Reports

Your donation helps us attend Escape to Florida and allows us to use our fundraising efforts to help others.

The cost of Conclave and Escape to Florida goes up nearly every year.  For one member to attend both conferences, it costs at least $700.  

At these conferences, we attend and assist with initiations and other ceremonies, attend leadership classes, vote on DeMolay state legislation, and give input on DeMolay’s future course in Florida.  

We also have fun activities and socials where our members meet and interact with their peers from around the world. (DeMolay members rom attend Escape from more than 25 countries and other US jurisdictions.) In addition to the cost for a single boy to attend a conference, some of our advisors must attend as chaperones and receive additional training in DeMolay history, procedures, and how to make the Chapter more successful.

This year we are asking for help sponsoring our members to these events. (Every donor will receive an auto-generated tax receipt)

FLORIDA REGISTRATION NUMBER CH57982 “A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.”

We had 18 vendors signed up for our first Flea and Farmers Market

Dale Chapman Chapter DeMolay hosted our 1st ever Flea and Farmers Market on Sept 7, 2024. It was open to the Public from 7:30 am to 2 pm

Our Farmer’s and Flea Market showcased a wide array of local talent with food, plants, jewelry and more.

Landmark Lodge, 720 North Apache Circle, Deltona

Vendor access began at 6:30 am.

Vendors must provide tables, chairs, and cover if needed/wanted *

• 10×10 Booth ($20)
• 10×10 Trailer Location ($30) – outer perimeter
• Food Truck ($40)

September 2024 vendors

JRose Creations	Baked goods, quick breads, cookies, mini cakes
Handmade Things by Joy	Jewelry and accessories, Resin Art, Clothing
Mimi’s Succulents	Succulents/Plants
Hawt Tastes	Stuffed Chick’n in Waffle, Spicy Chick’n Cone, Spicy Balls and spicy Eggrolls
Carol J Williams	Angels, bracelets, anklets, earrings, and barrettes. All items are created by me.
BSA Troop 635	Popcorn
Bunnie Grove Bakery	Biscotti
Scentsy	Wax warmers, waxes, room sprays, and scent buddies for kids
Ohana Custom Creations LLC	Tumblers, coffee cups, coasters, hand towels, pens, apparel and more
sackshack.com
Roxanne’s Crafts	Wreaths and flower pots
Olde Times Heritage Farms llc	Raw Local Honey and natural products
Southern Sweets	Desserts
Blossomed Flavors	Baked Goods. dessert breads
Health Planning Council Of Northeast Florida	Non-profit Free Navigator help and health Resources
Sisters and Sons	Plants
GoJuice
Rainbow Girls

Our chapter is active in our district and visits any lodge or independent body that invites us. We are willing and happy to serve our community and have answered the call to clean yards and help individual Masons/Eastern Star and community organizations with their projects.

Our members and advisors work throughout the year to pay for our charities and other program activities. Each year, our major service project/charity is donating a holiday dinner (Thanksgiving or Christmas) and a week’s worth of food to several needy families. Over the last couple of years, we have been blessed by growing support from our local lodges and chapters, and we have grown this effort.

We attend two state conferences each year. Conclave is our summer conference. It is a ‘working’ conference with classes, competitions, ceremonies, and meetings relating to the future of DeMolay in Florida. Our winter conference is popularly referred to as Escape to Florida. There, our members interact with youth from more than 25 US jurisdictions and other countries. The only formal activity of the winter conference is an Initiation. The rest of the time is spent on team building and other fun interactive activities.

Thank you to all of our friends and family who helped to make our fall DeMolay Bingo and Raffle a hit.

We held Bingo at Landmark Lodge this time, and several of the Brothers and their families came out to participate. We sold ham or pulled pork sliders, veggie snack bags, apple slices, and chips in our snack bar (plus chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin cheesecake and pecan pie brownies)

We auctioned off several cakes (thank you everyone for participating) and had some wonderful prizes (including restaurant gift cards)

Our Raffle prize winner will receive his prize at the Landmark Lodge December meeting.

Thank you again everyone who worked to make this a success, and everyone who came out to have fun with us.

This week seven of our officers and two of our advisors visited Bahia Chapter. While we were there we assisted with their meeting and met the State Master Councilor from Connecticut. We also worked with their officers to come up with a plan for our Installation of Officers on Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm (Dinner at 6:30 pm).

It was approximately a 1 hour drive from our homes to Eola Lodge, during the drive we talked about what we want to do during the next 6 months and where we want to go on our fun nights. On the way home the conversation continued. We left Deland at about 6pm and everyone was home before 9:45 pm. Our officers are looking forward to visiting more Chapters in the future. Check our calendar for future events.