Pleiades Lodge #173 AFAM

03/27/2026

Please give me 20 seconds of your time and read this.

Sumner Memorial High had a speech and debate club this year for the first time ever. They had kids win all kinds of awards and honors.

Now have 7 kids who are qualified to go to National competitions. This is a huge achievement for each of them, but especially for a school that is doing it for their first year.

Now the part you know is coming. They need some money. They have already raised over $10,000 of their $12,000 goal by themselves.

Pleiades Lodge Square and Compass club donated $700 and has requested a matching $700 from the Grand Lodge of Maine. We voted and decided to donate the additional $700 now, so that they can have it for their deadline of the end of March.

If you can donate even $10 to help them out they would truly appreciate it!

Thank You
Past Master of Pleiades Lodge
Proud Father of Rachel West
Brent L West
https://app.verticalraise.com/fundraiser/sumner-speech-and-debate-club-2026-nationals-fundraiser/2307771/

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UPDATE: An additional Sumner student, 10th-grader Rachel West, has qualified to the NSDA tournament in Virginia! This is tremendous news for Rachel and the whole team, but it means we need to keep fundraising, especially since Rachel's participation necessitates an additional chaperone (thanks, Ms.....

10/17/2025

SVFD is hosting a benefit dinner for William Billy Nichols on Saturday, October 18th from 4:30-6:30 at the Steuben fire station.

Billy has given so much to the surrounding communities, let's show him just how much we appreciate him and are behind him in his battle with cancer.

Dinner will be by donation, anything helps! We hope to see you all there.

If you are unable to attend but would like to donate, you can mail donations to:
SVFD
PO Box 236
Steuben. ME 04680

09/17/2025

It's that time of year again! We opened from darkness on the 8th, and we will meet again on October 6th.
We do have a candidate working and some events that are coming up.
Join us in our Facebook messenger chat, or reach out to another brother and catch up with your Lodge.

09/13/2025

Tonight we are honored to be the host, to welcome the Grand Master of Maine to district 3. Dinner is at 5, if you're available, please come out and join us!