JOIN THE GRANGE
FOR FAMILY, FOR FUN, FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

A community organization bringing together friends and neighbors, striving to achieve a higher degree of community is the aim of the Grange. Our organization is non-partisan and non-sectarian. We believe in goodwill and mutual respect for individual positions while working toward the common good of all.

The Michigan State Grange has several programs to make your membership in the Grange worthwhile.  Those benefits can be found by following the link to the National Grange Website members benefits page.


Each year that goes by will make your Grange Membership more valuable to you and your family.

MEMBERSHIP & LEADERSHIP
TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP

REGULAR MEMBERSHIP is those persons who are initiated into the fourth degree and who are not eligible to be considered in the family membership plan or as a Golden Sheaf member. Dues per member to be paid by the Subordinate Grange to the Michigan State Grange are $56.00 per year, and are to be paid quarterly.

Regular Membership Application

FAMILY MEMBERSHIP is for persons with teenage or college-age children. Dues to be paid to the State Grange are $112.00 per year. This type of membership is for the parents and their children only. The resolution is as follows: families consisting of parents and children living at home who have not attained the age of 19 and/or children living at home and attending school full-time, who have not attained the age of 25.

Family Membership Application

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP is for those persons who are willing to support the Grange but who do not want to attend meetings or take an active part in the Grange's activities. They are not initiated, are not given the password, and do not have voting rights. They are eligible to participate in the insurance programs and to receive the Michigan Grange News. The Subordinate Grange pays to the Michigan State Grange the same amount per quarter on an Associate as for Regular members.

E-MEMBERSHIP is a unique tool that is available to anybody who supports our efforts but does not have the time or the ability to attend Grange meetings on a regular basis; though they still wish to have a link to the organization. E-membership is a class of membership that started this past November following the National Grange convention that is designed to give people a membership status which allows them to receive all of the publications and programs that are available through National Grange electronically. This is a tool that if used productively will help to increase membership in our subordinate Granges across Michigan as well as across the country.


SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2026 GRANGE NEWS
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Another Grange year is almost over. Which means summer is almost over. Time for the annual reports to the Michigan State Grange. Hopefully you have completed your membership report. It needs to be at my house by Thursday, September 10.

​​I look forward to receiving many reports this year. I hope Michigan will have an increase in membership. The new membership year has already started; it runs July 1 to June 30. Now is the time to start planning a membership program for the upcoming year.
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I plan to retire as Membership Director at the end of state session. I have had this role for eight years.
My dad now requires a lot of my attention and I feel like I am spread thin trying to keep up with everything. Thank you to everyone who is trying to gain members in their Grange.
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Enjoy the remaining days of summer! I hope to see many of you at state session in Three Rivers in
October! 
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2026 GRANGE NEWS

The membership program this year was simple—retain the members you currently have on your roster. These five Granges did just that by not dropping any members.
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Barnard #689
​Burr Oak #1350
​Community #1675
North Adrian #721
​White Pigeon #1345

​There are twenty subordinate Granges in the state and reports were received from ten of them.
Barnard #689
​Burns #160
​Burr Oak #1350
Community #1675
​Fredonia #1713
​Home #129
North Adrian #721
​Oceana Center #1047
​Studley #1174
White Pigeon #1345
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The membership year ran from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Eight Granges took in new members during the past membership year with three of them also having a net gain in membership.
Burns #160 —3 new members
Burr Oak #1350 — 1 new member
Fredonia #1713 — 1 new member
Oceana Center #1047 — 1 new member
White Pigeon #1345 — 2 new members
Colon #215—1 new member & net increase
Gratiot #1898 —1 new member & net increase
West Oshtemo #1630 — 1 new members & net increase
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Thanks again to all Granges participating in the membership program! Keep up the good work!
I am stepping down as Membership Director. Please support the next person to accept this directorship.