WANTED: More Scottish Rite Degrees
 Birmingham Valley Exemplifies 20th Degree for First Time in More Than a Decade
During the regular stated meeting of the Birmingham Valley Scottish Rite on July 13, the brethren took another step on the road to fulfilling our VMAP commitment to improve our members experience*.
On this special evening, the brethren added another degree option to our arsenal with the first exemplification of the 20th Degree, Master of the Symbolic Lodge, in well over a decade. The first candidate to be the exemplar for this newly restored degree was Hon. Greg Durr, Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Alabama F.&A.M.
The Valley is actively working towards building additional quality degree teams with the 7th and 22nd Degrees being added to the Fall Reunion and a tentative goal of adding the 9th, 10th, and 11th Degrees to the Spring 2017 Reunion.
*VMAP Area 9A (Degree Conferral Proficiency), tasks Valleys with adding one new Degree at each reunion.
VMAP Snapshot: "Bowling for Dollars"
Montgomery Lodge/St. Paul Valley Event Raises Funds For RiteCare SRCLP
In a community-building effort, the Scottish Rite Valley of St. Paul banded together with Montgomery Lodge No. 258 to sponsor a fun-filled event—“Bowling for Dollars.”
Pictured above are (l. to r.): Bros. Jerry Johnson, 33°; Chris Elmquist, KCCH; James Beavers, 32°; Shawn Carrick, 32°; Chris Zack, 32°; and Eric Bishop, KCCH.
 Through the sale of 150 bowling tickets as well as raffle tickets for a number of prizes, the event raised $6,147 for the RiteCare Scottish Rite Childhood Language Program of Minneapolis and St. Paul!
Do you have photographs of VMAP at work in YOUR Valley? Please send them along with a brief explanation of the event to vmap@scottishrite.org.
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