The Sandy Grange# 392
Location: 34705 SE. Kelso Rd
Meets: Second Saturday, potluck at 6:30pm
Officers
Master: Jake Cansler
Phone: 503-970-6041
Overseer: Dave Ludi
Phone: 503-668-5280
Lecturer: Sarah Viesselmann
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Chaplain: Kindra Cansler
Phone: 503-970-6041
Secretary: Karen Cansler
Phone: 503-637-6608
Rental
The Grange hall may be rented for birthday parties, receptions, and family gatherings. The rental fee is $100 per day with a $50 refundable damage and cleaning fee
Community Events
1. Kelso Road Pickup - Twice a year the members of the Grange clean a 2-mile stretch of Kelso Road.
2. Food is collected for the Oregon Food Bank to help feed the hungry in our community. Blocks for quilts are donated to keep the homeless warm in winter. Preemie caps are made by Grange ladies for babies in our local hospital. Hand-crafted Lap robes are often taken to our local nursing homes.
3. Food is collected for the Oregon Food Bank to help feed the hungry in our community. Blocks for quilts are donated to keep the homeless warm in winter. Preemie caps are made by Grange ladies for babies in our local hospital. Hand-crafted Lap robes are often taken to our local nursing homes.
4. If a local family has their home damaged or destroyed in a fire, the Grange gives money to the family for their immediate needs when needed.
5. Sponsors the 4H community service award for clackamas conty fair in August each year
6. Collects toys for the Sandy fire department from september to December each year.
Contributes cash to Kiwanis Christmas baskets for Sandy area
7. Collects warm coats and blankets for womens and childrens abuse center.
8. Recently the grange donated their old bingo machine to the Naas School in Boring.
9. The grange lets a local 4H club use their hall for meetings as well as the local water district, and homeowners association.
10. The grange also shares their hall with the Boring Rebekah Lodge # 213
Building:
The Grange is presently raising money to restore their historic building.
The present project is to remove and replace the kitchen and bathrooms. An estimate of the total cost is $85,000. The first phase of this project is to raise $35,000 to remove the existing kitchen and bathrooms and frame in a larger area.
Our members hope to finish the interior themselves, with the assistance of community volunteers.
Fund-raising:
Bingo - On the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month a bingo game is held at the hall from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The cost is 3 cards for $1 for each of 12 games.
Breakfast - On the last Sunday of each month a breakfast is held from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The menu is pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs, O.J. and coffee. The cost for this breakfast is $3.00 for adults and $1.50 for children.
Sandy Mountain Festival - In July the Grange sells curly fries at the local two-day festival.
Sandy Oktoberfest - The Grange sells curly fries at this local event as well.
History
The Sandy Grange was organized in 1909. The first Master (President) was Elijah Coleman, a famous mountain man of the Sandy, Mt. Hood area.
The Grange purchased a building in the center of Sandy and held meetings there for many years until that building was condemned. The Grange then bought the Kelso Grade School, which was built in 1905.
The Grange is currently conducting extensive restoration and modernization of the building. They have replaced the roof, painted the building, and added a handicap ramp and parking space.
Benefits: In addition to the usual Grange benefits that Grange membership offers, The Sandy Grange has a memorial scholarship fund that awards a $500 scholarship each year to a Grange college student.