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FROM MY HEART TO YOURS, I consider it a great privilege and honor to welcome you our Rainbow Girls, Rainbow Advisors and those who sponsor and SUPPORT our order, the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls.

The Supreme Family members are thankful for every girl who petitioned and became a member throughout the years, and especially proud of those who are a part of the organization today. Our Rainbow Girls, our leaders, are very special.

Each of you is “extraordinarily good”, “wonderful”. Each of you are destined to be the leaders of tomorrow, not just for your country but we can depend on each of you because you are “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”. You are each made of “good material” on which to build our organization for the next hundred years. Each of you is truly, “The Heart of Rainbow”.

Thank you,

Mrs. C ~ Supreme Worthy Advisor – 2024 – 2026

Term Details:

Mrs. Carolyn York

“Mrs. C”

Supreme Worthy Advisor

2024 – 2026

Theme: The Heart of Rainbow

Motto: A Heartful of Love and Service

Symbols: Hearts (Love and Fidelity), Pearls (Given in Love with a Pure Heart), and Bears (Family, Strength, and Courage).

Scriptures: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 and “Blessed” Psalms 33:12

Colors: A Rainbow of Red, White, and Blue

Flowers: White Roses and Calla Lilies

Songs: Heart to Heart and I’ll Walk with God

Mascot: Bears

Quote: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

SA26 Program: Be Enthusiastic About Rainbow – B.E.A.R. Program and The HEART Essentials E-newsletter/Website

Goal: “OMG” IORG – One More Girl

After The Storm There Is A Rainbow

A reminder of hope delivered through love and service Nebraska style

Stop for a moment. Take a deep breath and listen. What do you hear? After the storm there is silence. There is shock. Numerous EF-3 tornadoes impacted eastern Nebraska on Friday April 26. Areas of Lincoln, Waverly, Elkhorn, Waterloo, Bennington, and Blair all received significant damage. Hundreds of homes and businesses have been leveled. Devastation is widespread. Less than a week has passed and when you now stop for a moment and listen the silence has been replaced with teamwork, hope, love and service. After the storm there is Rainbow.

Hundreds of relief agencies, first responders, and volunteers of all ages and skills are clamoring and chattering as they partner up and come together to meet any and every need they can. One of these dynamic teams of volunteers is our Nebraska Rainbow family. Led and directed by the adult leadership of Elkhorn/Waterloo Assembly #38 and Benson Diana Assembly #2 (Omaha) Nebraska Rainbow is partnering with first responders in the area and the Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn to facilitate, prepare, and hand over for distribution VOLUNTEER PACKS. More than 800 have already been prepared this week. They are quite simple, a bag with two bottles of water and two prepackaged snacks. Their impact is huge as the demanding physical exertion experienced by all the workers can be given encouragement, refreshment and much needed hydration. A simple gift of love and service that is growing rapidly.

This story is just beginning. Five of Nebraska’s assemblies took part Wednesday night May 1 for their second Packing Party. Donations and support have already come from six Nebraska Eastern Star Chapters, Lodges and DeMolay Chapters. Dollars are flowing in to continue to facilitate the ability to buy more supplies for packaging. Today a truck load of deliveries is heading to Waterloo from central Nebraska. The third Packing Party will be Sunday May 5.

Members, Pledges and Siblings in Wednesday Night Packing Party #2

One bag at a time makes an impact.

Bags growing into filled boxes.

All together we share love and service.

No job TOO BIG!

No hands too small!

Together we make a difference.

After the storm there is a Rainbow.

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Landa Uffelman of Montana, Inspiring Alumni March 2021

Being a Rainbow Girl taught me many different skills and mannerisms that I use in everyday life. Some of those skills include public speaking, service to my community, how to work with people, and the ability to have self-pride in one’s work. My name is Landa Uffelman and I am the owner of The Farmer’s Daughter General Store; a gift shop/boutique with an old fashioned soda fountain, located in my hometown. I am the 3^rd generation in my family to own the historic building on Main Street and operate a business there. While I did have plans to someday take this path, I thought it would be later in life, so I earned my degree in Elementary Education with plans to be a 1^st grade teacher. While service to my community through Rainbow was rewarding enough, it also helped me receive scholarships which helped pay for my college education. After completing my degree, the opportunity to own the historic building arose and I made the decision to be a business owner at the age of 24. Because of Rainbow, I have the confidence and skills to operate my business. I socialize with customers every day (familiar and unfamiliar) in person and over the phone, know the importance of donating and volunteering in my community,and work hard to make sure my store is organized, clean, prepared for upcoming events, and carries the right products for my customers. Rainbow has taught me how to put forth the extra effort to see the successful end result.

Rainbow has also taught me stage presence. As the lead singer of the country band Exit 53, I spend my weekends traveling across Montana and Wyoming playing music. Because of Rainbow, I have the confidence to sing and play guitar in front of large crowds, communicate with those crowds, properly handle a microphone, and be fearless on stage.

I am so thankful for the opportunities presented to me through Rainbow. Serving as Grand Worthy Advisor for the State of Montana in 2015 enhanced these skills and I will forever be grateful for the lessons learned and memories made. I will always be a Rainbow Girl.

~Landa Uffelman

Montana Past Grand Worthy Advisor

Thank you Landa for inspiring us!

Landa Uffelman of Montana, Inspiring Alumni March 2021

Being a Rainbow Girl taught me many different skills and mannerisms that I use in everyday life. Some of those skills include public speaking, service to my community, how to work with people, and the ability to have self-pride in one’s work. My name is Landa Uffelman and I am the owner of The Farmer’s Daughter General Store; a gift shop/boutique with an old fashioned soda fountain, located in my hometown. I am the 3^rd generation in my family to own the historic building on Main Street and operate a business there. While I did have plans to someday take this path, I thought it would be later in life, so I earned my degree in Elementary Education with plans to be a 1^st grade teacher. While service to my community through Rainbow was rewarding enough, it also helped me receive scholarships which helped pay for my college education. After completing my degree, the opportunity to own the historic building arose and I made the decision to be a business owner at the age of 24. Because of Rainbow, I have the confidence and skills to operate my business. I socialize with customers every day (familiar and unfamiliar) in person and over the phone, know the importance of donating and volunteering in my community,and work hard to make sure my store is organized, clean, prepared for upcoming events, and carries the right products for my customers. Rainbow has taught me how to put forth the extra effort to see the successful end result.

Rainbow has also taught me stage presence. As the lead singer of the country band Exit 53, I spend my weekends traveling across Montana and Wyoming playing music. Because of Rainbow, I have the confidence to sing and play guitar in front of large crowds, communicate with those crowds, properly handle a microphone, and be fearless on stage.

I am so thankful for the opportunities presented to me through Rainbow. Serving as Grand Worthy Advisor for the State of Montana in 2015 enhanced these skills and I will forever be grateful for the lessons learned and memories made. I will always be a Rainbow Girl.

~Landa Uffelman

Montana Past Grand Worthy Advisor

Thank you Landa for inspiring us!

Schertz #280 & Pledge Group # 19 honored our hometown heroes with gift baskets they made themselves. Wketsith money from their soda sales, they bought the baskets,painted them,blue for police,red for fire department and white for EMS. They then filled the baskets with goodies like gum,cookies, granola bars etc.and delivered them to each department on 13th September,2020.

Check out these pictures of items made with the new Rainbow fabrics for great ideas!!! Click on this article to see the pictures.

Our Supreme Assembly has had the "GWA Wall of Fame" on the third floor of our International Temple just outside our Assembly Room — for decades. The purpose of the wall is to showcase those serving their jurisdiction for the current year as Grand Worthy Advisor. Recently, the Supreme Temple Committee had a work day which included 33 adults (from Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana and Nevada) and 4-5 active Rainbow Members. Among other tasks, the girls were asked to straighten and dust this display. Their creativity took their task one step further by rearranging them in this beautiful format, placing our founder, the Rev. W. Mark Sexson, at the center. Thank you, girls.

W. Farmington Assembly #116 in Ohio recently volunteered to run the children's table at the Out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention held at Mill Creek Park in Youngstown. The girls provided face painting and supervised the games & crafts. By participating in the Out of the Darkness Walks, they join the effort with hundreds of thousands of people to raise awareness and funds that allow the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support survivors of suicide loss. For more information on how you can volunteer visit the AFSP at https://afsp.donordrive.com/ If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-271-8255 or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

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Supreme Worthy Advisor 2024 – 2026

After the Storm There Is Rainbow

Ohio Grand Worthy Advisor Featured in News Article