Community Service

Community Service Director for the State Of Michigan is Jim Colby

The Moose Community Service program of today and for the next century challenges people to become volunteers through membership in the Moose. It calls for capable and inspired leadership and for a generous giving of thought, effort and time according to the Moose Six-Point Community Service Program. Counting hours worked, miles driven and dollars donated, the Moose contribute $70 - $80 million worth of service every year to communities throughout the U.S., Canada and Great Britain.

Six Point Program for the Moose Lodges and Chapter Community Service has been an ever-growing portion of the overall Moose fraternal program ever since its inception under the name "Civic Affairs" by then-Director General Malcolm Giles in the late 1940s. The kaleidoscope of all that is Moose Community Service was organized into a "Five-Point Program" in the early 1990s, then expanded in mid-decade to the "Six-Point Program" with its familiar logo at left

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Tommy Moose Program -This program is designed for the lodges and chapters to purchase a dozen stuffed moose figures and donate to any organization that works with citizens in distress. Some organizations that have already received Tommy are the local fire departments, ambulance services, local and state police. The above right photo is a presentation from the Grand Rapids/Sparta Lodge & Chapter to the Kent County Sheriff and Sparta Fire Department.

Donny Moose Program-This program has been designed to take care of those citizens that sometimes get forgotten. These stuffed senior moose figures can be presented to senior care facilities. When a senior needs to be comforted, they can be presented a moose that sometimes makes a procedure or a lonely night away from home a little easier.
Photo Above From Spinoza Table At Convention 05

Spinoza Bear-Click to find out more about Spinoza Bear

Spinoza® is a talking teddy bear who has lots of great things to say and sing songs about! He is very engaging and fun to listen to. He speaks to YOU and wants to know YOUR name. You are special to him and he wants to be your friend.
For children with a life challenging condition or crisis, time is precious and their lives become filled with limitations as well as tremendous amounts of fear. Their sense of self-esteem and confidence suffers with the change and loss in their lives. The tapes help the children express their feelings

Spinoza and his Woodland Friends™ have a library of nine original cassette tapes. Through fun stories and songs they instill self worth, give positive reinforcement, are motivating, help open communication, can be relaxing and comforting or energizing and invigorating.

Due to the involvement from the WOTM over the years, we are able to obtain a significant discount on each Spinoza Bear purchased. For $130 a bear you get all nine tapes, WOTM Red Vest, and an introduction card included with the bear that will have your Lodge or Chapter Name and information on it. To order contact Spinoza at 800-282-2327 x211. To find a child in need of a bear you may contact Sue Gamanche at 269-496-8201 from the Kalamazoo Chapter, and she can point you in the right direction.

Youth Awareness Program Can teenagers persuade younger children to make the right choices in life? "Yes!" say the teens and the adults who work together in the Moose Youth Awareness Program. For more than a decade, the Moose has organized high-school-age leaders into a highly effective "speaker's bureau" to persuade preschool and elementary-age youngsters against drug use. The program, founded in 1986, has now expanded to bring awareness to 4-to-9-year olds on other subjects such as child abuse, gangs and other elements that have an adverse effect on the youth of today.

TIP's Program-Our order is a large supporter of the TIP's program for training your social quarters servers. Supreme has agreed to give your lodge a rebate on it's risk pool insurance assessment if the entire wait staff is trained. The state currently has two trainers that will train your staff. They are Jim Bouman and Sean Smith from the Sparta Lodge. You may also contact the TIPS program to get more information on trainers. You may also invite the local merchants to attend at a nominal cost and list this as community service.
Currently the Supreme Lodge is looking for an individual in the upper areas of Michigan to become a trainer to help the lodges. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact Larry Greene at the Supreme Lodge.