Baile discusses several new ventures designed to both make a difference--and to shine a favorable light on us

Community Service Director Shawn Baile reported the total value of 2005-06 Moose Community Service at $75,422,190.87.

> Lending a helping hand to our fellow man is vital to our fraternity’s essence, said Shawn Baile in delivering the Community Service report to Sunday’s Joint General Session. (Baile directed Moose International’s Community Service office from Feb. 1 until mid-May, when his duties were shifted to the Moose Legion and Ritual program; Community Service has been shifted to Fraternal Programs under Jim Morgan.)

“Now that we have all assembled in Chicago to re-ignite the flame of fraternalism . . . I stand before you to say that Community Service is the most powerful fuel available to us to keep that flame burning strongly,” Baile said.

Baile said the Moose will be partnering more with local communities in several exciting projects, all encompassing a portion of the Community Service Six-Point Program.

Among the projects is child fingerprinting on Youth Safety Days. This would be in partnership with law-enforcement and emergency services personnel in local communities. An organization called Fingerprint America offers non-toxic fingerprinting kits for purchase, complete with the Moose Youth Awareness logo. The product has been upgraded for members to the ID Complete Kit. In addition to space for a photograph, dental records, fingerprints and vital statistics, the ID Complete Kit also features the capability to maintain a DNA sample taken with a cotton swab.