Miamisburg City School District

On Tuesday, August 23, the Miamisburg Moose Lodge and the Women of the Moose Chapter 224 presented a check for $800.00 to Miamisburg City Schools along with a bin of collected school supplies. Spearheaded by the Women's Fraternal Activities Chair, the funds were raised during a "Sunday Funday" held at Moose Lodge on Central Ave. in Miamisburg.

The "Sunday Funday" was a social event with games and crafts for children, free food for everyone in attendance, raffles and additional fundraising activities. The goal was to have some fun while gathering school supplies and funds for the Miamisburg City Schools.

Presenting the donation are Julie Slivinski, Senior Regent for Women of the Moose Chapter 224; Ken Jewell, Lodge 1645 Administrator; and Jim McCord, past Administrator. Accepting the donation on behalf of Miamisburg Schools are John Espy, Treasurer/CFO; Dr. Laura Blessing, Superintendent; and Casey Hess, District Social Worker.

Moose International, headquartered at Mooseheart, Illinois, is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888, comprising nearly 1 million men in the Loyal Order of Moose and nearly 500,000 members of the Women of the Moose in more than 1,800 Lodges and 1,600 Chapters throughout the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and Bermuda. The Moose organization founded and continues to support Mooseheart Child City & School, a 1,000-acre community and school for children and teens in need located 40 miles west of Chicago, and the Moosehaven retirement community, a 65-acre campus for qualified retired members and their spouses located near Jacksonville, Florida. Additionally, Moose Lodges and Chapters conduct nearly $90 million annually of community service (including monetary donations and volunteer hours worked).