A special thank you goes out to the Preston family. John, Paul, and Victoria worked hard on getting the new flag poles and flowers installed prior to the Shrine Ceremonial weekend coming up on Friday. You guys did an awesome job!

Plans are in place and reservations have been made!

The organizing committee has been working very hard to ensure everything will run smoothly when the fun begins on Thursday June 8th. There will be a flag raising ceremony at our new building location at 160 Catharine Street at 3pm. The golf tournament at Trillium Woods scheduled for Friday morning will be a lot of fun, and the course is in great shape. Friday evening there is a buffet dinner at the Quinte Curling Club with live entertainment by The Reasons. On Saturday June 10th at the Quinte Curling Club, there is a Ladies Programme, a flea market with 12 vendors, a parade at 1pm, and a special Ceremonial Feast taking place at the National Air Force Museum in Trenton Saturday evening. On Sunday there is a Drumhead ceremony and a Brunch taking place. Check the tab on this site for a detailed list of timings and locations of all events. See you all soon!

Tom McParland can be contacted at 613-813-5707 if you wish to purchase a 10 pound bag of amazing Vidalia onions. They are $16 per bag. Don’t miss out on this great event. Barbeque season is just starting and these onions are amazing!

The date is quickly approaching. Please check out the site’s full page of information. All of the forms you need to register for any of the many events are posted. You can copy and paste into a word document to fill them out. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.

On Wednesday, 26 October 2022 the Nobles of the Belleville and District Shrine Club hosted a Master Masons night. Our numbers were small this year, as has been at many of our meetings post COVID, however we did have a Master Mason and his Lady present. Our High Priest and Prophet Noble John Neil gave an excellent PowerPoint presentation about the history of the Shriners, Rameses Shrine Centre, and our Shriners Hospitals for Children. Noble John has a lot of experience regarding the Shrine Hospitals for Children – Montreal having served as the Deputy Director there for a number of years. He continues to keep in touch with the Administration and keeps our Club informed of changes with the many Shrine Hospitals in North America and the newer Clincs throughout Shrinedom.

Now that construction is moving ahead faster, rather than me photoshopping the Shrine Club sign over the top of the entrance to our new Clubhouse at 160 Catharine Street in Belleville, the Trustees and Building Committee removed the sign from 51 Highland Ave to it’s new location on 12 October 2022. Also moved was the the large dedication stone and plaque to our front entrance after the front gate was removed. Things are looking up as we get closer to moving in by the end of the year.

Looks like they are moving ahead with our renovations to our new Belleville and District Shrine Club at 160 Catharine St, Bellville, Ontario. The front gate area was removed from the front entrance to make it look more appealing and receptive to our visitors. The person-door to the shed has been installed. And now they are starting to close in the framing on the building extension. Once the roof is on they will be able to work during the inclement weather. Can’t wait to see what next week brings!

I dragged my COVID ridden body (now seven days of symptoms) out of the house today when I heard that some work had been done at our new Belleville and District Shrine Club buildings. I was careful to stay away from any humans in the area.

Taking pictures I see that all of the shed is now up. We only need to add electricity for lights and power and a door. Future work would entail insulating the interior walls and ceiling and erecting some shelving if space permits. We should be able to park our Camel Herder float and 71 Dodge Pumper Unit in the shed for safe keeping with room to spare for odds and sodds.

I also noticed that we have not made much progress on the addition to the main building. The studs are up for the walls on the extension however it has been almost a week with nothing completed. Looks like we may not be in the new building and out of the old building by year end. Fingers crossed!

We had a great representation of Nobles and their Ladies from the Belleville and District Shrine Club at Trent Valley Shrine Club’s annual dinner at the Stirling Farmers Museum. Also present were Nobles and their ladies from the Lakeshore and Kingston Shrine Clubs. The Potentate and his Divan were also present that added to the ceremony of this meeting. Thanks Nobles for a great day.

Looks like we are now moving much quicker with the renovations to our new Clubhouse on Catharine St. The foundation for the building extension is ready for the walls to go up and the first ribs of the drive shed are up. Looking forward to see how things look by the end of the week. Weather permitting!

Once this new floor has dried the construction team can start to install the pre-fab drive shed for our Camel Herder Unit and other equipment.

Great to see things moving along. The boys are in the process of pouring the foundation cement for our new storage shed/garage. Once cured the building can be installed.