South Carolina Moose Association
2025 SCMA MID-YEAR CONFERENCES: GOOD-BYE OCEAN SANDS, HELLO LANDMARK RESORT
The South Carolina Moose Association, also known as the SCMA held its Mid-Year Conferences this past weekend at the Landmark Resort in Myrtle Beach. The event attracted approx. 180 Moose members from all over the state. All 13 Lodges were represented. The Official Visitor from Moose International was Troy King, the Asst. Director of Membership for the Moose Fraternity. State Secretary Tammy Trulove’s tireless efforts planning and pulling this all together paid off as the Association really hit one right out of the park. The Association Banquet and Awards Presentation Ceremony was brought back after a 5 year-long hiatus and was one of the many highlights of the Conferences. The Easley Moose Lodge sponsored a Hospitality room where all Moose could gather and enjoy each other’s company while listening and dancing to a variety of music after the conferences daily. The Landmark had an onsite restaurant, lounge, exercise room, indoor pool, hot tubs and a lazy river where our Association held two rubber ducky races in the evenings. All and all, this Moose had a ball while picking up so many great ideas. Who says you can’t teach an “Old Moose” new tricks? Y’all might want to plan to attend the next gathering of SC Moose at the SCMA Year-End in October also to be held at the Landmark Resort. Rumor has it that there will be an indoor State Cornhole Tournament run and that Karaoke will be added to the Hospitality Room.
THE 2024-2025 SCMA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WAS BESTOWED UPON SCMA PRESIDENT CLAY MARCOUX AT THE AWARDS BANQUET AT THE MID-YEAR CONFERENCES. PICTURED IS THE OFFICIAL VISITOR TROY KING FROM THE MOOSE INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT. CONGRATULATIONS CLAY.
Highlights from the 2024 SCMA 66th Year-end Conferences.
Held at the Sands Ocean Resort in Myrtle Beach from October 10th through 13th, 2024. Our Official Visitor was Board Director of Moosehaven for Moose International – Harry Johnson. The Leadership Award of Excellence was earned by Jr Past President Ron Comperchio for the 2nd consecutive year. The Lodge earned another Heart of the Community Award. An announcement was made that the SCMA will be consolidating from three districts to two starting January 1, 2025. District #2 will be absorbed into Districts #1 & 4. The Cayce & Beaufort Lodges will be added to District #4 and the Lancaster, Rock Hill and Fort Mill Lodges will be added to District #1. There was a very successful basket auction as well as the annual Bolo fundraiser. All SCMA Chairperson reports were given and voted in the minutes. 185 Moose attended the Conferences from 13 of 14 lodges within the state. Next year’s location for our Mid-year and Year-end conferences will be the Landmark resort in Myrtle Beach. A sporting event is in the planning stages to be held at the Mid-year or Year-end conferences there.
SCMA DISTRICT #4 NEWS
WE WELCOME THE BEAUFORT AND CAYCE MOOSE LODGES TO DISTRICT #4.
THE NEXT SCMA DISTRICT #4 MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE SURFSIDE BEACH MOOSE LODGE ON SATURDAY MAY 3RD AT 12:45PM. ALL ACTIVE MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
THE SCMA DISTRICT #4 OFFICERS FOR 2025 ARE: PRESIDENT- CAMERON FOREHAND, VICE-PRESIDENT – CAROL COMPERCHIO, CHAPLAIN – BILL CARROLL, TREASURER – JAMES LAMBERT, PAST PRESIDENT – RON COMPERCHIO, SECRETARY – DENISE FOREHAND & SGT AT ARMS DON ADAMS
Moose International
2025 International Moose Convention Milwaukee, WI
The Moose Fraternity ROARS into Milwaukee May 22nd-27th, 2025 for its 137th International Convention and there’s a lot to be excited about! Milwaukee is home to Harley-Davidson motorcycles, a myriad of microbreweries, a close-knit creative community, and was named one of National Geographic’s 25 best destinations for travel last year. Add to that an opportunity to visit the Mooseheart campus and participate in the high school graduation ceremony and other campus activities, and you have a rare opportunity to hear and see what The Moose is all about. Make plans now to attend the festivities and meetings of The Moose in Brew City – a weekend you’ll never forget! Click on the link for more information. 2025 International Moose Convention | Milwaukee | Moose International
Moose International Convention 25 Club Event is May 26th, 2025 @ 8:00pm: Entertainment at the 25 Club Party will be provided by comedian Jeff Dye, who has been seen on shows as varied as the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Masked Singer and FOX game show Who The Bleep Is That. Musical entertainment will be provided by Pork Tornadoes, a high-energy group that covers songs from artists as varied as The Killers, Cyndi Lauper, The Weeknd and Phil Collins.
Moose International is happy to announce a more user-friendly version of Moose magazine for mobile devices – perfect for members who are busy and on-the-go! The new and enhanced version features flowable text and adjustable font size so you no longer have to struggle to read stories from your phone or tablet! In addition, the contents view makes it easy to see all the stories/features at once so you can jump to your favorite section much faster, while still being able to see the traditional/page view if you desire. A tutorial is also offered to walk you through all the features/benefits of the new platform at the beginning. We hope you enjoy this new enhanced version of Moose magazine, making it easier for those of you on the go to stay connected! Click this link to: Check it out for yourself
“It’s a Threepeat!”
For the third straight campaign, Moose membership increased, and by a whopping 30,292!
Overall, Moose membership has eclipsed 905,614 in a further sign of stability for the
Fraternity in the “Proud Past, Bright Future” campaign, which ended April 30.
“Our efforts to increase membership started in the first days of the 2023-24
campaign and never wavered. There was never a month where we weren’t outperforming
the previous year, and the previous year was a year in which membership had increased.
It was a great effort by the men and women of our great Fraternity,” Director of
Membership Mike Rios said.
Helping solidify the Fraternity’s membership gain were the retention efforts by
members. Moose have signed new members in droves in the past, but lost more than they
signed. Rios said strong retention efforts reflect the daily work done by lodges across the
U.S. and Canada to help members have positive experiences.
“Retention starts the day we sign a member. If we want to keep them, we have
to value them. I always say that if a member doesn’t feel that he or she’s getting
value from their membership, they won’t stay as members,” Rios said.
Moose Legion and Women of the Moose membership also increased, by
303 members and 4,023 members, respectively. In a further sign of stability for
the Fraternity, giving to Moose Charities reached record numbers as well.
“The phrase we used to say all the time was ‘members and money.’ The
Fraternity thrives if it has more members and our support of Mooseheart and
Moosehaven is strong only if our members have giving hearts. What this says to
me is that not only are we signing more members, but we are also signing the right kind of
members, people who are making our Fraternity stronger through their membership,”
Rios added that there is nothing keeping the Fraternity from a fourth straight
increase in the current “Embrace Our Community” campaign, which started May 1 and
ends April 30, 2025.
“If we continue to do things the right way, sign members and tell them what we support
and work to retain those members, we can absolutely do it. It’s going to take hard work, but we can do it,” Rios said.
Back from the fantastic city of New Orleans, LA. The 2024 International Moose Convention was held from July 23rd – 27th,
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2024 Moose International Sports Tournaments
- Texas Hold ‘Em – Las Vegas NV. January 7 – 11, 2024
- Pickleball – Tamarac Lodge, FL #2267. Feb 10 – 11, 2024
- Steel Tip Darts – Lynchburg South, VA #1727. April 20 – 21, 2024
- Bowling – Sandwich, IL #1016. April 27 – 28, 2024 & May 4 – 5, 2024
- Horseshoes – Sylvania, OH #1579. June 21 – 23, 2024
- Pool – Duncan, OK #2202. July 9 – 12, 2024
- Cornhole – Paradise, CA #2227. Aug 10 – 11, 2024
- Trap Shoot – Muskego, WI #1057. Aug 24 – 25, 2024
- Golf – East Mesa, AZ #2082. Sept 13 – 15, 2024
- Soft Tip Darts – Pacifica, CA #1944. Oct 11 – 13, 2024
- *Dates subject to change
For additional information on any of these tournaments, or if your lodge would be interested in hosting a future tournament, please contact:
Activities Department
Mooseheart, Il 50539-1172
(630) 966-2214
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Fall 2021 Conference Video: 2021 Fall Conference: Chief Executive Officer – YouTube
Fall 2021 Membership Video: 2021 Fall Conference: Membership – YouTube
Fall 2021 Compliance Video: 2021 Fall Conference: Compliance Office – YouTube
New Member Application: https://secure.mooseintl.org/mooseonlineapplication/memberprompt.aspx
Beyond retirement as a Moose…..Moosehaven: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+videos+of+moosehaven&&view=detail&mid=230F5DB57CED8E71C3D2230F5DB57CED8E71C3D2&&FORM=VDRVSR
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