Senior Care, Elder Care, Personal Care, In Home Care Services, Home Health Care in the Metro Sacramento Region, CA California.
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care Web Site: http://www.SacLifeForce.com
We at Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care are proud to serve our Sacramento, CA community and our surrounding local Sacramento, CA Metro community. Our agency was founded in 2003 by a local family from Carmichael, CA, after realizing the need for a good, strong, local, independent and affordable home health care agency for our metro area. We are run by Sacramento people for Sacramento people. We are proud to be 100% Sacramento local and proud to be 100% Sacramento independent!!! We are also proud of that 1848 Gold Rush Sacramento independent spirit. Our agency houses that same local spirit and pride in all that we do.
We are proud NOT to be corporate or a franchise. We are NOT run out of our house either. Our agency office is located at the old Town and Country West office complex, at Fulton Ave. and Marconi Ave. We are proud NOT to have independent contractors working for us. Sacramento Life Force ONLY has employees who work directly for us. As as result our agency and staff are fully licensed, insured and bonded. That costs us more to do, but that protects you. Our staff working directly for us is better for our employees, who live in our community, and is better for our clients and their families. Happy employees make sure we have happy clients. We know we are only as good as the local people who work directly for us. All that said: We know cutting edge home health care and we know Metro Sacramento, and we take total pride in that fact and in our community.
There are other local and independent home health care agencies out there in Metro Sacramento. But there is only one Sacramento Life Force Home health Care. If you, a friend or a loved one needs home care, then you owe it to your self to experience "The Sacramento Life Force Difference". We are a cut above the rest, and our home health services we provide to you in your home and from our office prove it! We go to bat for you every day, because we care!
Sacramento you are our home and we are proud of that fact. Thank you for letting our Sacramento Life Force family serve yours. We hope our web site provides you with the assistance you, and your family need in your quest for answers on your home health care journey. Call us today at: (916) 481-6825 and we will answer any and all questions, you and your family have regarding our home health care services.
Remember when you deal with Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care, the level of our home care that our agency provides to you, is totally the same home care that we would want to be provided to our own family members. That is "The Sacramento Life Force Difference" and that is our commitment to you!
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care
2929 Fulton Avenue, Suite 2967
Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone: (916) 481-6825
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care Web Site: http://www.SacLifeForce.com
City of Sacramento Business License # 129233
County of Sacramento Business License # 312924
State of California Small Business Certified # 37544
Member of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce
Home health care, caregiver, assisted living, in-home care, long term care, elderly care, senior care, home healthcare in metro Sacramento, CA, California.
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Sacramento Life Force | Caregivers for Assisted Living Home Health Care, Elderly Care and Senior Care in Sacramento, CA
Senior Care, Elder Care, Personal Care, In Home Care Services, Home Health Care in the Metro Sacramento Region, CA California.
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care Web Site: http://www.SacLifeForce.com
Caregivers Who Care
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care is an independently owned non-medical home health care agency. We are committed to our clients and their assisted living needs. Our goal is to give dedicated health care assistance and support to our clients and their families. We can provide short or long-term home health care services to anyone in the Greater Sacramento Area from 18 years of age to seniors and elders.
Years of Home Health Care Experience
With many years of in-home health care experience and knowledge, Sacramento Life Force is here to give you and your family that special helping hand when you need it most.
We Take Care of Billing
Our in-home health care agency provides third-party billing for Worker's Compensation cases, insurance company billing and reimbursement, including filing reports as needed.
Our Home Health Care Services
* Light Housekeeping
* Personal Care Services
* Meal Preparation
* Laundry
* In Home Assisted Living Services
* Medication Reminders
* Walking Companions
* General Companionship
* Bathing Assistance
* Fill-Ins for Family Respite
Other services to meet individual needs...
Our staff and agency are insured, bonded and licensed by the City & County of Sacramento. We are members of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. We are also a State of California certified small business.
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care
2929 Fulton Avenue, Suite 2967
Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone: (916) 481-6825
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care Web Site: http://www.SacLifeForce.com
City of Sacramento Business License # 129233
County of Sacramento Business License # 312924
State of California Small Business Certified # 37544
Member of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce
Home health care, caregiver, assisted living, in-home care, long term care, elderly care, senior care, home healthcare in metro Sacramento, CA, California.
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care Web Site: http://www.SacLifeForce.com
Caregivers Who Care
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care is an independently owned non-medical home health care agency. We are committed to our clients and their assisted living needs. Our goal is to give dedicated health care assistance and support to our clients and their families. We can provide short or long-term home health care services to anyone in the Greater Sacramento Area from 18 years of age to seniors and elders.
Years of Home Health Care Experience
With many years of in-home health care experience and knowledge, Sacramento Life Force is here to give you and your family that special helping hand when you need it most.
We Take Care of Billing
Our in-home health care agency provides third-party billing for Worker's Compensation cases, insurance company billing and reimbursement, including filing reports as needed.
Our Home Health Care Services
* Light Housekeeping
* Personal Care Services
* Meal Preparation
* Laundry
* In Home Assisted Living Services
* Medication Reminders
* Walking Companions
* General Companionship
* Bathing Assistance
* Fill-Ins for Family Respite
Other services to meet individual needs...
Our staff and agency are insured, bonded and licensed by the City & County of Sacramento. We are members of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. We are also a State of California certified small business.
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care
2929 Fulton Avenue, Suite 2967
Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone: (916) 481-6825
Sacramento Life Force Home Health Care Web Site: http://www.SacLifeForce.com
City of Sacramento Business License # 129233
County of Sacramento Business License # 312924
State of California Small Business Certified # 37544
Member of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce
Home health care, caregiver, assisted living, in-home care, long term care, elderly care, senior care, home healthcare in metro Sacramento, CA, California.
Keep Health Insurance Accessible for Americans Aged 50 and Higher - The Petition Site
Keep Health Insurance Accessible for Americans Aged 50 and Higher - The Petition Site
With our current system, insurance companies can charge more as patients get older. And while a slight increase makes sense to cover costs, these increases can be as much as ten times the amount charged for younger patients. Not only that, but if an older adult has a preexisting medical condition, some insurance companies can reject them altogether.
An AARP study found that 7.1 million people ages 50 to 64 are uninsured, a 36 percent increase since 2000. This is an unacceptable number, especially when this generation is in the most need of medical help.
The health care reform bill being debated in Congress has the ability to fix this problem. Under the House bill, insurers would be able to charge older people no more than twice as much as they charge younger customers. The Senate proposals set a higher limit of three to one. But both the House and Senate plans would prevent insurers from denying coverage for preexisting conditions and from charging higher premiums based on health or gender.
We cannot burden older Americans with the worst insurance premiums. Please tell Congress to maintain this limited age ratio of at least three to one, so we can all have access to affordable insurance and properly take care of our elders.
With our current system, insurance companies can charge more as patients get older. And while a slight increase makes sense to cover costs, these increases can be as much as ten times the amount charged for younger patients. Not only that, but if an older adult has a preexisting medical condition, some insurance companies can reject them altogether.
An AARP study found that 7.1 million people ages 50 to 64 are uninsured, a 36 percent increase since 2000. This is an unacceptable number, especially when this generation is in the most need of medical help.
The health care reform bill being debated in Congress has the ability to fix this problem. Under the House bill, insurers would be able to charge older people no more than twice as much as they charge younger customers. The Senate proposals set a higher limit of three to one. But both the House and Senate plans would prevent insurers from denying coverage for preexisting conditions and from charging higher premiums based on health or gender.
We cannot burden older Americans with the worst insurance premiums. Please tell Congress to maintain this limited age ratio of at least three to one, so we can all have access to affordable insurance and properly take care of our elders.
Tell Your Senators: Make Our Food Safe! - The Petition Site
Tell Your Senators: Make Our Food Safe! - The Petition Site
Every year, 76 million Americans are sickened and 325,000 are hospitalized from consuming contaminated food -- and 5,000 of these people die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our food safety law clearly is not up to the task. Unbelievably, the Food and Drug Administration only inspects food factories on average once every 10 years, checks less than 1 percent of food shipments imported from China and other foreign countries and doesn't even have the authority to force food companies to recall contaminated foods.
Continued outbreaks of food contamination over the last several years -- from spinach to peppers to peanuts -- have demonstrated that these outbreaks are not random, unpreventable occurrences, but are due to widespread problems with our food safety system.
Our current food system is broken and in need of reform. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed bipartisan food safety reform legislation in July 2009 that would update the law and strengthen the system: Now the Senate must act. Your Senators have the opportunity to change course and help protect children, families, senior citizens and all others from foodborne illness.
Tell your Senators it is time to pass strong food safety legislation now!
Every year, 76 million Americans are sickened and 325,000 are hospitalized from consuming contaminated food -- and 5,000 of these people die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our food safety law clearly is not up to the task. Unbelievably, the Food and Drug Administration only inspects food factories on average once every 10 years, checks less than 1 percent of food shipments imported from China and other foreign countries and doesn't even have the authority to force food companies to recall contaminated foods.
Continued outbreaks of food contamination over the last several years -- from spinach to peppers to peanuts -- have demonstrated that these outbreaks are not random, unpreventable occurrences, but are due to widespread problems with our food safety system.
Our current food system is broken and in need of reform. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed bipartisan food safety reform legislation in July 2009 that would update the law and strengthen the system: Now the Senate must act. Your Senators have the opportunity to change course and help protect children, families, senior citizens and all others from foodborne illness.
Tell your Senators it is time to pass strong food safety legislation now!
Protect America's Wild Horses - The Petition Site
Protect America's Wild Horses - The Petition Site
Federal land throughout the American West is home to thousands of healthy wild horses. Yet as herds continue to grow, Bureau of Land Management officials continue to trap hundreds of wild horses – condemning many of them to live the rest of their lives in holding pens.
Recently, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act -- a bill working to protect wild horses. The ROAM Act would step up fertility control measures, encourage more adoptions and provide as much as 19 million additional acres for the wild animals to roam.
Take action to help our nation's wild mustangs – urge your Senators to support the ROAM Act to protect America's wild horses and burros.
Federal land throughout the American West is home to thousands of healthy wild horses. Yet as herds continue to grow, Bureau of Land Management officials continue to trap hundreds of wild horses – condemning many of them to live the rest of their lives in holding pens.
Recently, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed the Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act -- a bill working to protect wild horses. The ROAM Act would step up fertility control measures, encourage more adoptions and provide as much as 19 million additional acres for the wild animals to roam.
Take action to help our nation's wild mustangs – urge your Senators to support the ROAM Act to protect America's wild horses and burros.
Oliver Hudson Kelley: Biography from Answers.com
Oliver Hudson Kelley: Biography from Answers.com
The American agriculturalist Oliver Hudson Kelley (1826-1913) founded the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry and was devoted to improving conditions for farmers.
Oliver Hudson Kelley was born and educated in Boston. He went west to Illinois for awhile, then to Minnesota in 1849, where he became a farmer and Indian trader. Kelley's wife died in 1851, and the following year he married a schoolteacher who also had come west from Boston.
Oliver Hudson Kelley: Biography from Answers.com
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The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry http://www.nationalgrange.org
The National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 2,700 local communities in 40 states. Its 200,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America. It was formed in the years following the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population. Over the past 143 years, it has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities.
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry http://www.nationalgrange.org
The American agriculturalist Oliver Hudson Kelley (1826-1913) founded the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry and was devoted to improving conditions for farmers.
Oliver Hudson Kelley was born and educated in Boston. He went west to Illinois for awhile, then to Minnesota in 1849, where he became a farmer and Indian trader. Kelley's wife died in 1851, and the following year he married a schoolteacher who also had come west from Boston.
Oliver Hudson Kelley: Biography from Answers.com
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The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry http://www.nationalgrange.org
The National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 2,700 local communities in 40 states. Its 200,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America. It was formed in the years following the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population. Over the past 143 years, it has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities.
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry http://www.nationalgrange.org
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry: Information from Answers.com
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry: Information from Answers.com
143 Years of Service to Rural America !
Grange History - Founders - Structure
Founders | Community Service | Subordinate Grange | Pomona Grange | State Grange |
National Grange | Historical Committee Mission & Goals
he National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 2,700 local communities in 40 states. Its 200,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America. It was formed in the years following the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population. Over the past 143 years, it has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities.
The Grange is also a fraternal order known as the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, hence the "P of H" on the organization's logo. Founding members 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 the basis of equality with men. It remains so today.
The 11-story landmark National Grange headquarters building in Washington, D.C. was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, 1960, and is the only private edifice in a federal block across from the White House. It serves as a non-governmental headquarters for agricultural and rural families. A professional staff administers policies established annually by democratic Grange processes at local county, and state levels.
National Grange Headquarters Building • 1616 H St. NW • Washington, DC 20006. Built in 1957 - The original headquarters was located on Lafayette Park.
Each year, a listing of more than 1,400 issues of concern is published and distributed by the National Grange. Current national issues include:
*
Rural Highways & Infrastructure
*
Rural Schools Partnerships
* Conservation Reserve Program
* Rural Medicare Reform
* United Nations Climate Control
* Regional Dairy Compacts
* Fast Track Trade Legislation
* Endangered Species Act
* Food Safety Protection
* Rural Telecommunications Access
*
Preservation of Farmland
Major objectives of the National Grange support stewardship of America's natural resources; promotion of world-wide free trade; a combination of local and federal support for rural education, medical, communications, and road systems; non-partisan political participation; assurance of safe and properly labeled food products; organization of cooperatives and other economic services to support rural Americans; and elimination of direct government farm programs so as to assure a competitive and efficient farm system.
The National Grange supports the passage of progressive legislation that will benefit U.S. agriculture, rural America, and the nation in general. After 143 years, it remains the nation's oldest and strongest sustained organizational force working for a better life for rural Americans everywhere.
Top
n December 4, 1867 in a small Washington, DC building that housed the office of William Saunders, Superintendent of Propagating Gardens in the Department of Agriculture, the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, more commonly known as the Grange, was born. Here, sitting around a plain wooden table, a group of seven earnest men, planned what was destined to become a vital force in preserving and expanding American democracy. They were all men of vision-they had faith in God, in their fellow man and the future. The Seven Founders of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry were:
Oliver H. Kelley • William Saunders
Aaron B. Grosh • William M. Ireland
John R. Thompson • Francis McDowell
John Trimble (Assisted by Caroline Hall)
Their names are inscribed on a Birthplace Marker located near the site of the original building on the south side of 4th Street SW, near Madison Street on the mall in Washington DC The marker was officially dedicated on September 9, 1951 and is the only private monument on the mall.
Top
The National Grange is 143 Years of Service to Rural America...
Today's Grange -
oday's Grange provides an opportunity to serve by providing leadership for local community service projects is what the Grange does best. Examples of some projects include organizing a softball league, providing hearing testing, building a community center, sponsoring a community fair, staffing an after school child care program, conducting a candidate debate and organizing voter registration drives.
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 individuals alone aren’t 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 levels 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 whole variety of other activities are an important part of every Grange’s agenda.
Top
Grange Structure -
The Subordinate (local) Grange
This unit of the organization is built around the community. Men, women and youth are admitted on equal terms. Those who are 14 years of age are eligible for full membership. Each member has one vote. The local Grange elects its own officers and controls its own affairs in community matters. It confers the first four ritualistic Degrees.
Although regular business Grange meetings are for members only, the educational and literary programs are frequently open to the public. All Grange activities are for the purpose of developing leadership, improving community life, and expanding opportunities for all people.
Approximately 200,000 people are members of the Grange in 2,700 communities nationwide.
Top
The Pomona (county) Grange
Subordinate Granges within a given district are grouped together on a county or regional basis into Pomona Granges that meet monthly or quarterly. The Pomona Grange offers the Fifth Degree of the order, thus extending the lessons and opportunities of the Subordinate Grange. The Pomona Grange provides the leadership for educational, legislative, and business interests of the Subordinate Granges in its jurisdiction.
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The State Grange
The state Grange is a delegate body representing Subordinate and Pomona Granges. At their annual conventions, State Granges consider many important matters relating to legislation and public policy, with particular reference to agriculture, other matters of concern to rural America and the general welfare of the state as a whole. Inasmuch as State Grange policies originate in the Subordinate and Pomona units of the Order and are conveyed through their delegates, this branch is, in a special sense, expressive of Grange thought and sentiment throughout the entire state.
Voting authority is vested in the delegate body, which in most instances, is composed of the Masters of Subordinate and Pomona Granges and their spouses, each having one vote. The Sixth Degree of the Order is conferred at these conventions.
Top
The National Grange
This is the parent branch of the Order which speaks with authority and understanding for the major branches of agriculture and Rural America. All business sessions of the National Grange are open to any Subordinate Grange member in good standing. As spectators, they have no vote in the deliberations, but they do have ample opportunity to appear before committees and to testify. As the supreme legislative body of the Order, policies are developed through the channels of Subordinate, Pomona and State units, and consequently embody the seasoned judgment of the membership.
At the annual convention of the National Grange, one day is devoted to the conferral of the Seventh Degree, the highest degree of Order. Degree candidates and members gather from all parts of the Nation for this annual ritualistic event.
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Mission of the National Grange Historical Preservation Committee
The Mission of the National Grange Historical Preservation Committee is to organize and catalog the historical materials of our Order and to support the overall Mission of the National Grange so that current and future generations will have a greater understanding and appreciation of the Grange.
Goals of the Committee
*
Establish historians in all Grange states and develop a working relationship with them.
*
Establish a regular means of communications regarding Grange historical materials.
*
Organize and properly store historical materials.
*
Establish repositories of State Grange and National Grange Journals of Proceedings and other historical Grange materials.
*
Actively seek opportunities to share the history of Grange
NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
1616 H Street NW • Washington, DC 20006
(888) 4-GRANGE • (202) 628-3507 • Fax: (202) 347-1091
Contact National Grange • Contact Webmaster • Trademark Information
143 Years of Service to Rural America !
Grange History - Founders - Structure
Founders | Community Service | Subordinate Grange | Pomona Grange | State Grange |
National Grange | Historical Committee Mission & Goals
he National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 2,700 local communities in 40 states. Its 200,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America. It was formed in the years following the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population. Over the past 143 years, it has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities.
The Grange is also a fraternal order known as the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, hence the "P of H" on the organization's logo. Founding members 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 the basis of equality with men. It remains so today.
The 11-story landmark National Grange headquarters building in Washington, D.C. was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 29, 1960, and is the only private edifice in a federal block across from the White House. It serves as a non-governmental headquarters for agricultural and rural families. A professional staff administers policies established annually by democratic Grange processes at local county, and state levels.
National Grange Headquarters Building • 1616 H St. NW • Washington, DC 20006. Built in 1957 - The original headquarters was located on Lafayette Park.
Each year, a listing of more than 1,400 issues of concern is published and distributed by the National Grange. Current national issues include:
*
Rural Highways & Infrastructure
*
Rural Schools Partnerships
* Conservation Reserve Program
* Rural Medicare Reform
* United Nations Climate Control
* Regional Dairy Compacts
* Fast Track Trade Legislation
* Endangered Species Act
* Food Safety Protection
* Rural Telecommunications Access
*
Preservation of Farmland
Major objectives of the National Grange support stewardship of America's natural resources; promotion of world-wide free trade; a combination of local and federal support for rural education, medical, communications, and road systems; non-partisan political participation; assurance of safe and properly labeled food products; organization of cooperatives and other economic services to support rural Americans; and elimination of direct government farm programs so as to assure a competitive and efficient farm system.
The National Grange supports the passage of progressive legislation that will benefit U.S. agriculture, rural America, and the nation in general. After 143 years, it remains the nation's oldest and strongest sustained organizational force working for a better life for rural Americans everywhere.
Top
n December 4, 1867 in a small Washington, DC building that housed the office of William Saunders, Superintendent of Propagating Gardens in the Department of Agriculture, the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, more commonly known as the Grange, was born. Here, sitting around a plain wooden table, a group of seven earnest men, planned what was destined to become a vital force in preserving and expanding American democracy. They were all men of vision-they had faith in God, in their fellow man and the future. The Seven Founders of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry were:
Oliver H. Kelley • William Saunders
Aaron B. Grosh • William M. Ireland
John R. Thompson • Francis McDowell
John Trimble (Assisted by Caroline Hall)
Their names are inscribed on a Birthplace Marker located near the site of the original building on the south side of 4th Street SW, near Madison Street on the mall in Washington DC The marker was officially dedicated on September 9, 1951 and is the only private monument on the mall.
Top
The National Grange is 143 Years of Service to Rural America...
Today's Grange -
oday's Grange provides an opportunity to serve by providing leadership for local community service projects is what the Grange does best. Examples of some projects include organizing a softball league, providing hearing testing, building a community center, sponsoring a community fair, staffing an after school child care program, conducting a candidate debate and organizing voter registration drives.
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 individuals alone aren’t 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 levels 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 whole variety of other activities are an important part of every Grange’s agenda.
Top
Grange Structure -
The Subordinate (local) Grange
This unit of the organization is built around the community. Men, women and youth are admitted on equal terms. Those who are 14 years of age are eligible for full membership. Each member has one vote. The local Grange elects its own officers and controls its own affairs in community matters. It confers the first four ritualistic Degrees.
Although regular business Grange meetings are for members only, the educational and literary programs are frequently open to the public. All Grange activities are for the purpose of developing leadership, improving community life, and expanding opportunities for all people.
Approximately 200,000 people are members of the Grange in 2,700 communities nationwide.
Top
The Pomona (county) Grange
Subordinate Granges within a given district are grouped together on a county or regional basis into Pomona Granges that meet monthly or quarterly. The Pomona Grange offers the Fifth Degree of the order, thus extending the lessons and opportunities of the Subordinate Grange. The Pomona Grange provides the leadership for educational, legislative, and business interests of the Subordinate Granges in its jurisdiction.
Top
The State Grange
The state Grange is a delegate body representing Subordinate and Pomona Granges. At their annual conventions, State Granges consider many important matters relating to legislation and public policy, with particular reference to agriculture, other matters of concern to rural America and the general welfare of the state as a whole. Inasmuch as State Grange policies originate in the Subordinate and Pomona units of the Order and are conveyed through their delegates, this branch is, in a special sense, expressive of Grange thought and sentiment throughout the entire state.
Voting authority is vested in the delegate body, which in most instances, is composed of the Masters of Subordinate and Pomona Granges and their spouses, each having one vote. The Sixth Degree of the Order is conferred at these conventions.
Top
The National Grange
This is the parent branch of the Order which speaks with authority and understanding for the major branches of agriculture and Rural America. All business sessions of the National Grange are open to any Subordinate Grange member in good standing. As spectators, they have no vote in the deliberations, but they do have ample opportunity to appear before committees and to testify. As the supreme legislative body of the Order, policies are developed through the channels of Subordinate, Pomona and State units, and consequently embody the seasoned judgment of the membership.
At the annual convention of the National Grange, one day is devoted to the conferral of the Seventh Degree, the highest degree of Order. Degree candidates and members gather from all parts of the Nation for this annual ritualistic event.
Top
Mission of the National Grange Historical Preservation Committee
The Mission of the National Grange Historical Preservation Committee is to organize and catalog the historical materials of our Order and to support the overall Mission of the National Grange so that current and future generations will have a greater understanding and appreciation of the Grange.
Goals of the Committee
*
Establish historians in all Grange states and develop a working relationship with them.
*
Establish a regular means of communications regarding Grange historical materials.
*
Organize and properly store historical materials.
*
Establish repositories of State Grange and National Grange Journals of Proceedings and other historical Grange materials.
*
Actively seek opportunities to share the history of Grange
NATIONAL GRANGE OF THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
1616 H Street NW • Washington, DC 20006
(888) 4-GRANGE • (202) 628-3507 • Fax: (202) 347-1091
Contact National Grange • Contact Webmaster • Trademark Information
Stop the Torture and Consumption of Dogs in Korea - The Petition Site
Stop the Torture and Consumption of Dogs in Korea - The Petition Site
Every year approximately TWO MILLION dogs are inhumanely caged, tortured and used for food in Korea! The dogs are crammed like vegetables into crates. When a customer makes a selection, the dogs are roughly yanked from the cage and intentionally abused before being slaughtered for the sale.
We are calling upon the Korean government to:
* enforce the existing law under the Korean Animal Protection Act, and
* to strengthen the existing law by amending it to unequivocally state that dogs and cats shall not be slaughtered for human consumption.
This practice of killing and eating dogs is not because of some long-standing cultural tradition. In fact, most Koreans find the cruelty and killing appalling. Yet it continues because it is backed by government indifference and because profit-driven industry forces aggressively promote the myth that eating severely mistreated dogs increases sexual potency.
Now is the time to stop this inhumane practice. Please join IDA and our Korean colleagues by signing this petition urging the Korean government to strengthen and enforce animal protection laws so that these cruelties can be brought to an end!
Every year approximately TWO MILLION dogs are inhumanely caged, tortured and used for food in Korea! The dogs are crammed like vegetables into crates. When a customer makes a selection, the dogs are roughly yanked from the cage and intentionally abused before being slaughtered for the sale.
We are calling upon the Korean government to:
* enforce the existing law under the Korean Animal Protection Act, and
* to strengthen the existing law by amending it to unequivocally state that dogs and cats shall not be slaughtered for human consumption.
This practice of killing and eating dogs is not because of some long-standing cultural tradition. In fact, most Koreans find the cruelty and killing appalling. Yet it continues because it is backed by government indifference and because profit-driven industry forces aggressively promote the myth that eating severely mistreated dogs increases sexual potency.
Now is the time to stop this inhumane practice. Please join IDA and our Korean colleagues by signing this petition urging the Korean government to strengthen and enforce animal protection laws so that these cruelties can be brought to an end!
Keep Hospital Patients Safe From Infections - The Petition Site
Keep Hospital Patients Safe From Infections - The Petition Site
It's common sense. Patients shouldn't have to pay to treat infections they got while in the hospital. Even Congress agrees -- the health care reform bills passed in the House and Senate would prohibit these payments.
Moreover, as written, health reform would require hospitals to report their infection rates, so patients have the information they need to choose the best, safest hospital for surgery, illness or childbirth. Changes like these have been successful in 27 states. It's past time to extend these safety incentives to every hospital in every community.
Please sign our petition to help make sure these common-sense changes survive the health care reform battle.
Nearly 100,000 people die every year from hospital-acquired infections. That's the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people falling from the sky every other day. If jets started to crash like that, the federal response would be swift and strong. We should now expect any less here.
It's common sense. Patients shouldn't have to pay to treat infections they got while in the hospital. Even Congress agrees -- the health care reform bills passed in the House and Senate would prohibit these payments.
Moreover, as written, health reform would require hospitals to report their infection rates, so patients have the information they need to choose the best, safest hospital for surgery, illness or childbirth. Changes like these have been successful in 27 states. It's past time to extend these safety incentives to every hospital in every community.
Please sign our petition to help make sure these common-sense changes survive the health care reform battle.
Nearly 100,000 people die every year from hospital-acquired infections. That's the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people falling from the sky every other day. If jets started to crash like that, the federal response would be swift and strong. We should now expect any less here.
Payment Cuts for Medicare Physicians are Bad News for Older Americans - The Petition Site
Payment Cuts for Medicare Physicians are Bad News for Older Americans - The Petition Site
On March 1, 2010, physicians face a minimum across-the-board cut of 21 percent in Medicare payments. This cut will grow to about 40 percent in cumulative cuts by 2016 unless Congress permanently reforms Medicare's physician payment system.
These cuts and low payments will limit older Americans' access to health care. How? Some doctors have said the cuts will force them to decrease or stop seeing new Medicare patients. Which means older people may be forced to travel further for needed medical care, or even go to emergency facilities instead of a doctor's office for basic care!
Furthermore, these cuts may stop physicians from purchasing health information technology. The Medicare physician payment system needs to keep up with rising practice costs so that seniors can be assured of continued access to quality care.
Urge Congress not to settle for another temporary fix -- health system reform must include Medicare reform and we need a permanent solution now. America deserves nothing less!
On March 1, 2010, physicians face a minimum across-the-board cut of 21 percent in Medicare payments. This cut will grow to about 40 percent in cumulative cuts by 2016 unless Congress permanently reforms Medicare's physician payment system.
These cuts and low payments will limit older Americans' access to health care. How? Some doctors have said the cuts will force them to decrease or stop seeing new Medicare patients. Which means older people may be forced to travel further for needed medical care, or even go to emergency facilities instead of a doctor's office for basic care!
Furthermore, these cuts may stop physicians from purchasing health information technology. The Medicare physician payment system needs to keep up with rising practice costs so that seniors can be assured of continued access to quality care.
Urge Congress not to settle for another temporary fix -- health system reform must include Medicare reform and we need a permanent solution now. America deserves nothing less!
Take GM Corn off the Shelves! - The Petition Site
Take GM Corn off the Shelves! - The Petition Site
As Monsanto prepares to unleash its latest Genetically-Modified (GM) corn supercrop, the International Journal of Biological Sciences has revealed the true cost of these crops.
The study focused on three GM corn crops -- Mon 863, Mon 801 and NK 603 -- and found that they caused statistically significant rates of kidney and liver malfunction, as well as some heart, adrenal, spleen and blood damage in rats. These crops have been approved for consumption in the U.S. and many countries in Europe without proper research into their affect on human health.
GM technology inserts non-food genes into the DNA of food, sometimes making the crop more resilient to herbicides and other times causing them to produce toxic proteins that act as pesticides themselves. This process changes the structure of the food drasticcally and presents humans with substances that have never been a part of the human or animal diet.
Several countries in Europe, such as Germany and France, have already banned GM crops, including Mon 801. But the U.S. FDA has done us a potentially dangerous disservice by simply taking Monsanto's word that these genetically modified crops are safe and not doing any testing! This 90-day study was just the beginning, and these GM crops must be studied further instead of being immediately available for human consumption.
Tell the FDA to take these genetically modified corn varieties off the shelves until a peer-reviewed, two-year study can determine if they are safe for human consumption!
As Monsanto prepares to unleash its latest Genetically-Modified (GM) corn supercrop, the International Journal of Biological Sciences has revealed the true cost of these crops.
The study focused on three GM corn crops -- Mon 863, Mon 801 and NK 603 -- and found that they caused statistically significant rates of kidney and liver malfunction, as well as some heart, adrenal, spleen and blood damage in rats. These crops have been approved for consumption in the U.S. and many countries in Europe without proper research into their affect on human health.
GM technology inserts non-food genes into the DNA of food, sometimes making the crop more resilient to herbicides and other times causing them to produce toxic proteins that act as pesticides themselves. This process changes the structure of the food drasticcally and presents humans with substances that have never been a part of the human or animal diet.
Several countries in Europe, such as Germany and France, have already banned GM crops, including Mon 801. But the U.S. FDA has done us a potentially dangerous disservice by simply taking Monsanto's word that these genetically modified crops are safe and not doing any testing! This 90-day study was just the beginning, and these GM crops must be studied further instead of being immediately available for human consumption.
Tell the FDA to take these genetically modified corn varieties off the shelves until a peer-reviewed, two-year study can determine if they are safe for human consumption!
Household Chemicals Affect Fertility - More Testing Now! - The Petition Site
Household Chemicals Affect Fertility - More Testing Now! - The Petition Site
A UC Berkeley study released in late January, 2010 revealed that common household chemicals can reduce a woman's fertility.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame-retardants that are found in sofas, fabrics, plastics and electronics, and are present in 97 percent of Americans. This study showed that of the 223 women monitored, the women with high levels of PBDEs were were between 30 and 50 percent less likely to conceive in a month's time!
Two types of PBDEs have been phased out by the EPA and the one still in use is set to be phased out beginning in 2013. But not only do these chemicals remain in our homes for many years, but the new chemicals that are replacing these flame-retardants are just as unknown and untested as PBDEs when they were first used.
We cannot continue this dangerous cycle of toxicity! Tell the EPA to properly test chemicals before allowing them into our homes.
A UC Berkeley study released in late January, 2010 revealed that common household chemicals can reduce a woman's fertility.
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame-retardants that are found in sofas, fabrics, plastics and electronics, and are present in 97 percent of Americans. This study showed that of the 223 women monitored, the women with high levels of PBDEs were were between 30 and 50 percent less likely to conceive in a month's time!
Two types of PBDEs have been phased out by the EPA and the one still in use is set to be phased out beginning in 2013. But not only do these chemicals remain in our homes for many years, but the new chemicals that are replacing these flame-retardants are just as unknown and untested as PBDEs when they were first used.
We cannot continue this dangerous cycle of toxicity! Tell the EPA to properly test chemicals before allowing them into our homes.
Coal Ash is Hazardous Waste and Must Be Regulated Now - The Petition Site
Coal Ash is Hazardous Waste and Must Be Regulated Now - The Petition Site
Coal ash is one of our nation's most common waste products. Nearly 600 coal ash ponds in 35 states and hundreds of landfills hold enough coal ash to flow continuously over Niagara Falls for more than three days straight.
Last year, a coal ash pond in Tennessee burst through a poorly constructed dam, sending 1 billion gallons of toxic ash over 300 acres. The spill damaged homes and poisoned rivers and water supplies. Yet right now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says they are at least 48 other coal ash sites that could pose a similar threat of catastrophic collapse!
Despite the known threat to our health and environment, coal ash dumps remain unregulated by the EPA -- and coal and power industry lobbyists are using all their might to misinform and misguide federal regulators.
Fortunately, we have the opportunity to finally regulate one of our nation's biggest toxic threats. Urge President Obama to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste and use the full extent of the law to protect our health and environment.
Coal ash is one of our nation's most common waste products. Nearly 600 coal ash ponds in 35 states and hundreds of landfills hold enough coal ash to flow continuously over Niagara Falls for more than three days straight.
Last year, a coal ash pond in Tennessee burst through a poorly constructed dam, sending 1 billion gallons of toxic ash over 300 acres. The spill damaged homes and poisoned rivers and water supplies. Yet right now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says they are at least 48 other coal ash sites that could pose a similar threat of catastrophic collapse!
Despite the known threat to our health and environment, coal ash dumps remain unregulated by the EPA -- and coal and power industry lobbyists are using all their might to misinform and misguide federal regulators.
Fortunately, we have the opportunity to finally regulate one of our nation's biggest toxic threats. Urge President Obama to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste and use the full extent of the law to protect our health and environment.
Tell the USDA to Raise the Standards for the Organic Label - The Petition Site
Tell the USDA to Raise the Standards for the Organic Label - The Petition Site
When you see food labeled 'USDA Organic', you might picture rows of colorful pesticide-free crops, with bees buzzing and birds chirping around an idillic plot of pure land.
But the food we buy labeled USDA Organic is not always as pure as we imagine.
According to USDA standards, food can be labeled oraganic even if the grower uses pesticides that, although made from organic substances, may still be as harmful to the environment as synthetic pesticides. A food can be labeled 'USDA Organic' even if it contains toxic additives that don't need to be shown on ingredients labels.
USDA Organic doesn't mean natural, nutritious, or in harmony with the environment. Consumers should be able to trust food labels administered by the government, and know exactly what they are buying. Tell the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to adhere to stricter standards when labeling food 'USDA Organic'.
When you see food labeled 'USDA Organic', you might picture rows of colorful pesticide-free crops, with bees buzzing and birds chirping around an idillic plot of pure land.
But the food we buy labeled USDA Organic is not always as pure as we imagine.
According to USDA standards, food can be labeled oraganic even if the grower uses pesticides that, although made from organic substances, may still be as harmful to the environment as synthetic pesticides. A food can be labeled 'USDA Organic' even if it contains toxic additives that don't need to be shown on ingredients labels.
USDA Organic doesn't mean natural, nutritious, or in harmony with the environment. Consumers should be able to trust food labels administered by the government, and know exactly what they are buying. Tell the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to adhere to stricter standards when labeling food 'USDA Organic'.
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry http://www.nationalgrange.org
The National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 2,700 local communities in 40 states. Its 200,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America. It was formed in the years following the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population. Over the past 143 years, it has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities.
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry http://www.nationalgrange.org
The National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units established in 2,700 local communities in 40 states. Its 200,000 members provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a wide variety of issues, including economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America. It was formed in the years following the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving the economic and social position of the nation's farm population. Over the past 143 years, it has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities.
The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry http://www.nationalgrange.org
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