A message from our Grand Worthy Advisor
Grand Worthy Advisor's Newsletter
426th Edition, December 2023
Howdy!
I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving with lots and lots of yummy food!
Congratulations to Grand Faith, Alysa! She and her team made the whole Woody’s
Carnival event! Great job everyone!
I am very excited to see what our Grand Choir Director, Maddy has in store for our
caroling at Ethan Place on December 9! I am so happy to be going back and seeing all of
their smiles!
I want to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I
hope you all enjoy the good food and company for Christmas and we will hopefully see each
other again before 2024!
December 30th is our statewide initiation. I want to accomplish the membership
challenge to see Mom Therrien dress up as a Toy Story character at Grand Assembly! Tell all
your friends about Rainbow and let’s get them in! We have to have a candidate to hold the
initiation! Let’s make it happen!
This year our assembly project will be bringing back the scrapbook contest! Each
assembly will create a scrapbook documenting all the fun they have had over the course of
the year and then the out of state grand officers will score them. They will be scored on
originality and creativity. The 1st place assembly will receive a $50 check or gift card of their
choosing. I am so happy to bring this old tradition back this year!
We are still collecting toys for Al’s Toy Barn at every Grand event - which will be
donated to Toys for Tots at the end of the year!
To Infinity and Beyond!
Katy
Grand Worthy Advisor
Theme:"Flying to Infinity and Beyond with Rhode Island Rainbow"
Quote: "It's not that diamonds are a girls best friend, but it's your best friends who are diamonds"- Gina Berreca
Colors:Andy's Room Blue, Lotso Purple and Rec Green
Charity: Friends Way
Mascots: The Aliens. Grand Officers: All the other characters.
Symbols: Cowboy Boots, Rocket Ships and Clouds
Honor Station: Love and Nature
Flower:Yellow Rose
Song:"You've Got a Friend in Me" by Randi Newman
Past Grand Worthy Advisors
Grand Assembly of Rhode Island
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls
November 1940 JEAN PATCHEN ELLIOT Cranston No. 2
April 1941 NORMA GARDINER FINFROCK South Kingstown No. 6
May 1942 LOIS NORTHUP HARPER East Greenwich No. 4
April 1943 ERVILLA MUNGER STRAIGHT Providence No. 1
October 1944 RETA MACDONALD WHITNEY Newport No. 5
November 1945 PEARL PARRY TAPLEY Westerly No. 7
November 1946 NORMA DUCKWORTH VIVIAN Pawtucket No. 3
November 1947 NATALIE BAILEY PERRY Pawtuxet Valley No. 8
November 1948 DOROTHY MARKHAM GREEN East Greenwich No. 4
November 1949 * JOAN O. KNOWLES Pawtucket No. 3
November 1950 BEVERLY BEEBE LAWTON Newport No. 5
November 1951 DOROTHY KARLSSON ROVANE Riverside No. 9
November 1952 DOROTHY SULLIVAN Providence No. 1
March 1954 JOAN DUMELOW KLOCKARS Pawtuxet Valley No. 8
March 1955 DOROTHY E. DALEY SANDERS Cranston No. 2
September 1955 KAY LOUISE TERWILLIGER DUCHARME Cranston No. 2
September 1956 BARBARA SIDEBOTTOM FALLON Westerly No. 7
June 1957 * ANN KENYON ADAMS South Kingstown No. 6
June 1958 RUTH RIDGEWELL DOYLE Woodridge No. 10
June 1959 CAROL ANN IZZARD Centerdale No. 12
June 1960 ROBERTA TULLY NAGEL North Kingstown No. 11
June 1961 JUDITH LEWIS WILLIAMS Pawtucket No. 3
June 1962 BARBARA BURBANK South Kingstown No. 6
June 1963 KAREN RUSACK DIPADUA Pawtuxet Valley No. 8
June 1964 SHARON EDDY KOSCH East Greenwich No. 4
June 1965 PAMELA HINCKS LUKOWICZ Woodridge No. 10
June 1966 CATHERINE M. GRISWOLD COPELLA Riverside No. 8
June 1967 JANA RUTH MOWRY BRADISH Providence No. 1
June 1968 LINDA TURILLO LEVESQUE Newport No. 5
June 1969 IRENE M. CHAHARYN GALUSZKA Woonsocket No. 13
June 1970 LINDA J. FINCH WIEDEMANN Westerly No. 7
June 1971 JUDITH MEDBURY BIRNIE North Scituate No. 14
June 1972 CECILY HOMAN DOUTHIT Warwick No. 15
June 1973 SUSAN BOSWORTH-RILEY Bristol County No. 16
June 1974 KATHY S. FRATUS POLUBINSKI Riverside No. 9
June 1975 ESTHER R. KEVORKIAN KALAJIAN Woodridge No. 10
June 1976 PAMELA M. TUCKER SAWIN South Kingstown No. 6
June 1977 BARBARA J. NEILSON AINSLEY East Greenwich No. 4
June 1978 STEPHANIE TABER PRINCE North Kingstown No. 11
June 1979 MARILYN A KIRKMAN JEPSON Providence No. 1
June 1980 DEBORAH L. KNIGHT THERRIEN Pawtuxet Valley No. 8
June 1981 * CHERYL ANN FAULKNER DOWnInG Cranston No. 2
June 1982 MARCIA DAVIE-ESPSTEIN East Greenwich No. 4
June 1983 REBECCA KAUFMAN SPECHT Pawtucket No. 3
June 1984 DIANE L. WARD Murphy Riverside No. 9
June 1985 CONNIE J. DAVIS KOWAL Westerly No. 7
June 1986 KAREN E. SMITH SULLIVAN Centerdale No. 12
June 1987 DIANE K. JOHNSON CHAPLIN East Greenwich No. 4
June 1988 BARBARA A. DIETZEL PARISELLA Pawtuxet Valley No. 8
June 1989 MELISSA M. GERMOND PATRONE North Scituate No. 14
June 1990 JULIE A. PLEMMONS PICKEL East Greenwich No. 4
June 1991 KATHLEEN L. MARLER LINDSAY Woodridge No. 10
June 1992 BETHANY L. OGILVIE OUELLETTE Woodridge No. 10
July 1993 KIMBERLY R. ALLEN HARRISON Cranston No. 2
July 1994 DAWN M. MITCHELL-WINTERS Westerly No. 7
July 1995 KRISTEN M. ALLEN LAWSON Cranston No. 2
July 1996 ELIZABETH D. D’AGOSTINO DWYER North Scituate No. 14
July 1997 KATHLEEN L. HACKETT YOUNG Greene No. 12
July 1998 KRISTINE A. LITTLEFIELD DURANT Newport No. 5
July 1999 HOLLY M. JOHNSON-RIEL Pawtuxet Valley, No. 8
July 2000 STEPHANIE FARRAR North Scituate No. 14
July 2001 JENNIFER SHAKOORI Murphy Woodridge No. 10
July 2002 KRISTINA A. NEWMAN BERCHER East Greenwich No. 4
July 2003 KATHLEEN SHERPEY Moore Warwick No. 15
July 2004 CORRINE CARNEVALE Mang Warwick No. 15
July 2005 KAITLIN MacDONALD East Greenwich No. 4
July 2006 ASHLEY DEITRICK DOLGNER South Kingstown No. 6
July 2007 AMY DEITRICK HINES South Kingstown No. 6
July 2008 KENDRA M. YOUNG Westerly No. 7
July 2009 KRISTEN L. HARRISON Woodridge No. 10
July 2010 KATHERINE MILLER THOMPSON South Kingstown No. 6
July 2011 LAURA FLYNN Warwick No. 15
July 2012 KATHLEEN HODGE DIPRETE East Greenwich No. 4
July 2013 CHRISTINA LONGO Westerly No. 7
July 2014 ERIN FLYNN Warwick No. 15
July 2015 HEATHER DUNFORD East Greenwich No. 4
July 2016 MORGAN GRACE Westerly No. 7
July 2017 ANDREA BARRAGAN-TOVAR Warwick No. 15
July 2018 HANNAH LAWSON Woodridge No. 10
July 2019 HOLLY DUNFORD East Greenwich No. 4
August 2020 ELIZABETH VECCHIO Warwick No.15
July 2021 MICHAELA RINGELING East Greenwich No. 4
July 2022 SARAH SNEATH East Greenwich No. 4
July 2023 KATHRYN HARRISON Woodrige No. 10
* = Deceased
