Hotel and Registration information is now available for the 2012 Florida Grand York Rite Session to be held April 23 – 25 in Lake Mary, Florida.

Make sure you get your reservations in early!

The January, 2012 issue of “Rite Notes,” the Membership Development newsletter for the Grand Commandery of Florida is available for download from our web site as a PDF, or, you can view it online.

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Companions and Sir Knights:

The members of your Grand York Rite Souvenir Program Committee want to thank all our Companions and Sir Knights for their support for our 2011 Grand Convention Souvenir Program Book. It helped cover some of the 2011 Grand York Rite Convention expenses. We come again this year to request your aid and assistance for our 2012 Grand York Rite Souvenir Program Book. We want to achieve the following objectives this year:

1) To increase the ads from the previous years.
2) To increase our financial help to offset a bigger portion of the Grand Convention expenses than before.

In order for us to meet our objectives, we need the help and assistance of all our York Rite Companions and Sir Knights in Florida.

How can you help?

• First – have your York Rite Bodies purchase an ad.
• Second – Have the Companions become boosters and purchase a name line which will be included in the program. Please have them only print their names legibly (no signatures).
• Third – go out and sell, sell, sell. Sell ads to your local Blue Lodges, Appendant Bodies, Masters & Wardens Associations, Masonic brethren that are business owners and local businesses in your area. Target business leaders with whom you may have some influence. We need to go beyond the box to make this a success.

You may download a copy of the Souvenir Program form. Make as many photocopies of the form as necessary. Once you get the ad, with the form filled out, the ad layouts, and payment, send it to the Grand Secretary/Recorder’s Office on or before FEBRUARY 3, 2012. A word of caution, NO AD WILL BE PUBLISHED THAT IS NOT PAID FOR.

Make sure the ad layout, form and payment are included. Donations / contributions are not tax deductible. However, the Donation / Contribution may be deductible as an ordinary business expense. Sponsors are urged to consult with their tax advisor.

The success of this enterprise will be yours Companions and Sir Knights. The Committee is just a conduit to make this happen. If you have any questions or need to contact someone in the Committee, please contact Paul Friend Chairman by phone 772-260-6404 or email email hidden; JavaScript is required.

(You may download a copy of this letter to read at your York Rite Body meeting.)