Rainbow Spirit

In this issue, Check out our "Did you Know?", the form is posted to fill out for the Ritual Program, make sure to check out the Sunday Comics and our Fundraisers! Always remember to go check out our SC IORG Facebook group and our SC IORG Friends and Family Facebook page for more photos!

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Tentative Jurisdictional Calendar with Deadlines

Mar 15 – Grand Assembly Session Registration sent to Assemblies

Mar 16 – Rainbow Road Trip (Columbia)

Mar 23 or Apr 6 – Subordinate Assembly Installation of Officers

Apr 10 – Ad Sales Deadline

Apr 20 – Charity District Official Visit (Summerville)

May 1 – Grand Appointments Recommendations Deadline

May 4 – Color Run (location to be announced)

May 15 – Grand Representatives’ Reports Deadline

May 15 – Grand Assembly Session Registration Deadline

May 18 – Scholarship Tea (Laurens)

Jun 1 – Additional Forms Deadline

Jun (26) 27-30 – Grand Assembly Session (Columbia)

Jul 8 – Founder's Day (local observance)

Jul 21-24 – Supreme Assembly Session (Hampton VA)

TBA (Spring) – Grand Officers’ Rehearsal/Grand Representatives’ Meeting

Reminders for your Assembly:

• Submit meeting reports to the Supreme Inspector using the Google Form at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSet-kQpdfAUpxFC9gttWjMA3a6fGBtoun2I2ndNk8FjFnqz8w/viewform?usp=sharing
• Turn in Service Hours for Supreme Worthy Advisor Membership and Service Incentive Program. Log your hours at https://forms.gle/LSQRpXwFNRBvrVSV9
• Participate in Grand Worthy Advisors' fundraisers
• Participate in Grand Worthy Associate Advisors' fundraisers
• Encourage your eligible Rainbow Girls to apply for our scholarships. Each girl must email me at PGHope79@aol.com to request the appropriate form. In her email she must indicate her current status (high school senior, first year college, second year college, third year college). She must also be an active Rainbow Girl or a current Grand Officer or Grand Representative. Applications are available until March 16.

• Plan Ad Sales Campaign

Hello Everyone! Atlas Here!

This month we had the great pleasure of initiating three new girls into Greenwood, one girl into Newport, and three girls into Summerville! It is so wonderful getting to watch our jurisdiction grow— especially when one of those girls was a Pledge girl!!

Speaking of Pledge, we were able to have a Pledge School of Instruction and meeting before our Sock Hop! We discussed what Pledge is all about, and two of our girls made colouring books for Pledge Mothers to get new girls interested in Pledge!

Our Sock Hop was a blast! With an amazing DJ, wonderful food and drinks, and great fun for the girls and adults (especially those who dressed up for the occasion!) There, our adults on the Ritual Committee revealed who would be on the Supreme Ritual Team– and what offices they would have! These girls had tried out and did their absolute best and we are thrilled to have a Ritual Team this year!!!

Our next Rainbow Road Trip is coming up! March 16th we are going to have lunch, have a tour of our State Capitol, and go skittle bowling!! Make sure you are keeping an eye out! Everyone is invited!

Ashley is also going to be headed to Grand Court this month in order to represent our South Carolina Rainbow family to our Amaranth family! Our watchword, family, doesn’t just mean the family you’re born into— but the family you choose. Your Rainbow family, your Masonic family— all people who are also meant to stick by you throughout life.

February is the month of love! Love of course doesn’t have to mean just love for your friends and family— but it can extend to the strangers and world around you. It extends to yourself. Our motto tells us to Always be kind. And while it’s important to be kind to the people around you— it’s crucial to be kind to yourselves too. Self-love is something that can be unfathomably difficult. I invite you, however, to try. Show yourself love, show yourself kindness. Just as you can never know how far kindness to a stranger will go, you can never know how far kindness to yourself will go.

Remember, you are God’s Masterpiece!

~Atlas and Ashley <3

Hello South Carolina Rainbow Family!

Winter is winding down and spring will soon be on its way. We’ve had many outstanding activities within South Carolina Rainbow during the past two months: CRAVe at Winterfest at Carowinds, our Adult Workers’ Seminar, the Pledge School of Instruction, and the Sock Hop. I am grateful to everyone who participated in these events and very thankful to Grand Worthy Advisor Ashley and her team for coordinating many of them.

I must say that I have been inspired by the Pledge Program in some of our Assemblies. I’ve been hearing many good things about three of our Pledge Groups in South Carolina Rainbow. They are working with their Rainbow Sisters on projects and some have even participated in Module 1 of our Youth Protection Program. But my greatest inspiration came at the Pledge School of Instruction and the Sock Hop on Saturday, February 17.

For our Pledge School of Instruction, we had Pledge Girls from Greenwood and Dentsville Assemblies. After they sat patiently through the explanation of the Pledge Program for the adults and Rainbow Girls in attendance, they volunteered to take stations to demonstrate the opening and closing of a Pledge meeting. Rainbow Girls and adults filled the other stations, but the Pledge Girls were the shining stars of the meeting by confidently filling their stations and doing their parts well.

During the Sock Hop, we were joined by Pledge Girls from Harmony and West Columbia Assemblies. The Pledge Girls were the “life of the party,” and their enthusiasm was contagious. They danced more than anyone else. They participated in the Hokey Pokey, the Limbo, the Costume Contest, the line dances, and any other activity that Ashley planned. It was an absolute joy to watch them encourage each other—teaching each other how to do a dance or helping to get food or drinks for others.

I hope that every Assembly will work to have an active Pledge Group. They have a Pledge Book/Pledge Ritual that is similar to our Rainbow Ritual. Their primary officers are Pledge Sister, Associate Pledge Sister, Sister of Kindness, Sister of Happiness, Sister of Confidence, Pledge Chaplain, Pledge Drill Leader, Pledge Guardian, and Pledge Mother. Their meetings are open to anyone interested in attending, so I encourage Assemblies to have Pledge meetings on their informal meeting nights. Rainbow Girls and adults can fill any of the vacant stations, and prospective members of Rainbow and their parents will gain a greater understanding of Rainbow by witnessing a Pledge meeting. I can assure you that you will receive a huge blessing when working with these younger girls.

Inspired by the confidence, happiness, and kindness of our Pledge Girls,

Mrs. Dedra

Hi everyone!

I had a blast hanging out with West Columbia and attending the Sock Hop! It was so much fun watching the girls cut a rug doing the twist and the hokey pokey! Can't wait to see everyone at the Rainbow Road Trip and introducing you all to Skittle Bowling! It's sure to be a great time!

Hope to see you soon!

<3 Waldo

The Supreme Worthy Advisor Service and Membership Program started on August 1, 2022, and runs until July 2024.

Service Hours can be turned in using the Get Pumped QR code above or this link: https://forms.gle/LSQRpXwFNRBvrVSV9

Red Charm – first-line signer on ONE application or second-line signer on TWO applications

All other charms – Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet are awarded for every 20 hours of community service.

Adults you can participate too! Adults it's $9.50 for you to be able to receive the charm bracelet.

Are you saving your money for Supreme?

We would love to get as many from South Carolina at Supreme in Virginia as possible!

All of the information can be found here: https://gorainbow.org/2024-supreme-session-information/

Jurisdictional Information has been sent out! If you didn't receive it please let us know! In the meantime when you register please put Michelle Lusk as the Group Lead so that she can pick up your registration paperwork.

We have a Ritual Team for Supreme Assembly!

We were so excited to announce the members at the Sock Hop on February 17th! And in case you missed it you can check it out on our SC IORG Facebook Group!

Please join us in congratulating our team members!:

Worthy Advisor and Team Captain - Emily B.

Faith and Team Co Captain - Savannah M.

Candidate/Alternate and Ritual Readers - Jessica L. and Jasmine L.

Love - Aileana Q.

Religion - Kirsten K.

Nature - Annice L.

Immortality - Tia S.

Fidelity - Anna J.

Patriotism - Ashley L.

Service - India W.

Over the next few months they have work to do to get ready for Supreme!

A huge thank you to our Judges for the tryouts and the Mentors for the Ritual Team:

Miss Emily Kibler, Mrs. Mary Windham, Miss Kelley Yonkey, Dr. Ashley Loeb, Dr. Lorrie Kibler, and Mrs. Michelle Lusk.

It's not to late!

If you want to participate in Ritual Competition you will be able to register shortly for individual competitions - Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Super 7!

The second half of the SWA's Service Project is underway! This will also check off blocks on your Rainbow Bingo! The second supreme service project (running August 1, 2023 through July 21, 2024) will honor, show appreciation for, and remember our First Responders who help each of us in so many ways. Care bags should be assembled and delivered to local first responders.

Did you know that the leftovers from the Sock Hop was taken to the Fire Department for the Fire Fighters? Their dinner and dessert was on us!

Here is what has been happening at Charleston #1.Though we are small we are mighty. We have SOLD our chocolates for Sarcoma. Emma and Peyton have been busy learning the ritual. Studying for Installation and the OV coming up in April. They have been working one on one with Ms. Beth and Ms. Violet. March 23rd will be the Installation of Officers at 1pm. Our local OES will be having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at noon, which we will support and partake in and then we will have the Installation with Cake and Cookies afterwards. Please come and have a good time with Charleston #1 girls.

What a great night at Summerville Rainbow We welcomed 3 new girls into the assembly. The support for the girls was beautiful 37 people in the room was so nice So proud of the girls for the work they performed and for being there and trying their very best Then they came out to support our WGM at her homecoming Official Visit. They did a great job serving for our meal.

Greenwood #33 Assembly has had a very productive month! All of our Rainbow and Pledge girls and adult workers completed Module #1 of the Youth Training Program and followed that up with some time making crafts for our upcoming Craft Fair fundraising event next month. Our Rainbow girls have also selected their bow stations to start learning. We also had a blast at the Sock Hop with everyone!

Addie, Mady, & Sophia along with Ms. Judy, Ms. Kristie and Ms. Martha prepared and served dinner for Sinclair Masonic Lodge before their meeting on February 1. Their meal was ham, green beans, potatoes, rolls, and dessert. Addie talked with the men about ads and Friends of Rainbow for our Grand Assembly program book.

February 13 was our first meeting of the month. Addie, Mady, and Sophie were present for the meeting. We enjoyed pizza and dessert. Ms. Marcia presented Module I of the Youth Projection Policy. We made Valentines for nurses at Lexington Medical Center. The assembly bought a case of Ashley's candy for this project. We tied little red ribbons around each bar and signed a card to go with them. Ms. Marrett Rawls, a friend of our assembly, works at LMC. The bars were delivered to her. She took them to the hospital on Valentine's Day for us. Ms. Marrett works on a unit that cares for COVID patients.

The "Sock Hop" was held on February 17 at Cayce Masonic Lodge. Addie and her parents, Peyton and her mother, Sophia, Sinclair (Ms. Marcia's granddaughter), and Ms. Marcia attended . Ms. Lauren and Mrs. Kenneth Rawls provided the music for this event. What a WONDERFUL time. Everyone wore their '50s attire. We enjoyed hot dogs & chips and ice cream floats. Thanks to our Grand Worthy Advisor for a wonderful fun event.

We will be participating in the Massing of the Colors on Sunday, February 25 at the Scottish Rite Center.

We hope to see everyone soon. Rainbow Love.

Goose Creek Rainbow has been busy! We helped at Greenwood's Initiation and we are selling Chocolate for cure Sarcoma!

We are collecting food for Harvest Hope Food Bank! We get to check off one of the blocks on the Rainbow Bingo! We had a blast at the Sock Hop! And we are so proud of our girls who made the Ritual Team!

February had us helping at two Polar Plunges for the Special Olympics one in Tega Cay and one at Lake Wateree, we helped at Project H.O.P.E, we had fun at the Sock Hop, and helped at the monthly Mason's Breakfast.

So much love to all of our Rainbow Sisters,

<3 Newport

Harmony #57 had a fun month. We had our ritualistic and pledge meeting at the being of the month. We had several visitors in attendance and we all reviewed the YPP. Several Harmony girls attended the Sock Hop. We had a great time booging to the hits from the 50s and more modern favorites as well. The Supreme Ritualistic Team was announced during the dance. Our very own Tia S, Anna J, Jessica L, and Jasmine L were selected for the team. Congratulations! Anna J would like to invite everyone to her installation as Worthy Advisor on April 6 at 1 pm. We are selling ducks for the Greenville Rotary Club Duck Derby. Please consider buying a duck! Maybe your duck will win the derby. https://www.duckrace.com/greenville/teams/11071 Harmony had an after Valentine's Day party. Our mother advisor led the girls in a fun sweetheart candy experiment! Nothing like science and Rainbow! The girls had a cookie exchange.

Hope Shines has been working on spreading the word Rainbow in our area. On Feb 5th Alyssa spoke to Acacia Lodge during their dinner before their meeting. We are really proud of her confidence and love for Rainbow. We have several more that we will be visiting.

On Feb 17th Alyssa helped serve for Harmony Hope OES Official Visit, this was the homecoming for John Griffin Worthy Grand Patron, South Carolina OES.

We have several young ladies that are very interested in Rainbow and will be participating in various Assembly activities.

Saturday March 23rd 1:00 will be the Installation of Officers at Charleston #1. The OES will be having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at noon.

SCAMM is in the beginning stages of a project to assist with funds for scholarships. SCAMM is asking for donations of men’s button-down shirts that can be turned into aprons to keep food off of the young ladies' beautiful gowns. If you have a shirt from someone special, just let us know when the shirt is turned in so we can get that specific apron back to them. We will be gladly accepting men’s button-down shirts at the next few jurisdictional get-togethers like the school of instruction. The aprons will go on sale as soon as the finished products have been created. Please feel free to reach out to Lynn Carter or Heather Kamphaus for any questions or concerns.

This year we are visiting all of our assemblies where we currently meet or where we use to meet! We have a total of 146 visits by girls, Majority Members, and Past Mother Advisors in some cases, to 43 Assemblies!

Originally we planned on doing 70 visits towards our legacy but amazingly surpassed the 70 in no time at all! Then we were going to do 70 visits for our legacy and 70 for our future but as you see we have almost accomplished that as well! You are AWESOME! Now each color represents 8 Assemblies to get all the colors for our graphic above! So please help us finish visiting all of our Legacy Assemblies!

We still need to visit the following and grab a photo: Friendship #1 in Williston, Marion #4 in Marion, Anderson #7 in Anderson, Columbia #10 (We will be doing our Rainbow Road Trip at this one!), Brewerton #12 in Ware Shoals, Lake City #18 in Scranton, Wagener #22 in Wagener, Hopewell #35 in Jackson, Rose Croix #41 in Spartanburg, Oconee #49 in Walhalla. We still need photos of: Charleston, Goose Creek, Dentsville, and Harmony. I believe in us :D!!

Yellow Circles are Assemblies that need to be visited, Green Circles are current assemblies, and Stars are Assemblies that have been visited and the color corresponds to the list above

How are you doing filling in spaces? Do any of our Assemblies have Bingos yet? Do any of the girls have a Bingo yet? Can't wait to hear!

Mother Advisors, If you have girls who have said ritual parts towards our "Remembering Our Rainbow" Ritual Program please fill out the form using the link here: https://forms.gle/rhcWqcr4foE2FhsR8

Still looking for the owner of these, please contact Mom Michelle if they belong to you! Thanks!

We now have Large Ritual covers in for $10!

The informal opening of the 69th Seize the Day Session of the Grand Court of South Carolina Order of the Amaranth was beautiful! We got to see lots of friends, meet new ones, and even got to see our Grand Representative of South Carolina from North Carolina! Mrs. Dedra and Ashley did a wonderful job representing SC IORG! Check out more photos on SC IORG and SC IORG Friends and Family!

I hope you have been corresponding with your counterparts and are gathering information for your reports. Reports are due May 15. We will be sending reminders every month. Please contact me (marciawadford@gmail.com or 803-600-7069) if you have not received information from your counterpart. I will contact the director in that state.

Hope to see you at the Sock Hop in February.

Rainbow Love

Marcia Wadford

Co-director of Grand Representatives in South Carolina

The Sock Hop Bash was a blast! We stepped back in time to the era that Rainbow began it's own Rainbow Jurisdiction! Mr. Kenneth was the bee’s knees spinning the doo wop beats as the girls cut a rug! Our Soda Jerks Mr. Greg and Andrew served up great grub and Ashley, Annice, and Andrew kept it cool with ice cream floats.

Everyone was with it in their cool cat threads and even won prizes for best dressed!

Ms. Christana (Greenwood) won best dressed adult, Aileana (Newport) and Annabelle (Dentsville) won honorable mention for best dressed girls and Lily (Greenwood) won best dressed! Their threads were with it!

Faith (Greenwood pledge) won the Limbo contest and Elana (Greenwood pledge) won the candy guess!

It was a happening good time as we stepped into the nifty fifty’s and def one for the record books!

Make sure to check out SC IORG and SC IORG Friends and Family for more photos!

Editor and Publisher: Michelle Lusk

sciorgmmpr@gmail.com

Supreme Charity and Supreme Inspector: Dedra Hart

PGHope79@aol.com

This publication acknowledges allegiance to the Supreme Assembly, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, whose seat of authority is in McAlester, Oklahoma, USA; of which the late Reverend W. Mark Sexson was the founder; of which Mrs. Kay Letterman is the Supreme Worthy Advisor; and to the Grand Jurisdiction of South Carolina of which Ashley Lusk is Grand Worthy Advisor and Mrs. Dedra A. Hart is Supreme Inspector