I want to start this off on a personal note.

On behalf of Lady Suzanne, Joe, and myself I want to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Ruthie Degener. Ruthie was a great person and friend and her loss will be felt, by all who knew her, for years to come. October 5 was our jewelry raffle and I want to thank all the Nobles, Ladies, and Triangle girls for all their help at the jewelry raffle this year.

We had over100 people in attendance and it was well received. We would also like to congratulate all of our winners, 3 of which were from NYOSA temples and purchased tickets at either a Potentates ball or a NYOSA conference.

On  November 15 we will have our fall ceremonial. Please come and sup- port our new Nobles. November 17 begins set up for the Feztival of  Trees so if anyone has any time to come up and help, it would be greatly appreciated. Friday November 22 we will have a preview and  Hors d’oeuvres for those that donated a tree, volunteers, and our vendors prior to opening the Feztival to the public.

We are still actively looking for vendors and tree donations.

New this year is a “grandma’s attic” section so if you have any gently used holiday decorations you want to donate to benefit the shrine, please reach out to me and let me know.

The Feztival will run for 2 weekends again this year 11/22-11/24 and 11/29-12/1.

If you have some time to volunteer come on out; we could always use the help selling tickets, cooking, or just being there with your fez on.

Our annual holiday party will be on December 14 and it will be an adult and kids party at the same time, so please RSVP and get your kids’ names and ages in to the office asap so we can plan accordingly.

Also on that day will be Cassiopeia Triangles “Paint the Potentate” event where they will be raising money for both Shriners Children’s and Triangle.

We hope to see you all there.

With that said I want to wish all of you a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

 Fraternally, Mike P. Ferraro