The Grand Chapter of Washington
Order of the Eastern Star
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Star donates 340 books to Sunnyslope kids
By Aaron Burkhalter, Port Orchard Independent
Mar 26 2008
Any teacher will tell you reading is a gift. And while the ability itself can’t
be packaged and given, books can be.
That’s what brought Port Orchard’s Chapter of the Eastern Star to
Rose Gross holds the title Worthy Matron in the local branch of the Eastern
Star. The title holder leads the group for her term, and also takes the lead on
a philanthropic project benefiting a local group of some kind.
“Eastern Star is an organization that does community service as well as charity
work throughout the entire world,” Gross said.
Gross, who volunteers at Sunnyslope Elementary, wanted to do something for
students from kindergarten to sixth grade.
For the last year, the group has been collecting the books, and brought all 340
to the school Friday morning.
The students are big readers, Principal Bob Leslie said at the assembly, as
evidenced by a just-completed reading campaign. The Masonic Lodge donated two
bicycles, and students who read for the last two months entered to win those
bicycles.
Leslie said the books will go into individual classroom libraries and the
schools general library. “It’s just a great donation,” he said, “a gift that
goes on giving for a long time.”
The Eastern Star is a branch of the Masonic Lodge and does philanthropic work
locally and abroad. Gross said the Port Orchard branch has been in the community
111 years. Visit
www.po-masonicfamily.org for more information on the Masonic Lodge and the
Port Orchard Chapter of the Eastern Star.
Submitted by, Rose Gross,
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