This is notification that the Centreville Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #2168 is changing the date of the General Membership Lodge Meeting date of March 18, 2010 to March 25, 2010 at 7:30pm. We are holding this "SPECIAL MEETING" for two pieces of lodge business.  The first order of business will be the announcement of candidates for the next 2010 - 2011 board of officers.  The second piece of business will be a vote on our lodge's investment account.  We are holding a vote to present our decision to the membership concerning our investment strategy going forward.  We encourage all members of Centreville Lodge 2168 in good standing to attend this meeting.  Please be aware that membership cards will be checked at the door for this meeting.

Did you survive Snowmageddon? I am not sure what the snow total was here at the lodge, but most of the snow seems like it is still here. I wish to thank everyone who helped during the snowstorms. Thanks to Ralph Amsden for again coming down to the lodge and tending bar when others could not make it in. Thanks to Dan Sullivan and Harloe Brewster for clearing the snow from the sidewalks and from the satellite dish on the roof. The social quarter's patrons were so thankful to be able to walk on the sidewalks and watch TV again.

With the snow storms in the past, we now look to future lodge events and activities. Our lodge is so much more than the sum of its individual members. If not for the gifted and diverse individuals of our lodge, we would not be where we are today. Our membership constantly helps in ways some could not imagine. The time has come that we ask our aspiring lodge members to think about what they could do for the lodge. Our yearly elections are just around the corner in early April. We are looking for new and continued enthusiasm in helping our lodge committees, the Legion, and board of officers.

Do you know what our lodge committees do here at the lodge? Could you find the time to help a committee? Committees help in all aspects of lodge operations big and small. They put together poker tournaments, lodge meals, holiday parties, and community service projects like our Adopt-a-spot program. Some committees are put together for only a short time like a month and others continue all year long. Did you enjoy the Christmas party this last year? A committee did that! Did you help in the road clean up? A committee did that! Did you participate in the Breakfast with Santa or even last year's Easter egg hunt? A committee did that too! As you can see, committees do a lot around the lodge.

Could you help in volunteering at the Fairfax Fair, the Fairfax City Fourth of July celebration, or something else? We need more lodge support for the committees this year. This way it will not fall on the shoulders of a few to carry the weight of this lodge. It does not take much time to do some of what is needed on a committee. It can be so rewarding and fun.  If you want to volunteer for a committee or run for an office please contact me for more information.

In conclusion, this lodge is a lot work. It continues to need your help. If we look at the whole process of making the lodge work, it is a daunting task. If we break the jobs up into smaller pieces, a series of small successes, it spreads the weight of the job among many. Please help us in the sharing of this division. And, thank you for all you do! Thanks to Steve Petty for installing the new television in the main hall.  And, thanks again to Dave Gledhill and Brenda DiMichele for the donation of the HD television to the lodge. You "all" continue to amaze me with your strong work ethic and acts of kindness.

Denny Leathers
Governor
Centreville Moose Lodge #2168

So much is going on this month with the Website Committee. We have been churning out so many articles on the website. We also entered the Moose International Website of the Year and Journalism awards processes. We hope to bring home the gold in one of the many Moose events. We had a donation from the Fellowship committee this month to help in the expenses of running the website. Thanks to the Fellowship committee for all their help with the site.

The site is going great. We continue to have truly great traffic. In January, we had 706 unique visitors. In February, we have already had 468 unique visitors with more than 5 days left in the month. We published over 18 articles for January and more than 25 for the month of February. We are sorry to tell everyone that the picture gallery is down currently on the site. There was an issue with the gallery software serving the pages. We hope to have a new picture gallery up very soon. We continue to have members send us pictures to post in the gallery. Please keep the photos coming!

Dan Sullivan
Website Administration Committee Chairman
Centreville Moose Lodge #2168

The Centreville Moose Lodge # 2168 has always over many years made quota after quota thanks to the sponsors that support our Lodge. It is important to under stand that we the members play a major part in helping Mooseheart child city and School which is located just 38 miles west of Chicago. Our money helps provide a wide variety housing, education food and care. Mooseheaven the city of contentment is located Orange Park Florida where our Senior Citizens are. If you ever get the opportunity you should visited both location. You will be so proud to visit the children and our seniors and see all the benefits they have due to all the support of the Loyal Order of Moose.

We should be on track to make our quota we need only 15 more new members. Our lodge is 82 % of Quota and that is where we usually are this time of year. Out of 94 Lodges in the State of Virginia we are ranked 17th and that is awesome.

Our Governor Denny has a membership stimulus package in progress. If you sign up a new member there are no administrative fees.

BE A PIECE OF THE SOLUTION

Luther Hodges

Membership Chairman