Maine Nordmenn
Maine Nordmenn Sons of Norway Lodge 3-664
265 Middle Rd
Falmouth, ME 04105
ph: 207-761-7994
alt: 207-741-2934
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About Us
The Sons of Norway is made up of over 60,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American men and women and more than 8,500 "unge venner" (young friends)
youth members organized into 400 Lodges
in 8 Districts in the United States, Canada and Norway.
District 3 has over 6000 members in 52 Lodges
on the East Coast of the United States
from Maine to Florida
.The mission of Sons of Norway is to
promote and preserve the heritage and culture of Norway, celebrating our
relationship with other Nordic Countries, and provide quality financial products..
Sons of Norway was organized as a fraternal benefit society by 18 Norwegian immigrants in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 16, 1895. The purposes and goals of the Founding Fathers were to protect members of Sons of Norway and their families from the financial hardships experienced during times of sickness or death in the family. Over time, the mission of Sons of Norway was expanded to include the preservation of Norwegian heritage and culture in our Society. We have grown since our beginning and are now the largest Norwegian organization outside Norway.
We promote Norwegian traditions and fraternal fellowship through the cultural and social opportunities offered in local lodge and district lodge activities. These activities include language camps and classes, scholarships, handicrafts, cooking and heritage classes, heritage programs, sports programs, travel opportunities, Viking Magazine, and outreach programs sponsored by the Sons of Norway Foundation.
We offer financial protection through our field staff representatives to Sons of Norway members and their families against the hardships of sickness and death through a variety of quality insurance programs.
District Lodge No. 3 Sons of Norway
The Charitable Trust was established primarily to assist those members of the Third District who, having few other resources, need help from us, their Brothers and Sisters. How We Do It The Trust Fund’s earnings, along with contributions, are used to finance aid to selected beneficiaries. The Chair of the Trust, the Third District Counselor, plus three Trustees, the Third District President, Vice President, and Treasurer administer the Trust. How We Do It The Trust Fund’s earnings, along with contributions, are used to finance aid to selected beneficiaries. The Chair of the Trust, the Third District Counselor, plus three Trustees, the Third District President, Vice President, and Treasurer administer the Trust. Beneficiaries The Trust relies upon our Lodges and membership to forward the names of potential applicants. The beneficiaries are selected based upon consideration of age, infirmity, family and assets. All aspects of the selection process and results are strictly confidential. | |||
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Who We Are - Elected Board Members
President: Paul Moson
Phone 207-741-2934 pmoson1@maine.rr.com
Vice President: Gedske Szepsy
Phone: 207-582-0353 tszepsy@yahoo.com
Counselor: Gus Karlsen
Phone: 207-766- 2188 Karlsen@prodigy.net
RecordingSecretary: Diane Eiker Phone: 207-773-3802 deiker@earthlink.net
Corresponding Secretary: Betsy Borda
Phone: 767-6568 lemioche@aol.com
Treasurer/ Librarian: Herb Hoppe
Phone: 207-428-4216 Hahoppe@yahoo.com
Sports & Recreation Director: Ann Adams
Phone: 774-7989 annadams10@hotmail.com
Program Director: AnnaLise Moson
Phone741-2934 pmoson1@maine.rr.com
Newsletter Editor/Web Site: Sally Abrahamson
Phone: 833-2419
uffdawife-mainenordmenn@yahoo.com
Special Events Cordinator: Bob Boylestad
Phone: 828-5710 Rboylestad@aol.com
Trustee: til 2010 John Jenssen
Phone: 761-7994 joanneport@aol.com
Trustee: til 2012 BruceJohnson
Phone 207-428-3640 bjohns8@maine.rr.com
Trustee: til 2011 Bill Kirk
Phone 207-872-5298 kajune35@verizon.net
How You Can Help
Have your Lodge do a fundraiser on our behalf on a scheduled annual event. Keep us in mind when you are planning your estate, or when you expect to receive memorial funds. Please remember us when you are reviewing your charitable donations. Personal contributions are always welcome. It is equally important that you take the initiative to notify us if you think that one of our members may need our assistance. Your identity will never be disclosed outside of our small committee.
This fund operates to help our own Brothers and Sisters. Someone you know may already be a beneficiary. The administrators of this are all unpaid volunteers – resulting in essentially all of our monies being used for our stated purpose. Donations, of course, qualify as tax deductible.
The most direct route is to contact an officer in your Lodge, Zone, of the Third District Counselor. He will gladly accept donations from those who want to help us. He will also follow up discreetly on any Sons of Norway member who may be in difficulty to see if our Trust Fund can help.
Our current Counselor is:
Louis O. Olsen, MD
7 Farnham Way
Timonium, MD 21093
410-252-5925 counselor@SofN3D.org
Make Checks Payable To:
District Lodge No. 3 Sons of Norway
Charitable Trust
Although, we are a Sons of Norway group, you do not have to be Norwegian to be a member. You just have to have an appreciation and interest in the Scandinavian culture. We have several members who are
“wanna-bees” and are not Norwegian
Bill Kirk carved a dragon head for our New Viking ship
Maine Nordmenn Sons of Norway Lodge 3-664
265 Middle Rd
Falmouth, ME 04105
ph: 207-761-7994
alt: 207-741-2934
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