Chester Royal Grange #2181
Location: At the corner of 20th St and 350th Ave. (~2 miles north of Grinnell on Hwy 146 and 1 mile west on 350th Avenue).
Meetings: 1st Sunday of the month at 4 pm.
Contact: Gene Edelen: gedelen@imonmail.com
Contact: Sandi Harris: wsharris@partnercom.net
Feel free to contact us with any questions or if you would like to come to a meeting.
Pillowcase bags for the Eddy House (NV)
Summer & Sept 2022
Chester Royal and the Iowa State Grange turned over 100 pillowcases into bags for the Eddy House out of Reno, Nevada. "The objective of the Eddy House is to end youth homelessness in Reno, Nevada. To accomplish this, we identify homeless, at-risk, and aged-out foster youth through extensive outreach in Downtown Reno."
Fidgets Project
Summer 2022
Made and collected fidgets to be donated to Grinnell Middle and High School.
Milkweed Seedballs
April 2017 & 2018
Put together seedballs filled with milkweed and other various native Iowa Prairie plants to throw along the road during RAGBRAI.
Chester Royal hosted a public milkweed seedball rolling event at the Grange Hall. We had 27 people helping make approximately 1500 seedballs for the Milkweed Matters RAGBRAI Initiative. Elizabeth Hill, representing Milkweed Matters, led the workshop and everyone helped roll seedballs.
Masonic Lodge Christmas
2015
The Committee of Women's Activities decorating the Masonic Lodge window in Grinnell.
Rock Creek Grange Camp Breakfast
May 2015
Chester Royal Grangers helping to serve food at the monthly Rock Creek Grange Camp Breakfast.
Soup Supper
October 2014
Chester Royal and other community Granges helping to prepare soups & desserts for the donation soup supper.
Grange Month 2014
Planting trees at the Chester Royal Grange Hall.
Grange Month 2014
April 2014
Chester Royal Grange and Sonora Grange decorating the Masonic Lodge windows in Grinnell, IA for Grange Month.
Bin Projects
2014
“Join Hands Day” and “Back to School” community service projects.