President’s Corner

Christina Sallee, National President May is here and filled with exciting news and celebrations. As many states and countries have removed or drastically reduced pandemic restrictions, now is the time for us to again start planning on returning to in-person meetings. I realize that the last 2 years have been very difficult for us all and I hope that we can all get back in the habit of attending our meetings and events. It will be good to see and interact with our Sisters again face to face, and not on a screen. We will also have to acknowledge that how we conduct meetings and events will possibly have to change to keep up with the current times and practices. The world has become much more electronic (payments, meetings, lists, forms) and we in the Sisterhood will have to keep up with those changes both locally and nationally, if we do not things could end up looking grim. The good news is that your Board is working to ensure the continuation of the Sisterhood by building, planning and shaping our future. This is what the national board has always done for you and the sisterhood, and Boards will continue to do this for years to come. One of the important celebrations in May is Liberation Day which is observed May 5th, but many Danes light a candle and set it in the windowsill on the evening of May 4th to signify that the dark times were over. The evening of May 4th, 1945 was when Danes heard that they had been liberated from the German occupation of World War II and blackout curtains would no longer be enforced to ensure darkness. In remembrance we continue to place a candle in the windowsill on the evening of May 4th. This is one of the reasons I look forward to our

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Volume 75, Number 5

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Officers of the Supreme Lodge

National President: Christina Sallee, Lodge #81 16116 SW Deline Ct, Beaverton, OR 97007-3425 (503) 928 4494 president@danishsisterhood.com

National Vice President & Website: Karin S. Wasler, Lodge #68 814 S Sherbourne Dr #7, Los Angeles, CA 90035 (310) 903-8837 vicepresident@danishsisterhood.com

National Secretary: Glenda Madrid, Lodge #177 1557 Oak St. Solvang, CA 93463 (805) 448-7631 secretary@danishsisterhood.com • glenda_madrid@hotmail.com

National Treasurer: Linda Brooks, Lodge #21 8402 Winter Berry Dr., Castle Rock, CO 80108 303-905-9934 treasurer@danishsisterhood.com

National Trustee & Butikken Chairman: Linda Holz #102 4400 EP True Pkwy Unit 47, West Des Moines, IA 50265-5615 (515) 225-0951 trustee1@danishsisterhood.com

National Trustee & Scholarship Chairman: Nealna Gylling, Lodge #186 1474 Floan Point Rd, Brainerd, MN 56401 612-390-1374 trustee2@danishsisterhood.com

National Trustee, Membership Chairman: Karen Vig-Keathley, Lodge #4 109 South First Street, Itasca, IL 60143 708-715-0071 trustee3@danishsisterhood.com

National Past President: Sindy Mikkelsen, Lodge #126 2938 Sweet Grass Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 (707) 755-0260

National Historian: Donna Christensen Thomas, historian@danishsisterhood.com

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