OES Fire Evacuations Pet Food Drives

Imagine if you had to flee your home, leaving your pets behind. Now you have no home, but your beloved pets are alive and in desperate need of help until you can be reunited with them.

Artesia #18 and Roswell #10, Order of the Eastern Star are holding pet food drives to help feed pets left behind during fire evacuations. If you are in Roswell or Carlsbad New Mexico, and want to help please contact Christy Sibley Breen, 575-361-9777. Click Here to learn more how you can help!

Pearl Dunigan 50 Year Membership Pin

Congratulations to our sister Pearl Dunigan, Jessamine #45 member, who received her 50 year membership pin from AZ WGM Moira Carlton and WGP Jim Hurd at her dual chapter Casa Grande #28 in AZ. For many years, Pearl has led our NM Grand Chapter project to clip coupons for the military. She is 98 years young. Look at that smile!

Members of Santa Fe Chapter #19 participated in Wreaths Across America at Santa Fe National Cemetery.

Pictured left to right: Dan Sutcliffe, Pamela Sutcliffe, PGM, Clyde Hill, Laura Hill, WM. Not pictured: Larry Holmes, PGP - WP. Santa Fe Chapter is looking to make this a permanent annual event, and will work towards more Masonic & Eastern Star participation.

Lovington #35 – 50 Year Member and Service Day

At our November 16th meeting, we surprised Sister Betty Hemann with her 50 year pin. Additionally, members donated non-perishable food items to the Cornerstone Food Pantry, which is operated by the Lovington Methodist Church. They hand out items to those that request assistance. Betty and her husband, Leon, volunteer there and were happy to receive our donation.

Tularosa Basin #72 Easter Fundraiser

The members of Tularosa Basin #72 are working for the OES scholarship fund. This past year was rather dry for fundraising but they have been are gearing up again with their beautiful made sugar easter eggs. They are also are supporting the Food Pantry in Tularosa.

Alamo #11 Gives back to the Community

OES Alamo Chapter #11 donates food to help the community during hard times. This month they collected pasta and sauces. Mildred & Rodney Toon and Donna Forrest delivered this load to the food pantry at Grace United Methodist Church.

Our History: The Order of the Eastern Star

is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris, a noted Freemason, but was only adopted and approved as an appendant body of the Masonic Fraternity in 1873. The Order is based on teachings from the Bible, but is open to people of all religious beliefs. It has approximately 10,000 chapters in 20 countries and approximately 300,000 members under its General Grand Chapter. The values of members of the Eastern Star are symbolized by the five points of the Star.

New Mexico has chapters in 24 different communities

Organized as chapters governed as state jurisdictions, members are able to meet with members from across the United States and twenty different countries worldwide. The opportunity to travel, meet new people, improve your comfort in public-speaking, and increase your organizational skills are numerous and varied.

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For our members

Member resources include Grand Chapter event information, chapter resources, marketing materials, and more

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