DI Numbers Updates

The following facts and figures come to us from "Dad" Jeff Kitsmiller, Executive Director of DeMolay International.  In doing a little 5 year history review on membership, he was able to report the following list of the the top ten Jurisdictions for initiating the most new members.....

Missouri.....857

Northern California/Hawaii.....695
Texas.....654
Southern California.....637
Bolivia.....623
Ohio.....563
Florida.....539
Pennsylvania.....518
Oklahoma.....465
Washington.....457

... and the  top ten Jurisdictions for gaining the most positive growth.....

Missouri.....+389
Florida.....+231
Italy.....+133
Pennsylvania.....+70
Ontario (DeCan).....+65
Wisconsin.....+51
Georgia.....+41
Texas.....+37
South Dakota.....+31
South America.....+29

...and lastly the largest percentage of membership growth over the last five years...

South America.....+216.7%
Manitoba (DeCan).....+100%
Italy.....+94.2%
South Dakota.....+87.9%
Ontario (DeCan).....+70.3%
Saskatchewan (DeCan).....+57.6%
Florida.....+54.7%
Missouri.....+51.1%
Wisconsin.....+29.5%
Connecticut.....+28.4%

It is NICE to be on two of these three lists, but it also tells us that while we are doing well, relatively speaking, there is much to be done by ALL of us to bring DeMolay back to the grandeur of its former years.

State Master Councilor Matt Blaisdell's Mission: Control! program has identified the single most important Mission that we should all attempt to accomplish this year:  JUST ONE.   If each member would get just ONE new member this year, we would effectively DOUBLE our active membership.

JUST ONE!   Can you do that?  Of course you can!

"Dad" Tom Labagh
EO of PA DeMolay