Please talk up the Session to members of your Grange and encourage them to attend all or part of State Session. It’s not just for Delegates and State Officers.

• Donations Needed - The Family Activities Committee of the Connecticut State Grange is issuing a call for donations for the Hospitality Room at the 141st Annual Session of the Connecticut State Grange. The Session will be held October 16, 17, 18, 2025, at the Holiday Inn - Norwich, 10 Laura Blvd., Norwich, CT.

Water and snacks are welcome as well as fresh fruit like apples or oranges. Things that people can wash up or peel should not cause any issues but no baked goodies are allowed.

For more information, email Family Activities Director Dawn Percoski at familyactivities@ctstategrange.org.

• Sixth Degree - Once you have the Fifth Degree, you can come to State Session on Saturday, October 18 to receive the Sixth Degree. Candidates for the degree are asked to arrive at the Holiday Inn Norwich by 9:30 A.M. for the conferral which begins promptly at 10:00 A.M. in the Grand Ballroom.

There is an application and a fee of $10 per member to receive the degree. Applications are available by contacting the State Secretary in advance of State Session.

Questions should be sent to secretary@ctstategrange.org.

• Granges should decide on Delegates as soon as possible and get the Delegate Cards back to the State Grange office right away so we can get packets of information and Zoom information out to each delegate.

• 2025 Fundraiser: The Connecticut State Grange Foundation is holding a fundraiser at State Session and we need your help. In the place of the traditional raffle held at the close of the Celebration Banquet on Friday night, we are holding a gift drawing. Tickets will be sold throughout State Session on Thursday and Friday.

We welcome any and all donations of gift baskets or individual items with a value over $10.00 to be used in the drawing. (We're suggesting the types of items you have traditionally found in the raffles held at Session in the past). Alma Graham has generously donated a homemade quilt.

Please bring your items to State Session and give them to the State Secretary. If you have any questions, please contact the State Secretary at 860-307-1522.

We thank you in advance for your support of the Connecticut State Grange Foundation. Your donations will help us raise additional funds to continue our mission and to provide financial assistance to Granges like the Grange Capital Improvement Grant Program.

We ask that all resolutions be submitted by September 15th to the State Secretary to allow time for them to be incorporated into the session’s booklet. Resolutions that are submitted by that date allow us to print them in the Granger for all to review prior to the session. This offers an opportunity for your Grange members to review and express their support or rejection of the topics to your delegates before the State Session.

Starting in 2025, all resolutions from the local Granges must be passed by the Pomona Granges before submitting them to the State Grange. Resolutions cannot be submitted by an individual without being adopted by a Subordinate Grange and a Pomona Grange.

If the Pomona Granges have resolutions to submit after that date, please contact the State Secretary. It may not be printed in the session’s booklet, but it still can be brought up before the delegates. This is not ideal, and I encourage you to submit them by September 15th. Please note that if the resolution addresses a change to the by-laws it MUST be submitted to the State Grange by the September 15th deadline.

• Room reservations should be made with the Holiday Inn Norwich no later than September 10, 2025 by calling the number in Norwich listed below. Please do not call the Holiday Inn corporate line. They will not be able to book your room properly under the guaranteed block rate we have arranged.

Please book early -- DON’T WAIT FOR THE DEADLINE.

• Registrations for Session are due NO LATER than September 30. ALL MEMBERS are required to register to attend most sessions/activities (excluding Sixth Degree and Lecturer’s Program on Friday evening). All other events require payment of a registration fee and/or purchase of a ticket. Lunches are included in the registration fee and the Banquet is a separate paid ticketed event.