On that last post, I wrote 5:00 a.m. Girls, you don't have to arrive sooner than 7:00 a.m. on July 4 for the parking fundraiser. Sorry!

Girls, be sure to invite your friends to park at the Morgan Hill Masonic Lodge if they are going to see the 4th of July parade!

The MH Masons have been so kind as to let us use their parking lot every year for this fundraiser for many years. Donations from this event are used to support our organization and for Grand Service. Best of all, the parking is right on the parade route, so even if you come right before the parade, you will still get great parking. We always have plenty of room, since this is a fairly well kept secret, unfortunately!

Here's a link to a map for Morgan Hill Lodge:
http://ping.fm/DxEoK

Girls who are working at this event are requested to arrive at 5:00 a.m. Bring a chair or two if you can and a blanket if you get cold early in the morning.

We will also be selling cold water, so let your friends know about that too. See you there!

xxoo Mrs. Williams

Masonic Temple Association & the American Red Cross are having a blood drive at Gilroy Masonic Center. Please help! Heather is our Rainbow Girl in charge of recruiting volunteers for cookie serving, etc., and to pass out info at a booth for Rainbow, but email me if can help or have questions at mrswilliams@gilroyrainbow.org.

*** BLOOD DRIVE ***
by
MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION
and the
AMERICAN RED CROSS

The need is constant. The gratification is instant. Give blood.

To schedule your appointment, please log on to http://ping.fm/GTs41, using
Sponsor Code: WARPEDVIP
OR call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (800-448-3543)

Donors with Type O blood are especially needed. Please give.

Come to give blood and get a VIP meet and greet voucher. This voucher, along with your concert ticket, will give you access to an exclusive area at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour (http://ping.fm/BnmAu).

Photo identification is required.

Questions? Check the FAQ at http://ping.fm/LTdT6

Questions about eligibility? See http://ping.fm/uhYpj or contact the American Red Cross at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.

Please drop Heather a line to let her know you signed up! Her email address is Heatherpony95020_06@msn.com.

We also need girls to work in the Rainbow informational booth and to serve cookies and juice to donors. Thank you for your participation!

Hi, girls! I am working on our website today. It will probably be offline tonight and reappear in the morning. I am trying to get our website coordinated so that posts are seen across Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook, as well as our own site (which will be served through Tumblr). It's important to keep our own site going as well as the social networks, since our adults are not likely to be signing up for a MySpace or Facebook anytime soon. One of my favorite things about our organization is that we have all ages pitching in, but that makes things more complicated when it comes to technology.

I will be working in some YouTube and Flickr functionality as well, but to a more limited extent, so "stay tuned" for that.

Anyway, I did take some notes at our last meeting which I think might be helpful to you ladies. If you saw me tapping away on my phone, I wasn't text messaging during the meeting; I was taking notes.

July 4 parking: Charity is our chairperson for this. We will be meeting in front of MH Masonic Lodge at 7:00 a.m. to make signs and get set up for the parade. This event is usually over at about noon.

Charity is also involved with a blood drive at Keith Lodge on July 8. Are you girls interest in doing an informational booth for Rainbow on that day? Check with Charity if you need a flyer. I will see about getting one scanned so you may invite your friends over the Internet as well.

The Area Picnic (aka "Founder's Day") is on July 12 at Coyote Point in San Mateo, the Ecalyptus 3 area. Gilroy is providing drinks and cups for this event. We will be leaving Gilroy Masonic Lodge at 9:30 a.m. on that day.

We desperately need people over 16 to help in Gourmet Alley at the Garlic Festival. Remember, this is how we raise money to pay for Grand Service and Grand Assembly. If we don't get some more help, we will have to give less to Grand Service and each of us will have to pay more to go to GA. Please ask your friends and family to help out for this very important fundraiser!

Our next meeting is July 14. Be there or be square! :)

xxoo Mrs. Williams

This is a blog body, neat!

Hi, girls! After much consultation with our WAA -- which is not hard to do, considering she's just across the dinner table from me -- I have decided to make an effort to improve Gilroy Rainbow's presence on the Internet. After all, Oprah is on Twitter now, my judge is on Facebook, and even my mom is out there. Time for us to get with it!

I've been stalking the Girl Scouts for some time now (and to my delight, they know it), and they are a shining example of how we can use the web to get the word out about our organization.

I will post more updates about this in the future, after more consultation with our girls and with the board, but be prepared to find us on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, Flickr, and YouTube, and even better, be prepared to tell your friends.

I'm going to be doing some tests this afternoon for Gilroy Rainbow. Hopefully you won't get too many messages like this! Have a great day!