abouttheorangevalegrange - Grange Family Fair

About the

Today's Grange provides an opportunity to serve by providing leadership for local community service projects.

For Orangevale Grange , an example of a few of these projects include:

~sponsoring a community fair for families

~distributing personal dictionaries to third graders (Words for Thirds)

~serving breakfast to the community every second Sunday of the month

~celebrating our country's independence with a firework booth and demo each July

~sponsoring informational workshops and seminars such as Identity Theft Awareness, First Aid & CPR classes

~making our Grange Hall available for rentals and for community events.

A true Family Fraternity, the Grange welcomes all members of a family. Each member has an equal vote, even if it differs between individuals within a family, be they 15, 46 or 91 years of age.

The Orangevale Grange was founded in 1910 and has been active ever since. We participate in many activities and events and are honored to be a part of such a wonderful community.

As a "Subordinate Grange" we are part of the National Grange, which is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 4000 local communities in 37 states. It's 350,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation. The Grange was formed in the years following the Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population.

The Grange is a fraternal order known as the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, hence the "P of H" found on the Grange logo.

Founding members of the Grange determined that a fraternal organization would be best able to combine loyalty and democratic ideals to provide service to others. The National Grange was one of the first formal groups to admit women to membership on an equal basis with men.

The Grange believes in leadership development and reaches out to all people in an effort to respond to real needs. It builds a better community by providing the services that people need to live better lives. In working together, the Grange is able to provide assistance when the government can't and when individuals alone are not strong enough. By working together, the Grange builds community and people.

The Grange provides each member with a legislative voice at the local, state, and national level. Members are part of a grassroots constituency enabling them to effectively express their views and influence legislative policy at the highest level of government. The Grange is nonpartisan, but it vigorously encourages member participation in the political process.

The fellowship, recreation, and social activities in the Grange are developed with the family in mind - children and senior citizens alike are very welcome in the Grange. Competitions in music, art, public speaking, crafts, and a wide variety of other activities are an important part of every Grange's agenda.