Phoenix Lodge No. 346

Last night, we had a visit from R:. W:. Justin Broome, our District Instructor R:. W:. Tom Haber, and the district committeemen representing the 23rd Masonic District. It was a great and informative meeting!

Just a reminder that this Saturday, August 17th, we have a Master Mason degree starting at 8am, as well as a double feature movie night / potluck dinner starting at 5pm!

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Tonight is our Father's Day movie double feature and potluck! It is open to all members and their families. Festivities start at 5pm!

Hey Brothers! Who wants me to make this for a lodge dinner?

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It is with a heavy heart that I notify you of the passing of Derl Smith our Past Master and Past Secretary. The family has requested a Masonic service to be held at Toll Brothers Funeral home on July 6th at 2 p.m.

Hey Brothers! The Past Master pictures for Carrie B Fish and Builders Lodges have all been moved to the hallway.

There are several pictures whose names we aren’t 100% sure of, and could use your help identifying. When you come to dinner, please look at the wall and let one of the officers know those names!

Thank you!!

We had the honor of being the last official visit for our very own RW District Deputy Grand Master Tom Davie. It was a pleasure honoring him, and we look forward to working with our next DDGM and District Instructor soon!

One Blood Drive this morning!!

Come out and donate!!!

Fundraising idea for Phoenix Lodge:

I have these two graves available in the Masonic section of Palms Memorial Park at Fruitville and Honore. If I can get a referral or a Brother to take them off my hands, and if I get enough to break even, I’ll donate $1,000 to the Lodge.

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Brothers:

If you wish to participate in the upcoming FC degree on Wednesday April 10th, please contact JW Michael Zahl who is coordinating the degree.

We will have seven EA's being passed, four of which are from Venice Lodge No. 301 F. & A.M..

Practices will be Mondays and Thursdays.

To all of my friends who may be interested in joining ClassPass, which is a great way to sample numerous exercise classes in the area, as well as some spa time, I am gifting you some credits. I take regular rowing classes at Row House in UTC area.

Hey! I booked Row House on ClassPass & want you to come with me! They’re offering an exclusive free trial (with 20 bonus credits!) only available to friends of mine.

Join your friends at ClassPass Reserve your spot in this ClassPass experience before spots fill up.

Brothers!

MH100 Endowment Fund supports the operations Masonic Home of Florida. As a Master Mason, you are able to contribute to this fund, and receive recognition for your efforts from the Grand Lodge of Florida. Contribution recognition starts at just $100 donated!

You can learn more about MH100 Endowment Fund here: https://www.grandlodgefl.com/glf-initiatives/fa-100/

The Worshipful Masters of Phoenix Lodge, for the past several years, have promoted a monthly "Phoenix Lodge MH-100 Club," to encourage contributions to this worthy cause. To make it easier to participate, brothers to donate $10 per month for 10 months of the calendar year. We pool our monies, and radnomly draw a participating brother every month, and submit their name to Grand Lodge as that month's MH100 Contributor.

Over the years, this program has grown, and this year we are looking to get 15-25 participants! We currenly have 12.

JW Michael Zahl is collecting money (and making this post) and organizing this year's MH100 Club. It's still not too late to participate, so if you are interested, please see me at any of our stated communcations!

Since there are more than 10 participants, I am altering how the drawings are being conducted. Everytime $100 is collected, one additional Brother's name is drawn and the monies submitted for MH100 recognition.

At our March 5th Stated Communication, the following brothers were selected as MH100 Club Contributors:

W Roland Yates
W Michael Saraceno
Br. Jon Lewis

Contributions to the MH 100 club will be taken every stated meeting for any brother who wishes to participate.

So again, please reach out to me, JW Michael Zahl, to participate!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Masonic Home - MH100 - The Grand Lodge of Florida - Freemasonry and Masonic Orders within the Jurisdiction of Florida Masonic Home residents are a part of our extended family.

Wink's Fire by the River for tomorrow has been postponed to Friday, April 5th due to inclement weather.

Hello everyone! UPDATE ON OUR $5000 additional fundraising opportunity!

With me going on vacation, I'm posting these weblinks to y'all in order to get as many people signed up as possible for the additional ticket gates for the county fair. Rory Martin, who works for the County Fair has asked us to rally the volunteers, and see how much we can help him fill the time slots at the other two gates.

Here are the sign up links for Gates #4.
Gate #4: https://signup.com/go/LBkbTvQ
The sign up link to Gate 1 is https://signup.com/go/twqWbAc

There are a TON of time slots for people to sign up, but they fill on a first come irst serve basis.

In order to sign up, you need to enter the worker's name, email and cell phone number. Type in "Michael Zahl 702-573-6933" as the emergency contact and "18+" for age.

Once you do this, the system will auto-fill if you want to sign up for additional shifts.

I need to be emailed at [email protected] those who sign up, AND NOTE WHICH ORGANIZATION THEY ARE DONATING THE TIME TO. I will fill out my spreadsheet for Grotto's tracking, as well as for me to get with Rory to tell him how much to compensate us.

I will get with Rory to confirm everyting on the back end once I return, and again once the fair is over.

Obviously the biggest priority is to help get the early dates filled in first. But the more we can fill in as early as possible, the bigger help we are, as well as help the fair to plan.

Once I'm back in town Sunday 3-17, I can also assist getting the remaining time slots filled.

I will also attempt to check my emails on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday whenI'm in port, and have cell phone service. I will NOT be able to enter data, just check email and voicemail, and text back.

Thank you everyone in advance for helping out with all of this!

Let's rally together and do our best to assist the Fair!

Fraternally yours

Michael

2024 Sarasota Fair- Gate 4 SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!

Brothers!!

Another $5000 fundraising opportunity awaits!!

I was contacted by Rory at the County Fair looking for additional assitance staffing the ticket booth gates.

Another one of their volunteer groups has bailed, and they are asking us for help.

We’ve all it filled the Gate 3 schedule, and have secured about $950 for Phoenix!!

But we can do better!!

Please contact me to sign up for additional shifts!

I need to help them get this filled, and preferably by this Saturday March 8th. (I'm going on vacation for a week starting Sunday March 9th).

I would prefer a text to 702-573-6933 to sign up. I need Name, cell phone and email address to sign someone up!

Brothers!

I need your help! Sign ups are fulling up fast for the Sarasota County Faire Ticket Gate Fundraiser!

Please contact Michael Zahl to sign up - TEXT HIM ASAP or DM HIM HERE ON FACEBOOK

Please be aware of scams!

It's that time of year again - I have received reports of at least 2 officers in our district having fake emails requesting financial assistance. Please be weary and attentive to any emails you may receive.

Brothers. An email went out from Michael Zahl with dates to sign up for the fair this year. Please respond directly to him with dates of availability if you can.

Here is the letter.

On behalf of Samoor Grotto and Monarch Tom Davie, it is my pleasure to announce that we have once again been invited to participate in the Sarasota County Faire (100th Anniversary Edition) as the ticket takers and sellers for Ticket Gate #3, located directly in front of Robarts Arena!

Volunteers must be 18 or older in order to sell tickets. Ticket takers under 18 will be allowed if accompanied by an adult 18 or older. (both can receive credit for hours worked)

All Grotto members who wish to donate their time must work at least one shift for the Grotto.

County Faire runs March 15th to 24th.

Signups are accepted first come first serve!

Thank you to everyone that donated blood this morning! Even with a slight delay due to technical difficulties, there were many donors helping save lives in our community.