This lodge is actively promotes their Norwegian heritage and encourages anyone interested to join them at their meetings or programs. Look at their calendar of events for 2011 (left) to see the richness of their programs!
LODGE HIGHLIGHTS
Thea Foss Lodge Logo
Thea Foss lodge meets in Chimacum just south of Port Townsend, in the area locally known as the Tri-Area (Port Hadlock, Chimacum and Irondale) in eastern Jefferson County on the Olympic Peninsula. This active lodge offers many ways to discover your Nordic heritage. Through lodge meetings, programs and small interest groups (see right column); participation in community sponsored Nordic and other events such as the Port Townsend May Rhody Parade; and their annual Scandia Fall Fest this lodge offers many ways to have fun and discover your Nordic heritage. Every Spring, the lodge hosts a Scandia Dinner which serves up thousands of meatballs and other delicious items.
The lodge works hard to help fund scholarships for local graduating high schoolers. Creative, active, fun-loving are a few words to describe this group.
A list of their popular Scandinavian programs have been:
- Tea with Thea
- Nordic Travels
- Bunader by Region
- Scandia Dance Party
- Danish Food Samplings
- Discovering Nordic Foods
- Danish Christmas Customs
- Norsk (Norwegian) Lessons
- Contemporary Swedish authors
- Swedish Santa Lucia Celebration & Party
- Scandinavian Music, Instruments & Dance
- Viking Woman's Tea with interactive participation
- Make your Own Smørbrød (open faced sandwiches)
- Viking Navigation: How the Norsemen Found Their Way
- Back to School – Writing a Scandinavian Story in 15 minutes
- Proper Norsk words & etiquette for a Coffee at a Norwegian Home
- Modern Silver inspired by the past & the Norwegian natural features
- History of Nordic Nations: Noway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden
- Viking Women: Styles & Lifestyles (plus make-your-own Viking paper doll)
- Nordic Nation News Broadcast (complete with Lena & Ole's Goat Cheese advertisements)
Thea Foss Lodge Officers and members at 2010 Officer Installation!
Thea Foss members Nancy & Elin man the Nordic Waffle Table at their annual Scandia Faire! Members hope you join them this year!
MEETING DETAILS
- WHEN: Third Sunday1 of month at 1:00 pm
- WHERE: Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Road, Chimacum, WA
LODGE'S NAME
The lodge is named after a well-known Norwegian emigrant, Thea Christiansen Foss, whose business ingenuity in Tacoma, Washington in the late 1800’s spawned the famous Foss Maritime Company. She was one of Washington’s first successful businesswomen.
Her funeral procession of tugboats in Tacoma's harbor was such a sight that it inspired Norman Reilly Raine to write the Saturday Evening Post's Tugboat Annie series. Although Thea was not really the sort of person Raine’s Annie was, she did have the business sense that helped develop one of Washington's leading companies. More on compnay website...or read more in our short biography.
- 1 Lodge meetings held September through May only. However, summer events do take place. Call lodge for details. Not all meetings in 2011 will be on the 3rd Sunday. Dates on calendar in left column correct (some are on different days of week and different Sundays of month. Contact lodge to make sure of meeting details.
- ** Held at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend. Lots of fun, great food, shopping and entertainment. See you there!
