Hi Everyone! Atlas here!
Hope that everyone who attended had a wonderful time at Grand Family, I know I sure did! Ashley had a great time planning it out, and we were both really excited to see the girls having a good time! Thank you to all the girls and adults who helped set up, and especially the adults who provided their time, talent, and resources to make the weekend perfect. Especially a big thank you to the kitchen crew for the phenomenal food!
I’m still getting dye out of my fur!
Moving forward, we are preparing for the Constitution of Hope Shines! We are thrilled to finally make the assembly an official member of the herd!
This month, I thought I would go a bit more in-depth about our symbol – Origami.
Just like a blank canvas, origami starts out as a regular sheet of paper. And it is only through you that a piece of paper becomes something with life – like a crane, a star, or a flower. Everyone starts out blank and inexperienced, but through life – with every new fold and every new brush stroke – we become something more and more beautiful!
Remember! You are God’s masterpiece!
~Atlas & Ashley <3
Notes from the Heart
Hello South Carolina Rainbow Family!
Both our School of Instruction and our Grand Family Retreat are now completed portions of our “One Canvas, Many Colors.” Our School of Instruction featured some fun activities: meeting others using Icebreaker BINGO, creating canvases representing all the girls present, and making origami stars and cranes. Grand Worthy Advisor Ashley presented her term information, programs, and projects, and we learned of our Grand Worthy Associate Advisor’s scholarship fund-raising plans. The ritualistic instruction was done in mini-sessions in various locations in the building, and included proper flag presentation, opening and closing of the Bible, and initiation work for Bow Stations, Charity, and Traditions. We also packed 100 purses for our Supreme Worthy Advisor’s Purses of Empowerment project. The School ended with the distribution of jurisdictional calendars and the presentation of the Ashley’s Care-a-Lot awards. I appreciate all who worked to make it a wonderful event and all who participated!
Another outstanding event was our Grand Family Retreat for Grand Officers, Grand Representatives, Mother Advisors, Grand Deputies, and Senior Executives. The girls selected temporary tattoos to decide their color teams, with adults volunteering to supervise the teams. Fun activities included an improv game, parachute game, photo scavenger hunt, Rainbow Family Feud, and beach party complete with sandcastle competition, cornhole, and volleyball. Creativity was encouraged by painting photo frames, writing care cards, creating color prayers, making more origami stars, and tie-dying t-shirts designed by Grand Worthy Advisor Ashley. Our Junior Executives did a fabulous job going over the handbook with the Grand Representatives. The Grand Officers had a separate session about Rainbow leadership while the Grand Representatives completed form letters to send to their counterparts. The girls took time early Saturday to pick up litter at various places around Short Stay (one of the staff stopped to tell the Grand Officers he appreciated our service). Different girls did excellent work leading the blessings and devotionals, and Ashley and Mrs. Michelle led a very inspiring Sunday morning devotional. We really enjoyed the delicious meals prepared by Mr. Ron and his Kitchen Crew, including s’mores prepared on the grill on Saturday night. I am grateful to all who made the Retreat a HUGE success!
Remembering the Retreat reminded me of something that Ashley emphasized with the Grand Officers during their leadership session. She told them, “This is OUR Grand Year.” She repeatedly said that it was not about her, but about all of us together. How true! While there are many of us in leadership positions in our Assemblies and in our Jurisdiction, everyone needs to realize the importance of each girl and each adult to our Order. We all need to be working together and growing as a Rainbow Family. Together we can “create a masterpiece” of South Carolina Rainbow. Thank you, Ashley, for this very important reminder!
With commitment to OUR Rainbow Family,
Mrs. Dedra
Where is Waldo?
<3 Waldo
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.
Our SCAMM Fall Retreat has been cancelled and other plans are being made for the Spring! Please be on the lookout for dates and information!
Editor and Publisher Protem: Michelle Lusk
Supreme Charity and Supreme Inspector: Dedra Hart
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