should be a year-long commitment, all Lodges/Chapters in the entire fraternity are committing this week to focus on our membership. Please see our officers for more information and to sign up as a volunteer. There will be drawings for all Lodges/Chapters that actively participate in member Retention Week, totaling over $7,000! At least four retention activities must be held that week to be eligible for cash and awards. The Membership committee is planning on these activities for that week: Monday, November 3 we will be doing an Expired Member Phone-A-Thon. Tuesday, November 4th is the morning coffee group and each person will be encouraged to invite some else to attend. Wed, November 5th is Burger Night at the Moose. Members are encouraged to come in and bring a friend, member or non-member. At 7PM EMT Keith Sharisky will be speaking and he will be presented 2 dozen Tommy Moose on behalf of the Lodge and Chapter. Saturday November 8th will be a wine and beer tasting with snacks 5-7 PM. New and potential members will receive invitations. Current members are asked to come and meet fellow members be on hand to answer any questions new members may have. Also the comradery and have fun. Micah Small & Thrillbilly band is playing for the dance that night also. Call Membership Chairman Mary Ann if you have any questions Join us on Facebook! Aberdeen Moose Family Center 590 Check out our NEW website!!! LADIES NIGHT Tuesdays 5pm Ladies get $1 off ALL drinks TUESDAY TACO NIGHT 6p-till gone Anyone who purchases an alcoholic beverage will be able to buy a taco $1 each...per drink purchase! (While food lasts) Anyone not purchasing an alcoholic beverage can purchase the tacos at $2.00/each. MOOSE BURGER BUCK NIGHT 6-8pm Wednesday SPECIAL Hamburger & fries or tots for 5 bucks 3rd Friday will be our Birthday night. Anyone having a birthday that month can stop in for a birthday drink and all wish each other Happy Birthday. We will have birthday cake for dessert that night.

7 Page 7Page 7 Football Winners!! Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Lois Pletten $25 Dorothy Thaler $25 John Lake $25 Nick Westphal $25 Fran Ness $25 Shirley Syhre $25 Deloris Eckroth $25 Dennis Erath $25 Tina Beilke $25 Stuart Barton $25 Dorothy Schlosser $25 Steve Pietrus $25 Amy Crawford $25 JoAnn Wetsch $25 Week 5: Week 6: Michael Tucker $50 Cathie Pulatie $25 Tim Setter $25 Jan Kearns $25 Raffle is going strong! We are over $2100 and building. The last winner won over $2600 so let's top it this time! Stop in on Fridays before 7pm and get your tickets! Why not let the winner be you? Stop in during November and check out our new rules...you may find you can win even more than before! Tickets will be $2 each. Whomever gets drawn now will automatically get $50 plus a set amount the card is valued at, unless they draw the Queen of Hearts, of course. So every winner will be guaranteed $50. This will start Friday, Oct. 31. The National level of the Marine Corps Reserve is in charge of Toys for Tots. The object of Toys for Tots is to help less fortunate children through out the United States to experience the joy of Christmas. New unwrapped toys are collected and then delivered to less fortunate children so they can have a new toy at Christmas. Toys are distributed to children birth to age 18.. Birth to 6 months age level has the least toys received for distribution. Places like the Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Club, Head Start, and Churches recommend children who would qualify to receive toys. The local program covers a large area of northeastern South Dakota. Last year toys were given to 1,500 children in the area. Cash donations can be given to the foundation. 95 % of all cash donations goes to purchase toys. The Moose Family Center is only one of the places in Aberdeen who will receive a box the week before Thanksgiving to collect Toys for Tots. The box will be picked up by December 15th. Your generous support of this program will help express the support of the Moose and the Marine Corps Reserve. The Marine Corps Reserve hold their monthly meetings at the Moose Lodge.

8 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE ABERDEEN FAMILY CENTER 410 9TH AVE SW ABERDEEN SD Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Permit No 400 Aberdeen SD RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Jim schriver 5759 E Hwy 12, Aberdeen SD (605) The Aberdeen Moose Lodge 590 and Women of the Moose Chapter 178 would like to thank all advertisers of the Booster. They are a big help to us and our community. Think of them for your present and future needs.