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Good day All,

Pa FOE State President Eric Hoover and his wife Carla were invited to and attended the Falls Creek #965

annual banquet, Vice President Mike was given some items to keep him from getting hurt again, but

everything went well, no accidents. Thanks for your hospitality, thank you Falls Creek Aerie for your

generous donation of $500.00 to Eric’s charity, Camp Victory, Millville Pa, a Special camp for special kids,

and thank you Falls Creek Auxiliary for your generous donation of $250.00 to Eric's charity as well! Again,

good job Mike Delio for wearing your equipment so you didn’t get hurt this time!

Well, we were finally back on the road again, after dealing with the crazy weather, the Presidents tour of

District 9 was a huge success and loads of fun, we started Friday evening in the Harrisonville Eagles

#4274, Pa State President Eric Hoover, his wife Carla, Pa State Inside Guard and my husband Tom Barnes,

and myself Pa State Membership Chairperson Chrissy Barnes, we met up with our tour guide and friend

Pa State 3rd Year Trustee, District 9 Chairman Joel Frownfelter, Carlisle #1299, along with Jeff and Ken,

Carlisle #1299 Aerie Officers, were immediately greeted by barmaids, Alicia, and Keri, we met President

Jarret, Trustee Jim, and Inside Guard Larry, had some great conversation with the guys, they were packed

for Friday night Bingo! On behalf of President Hoover, we would like to thank Harrisonville Eagles #4274

for their generous donation of $500.00 to Eric's charity, Camp Victory! A special camp for special kids, in

Millville, Pa.

After a good time in Harrisonville it was time to head to Carlisle, where we were staying for the evening,

we arrived at the Carlisle Eagles #1299 during their Friday night Bingo intermission, and during the

intermission Carlisle presented President Hoover with a very generous donation of $2,000.00 to Eric's

charity Camp Victory, thank you Carlisle for your hospitality, accommodations and as always a good time,

Mike, Mark, Joel, Jeff, Ken and the gang in Carlisle are some awesome Eagles!

Well, Good morning everyone, time to head to the Lebanon Eagles #472, where we were greeted by

Barmaids Darcy and Karen, Trustee's Griff and DJ, and almost 40 year member Chip, Griff took us on a

tour of the facility including an awesome upstairs banquet room where it was packed with a great

fundraiser for a young local gentleman that passed suddenly. They also had a dart fundraiser going on as

well, the place was packed as I said! After a fun visit and conversation with some great longtime Eagles,

it was time to move on, thank You Lebanon #472 for a great visit!

On to the Lancaster Eagles #84, we were immediately greeted by Barmaid Jamie, Aerie Officers Charlie

and Robin, and Eagle member Steve and his wife, who by the way told Tom they camp at the Riverside

campground in Montgomery, which is only a few miles from our home, and of course Tom had to talk

High School wrestling with another Lancaster member LOL, Thank You Lancaster #84 for your generous

donation of $250.00, to Eric's charity, Camp Victory! It was a great visit with some great Eagles!

Saturday evening we attended the Hanover Eagles #1406 dinner and dance, it was a nice program, good

meal, and a good DJ, shout out to servers, Bri and Ashley, Barmaids Courtney, Colleen and Sarah, A big

thank you to the Hanover Aerie 1406 Past Presidents Club for their generous donation of $200.00 to

Eric's charity, Camp Victory! Thank You Patrick and the crew from Hanover for your generous hospitality

and treating us to a great weekend.

Sunday morning, we headed to Littlestown Eagles #2226 where we were greeted by Barmaid Amy,

Secretary Tim, Trustees Roman and Tony, Past President Steve, member Randy, and member Pat, who

actually grew up in our area, South Williamsport! Littlestown had made a previous and generous

donation of $3,000.00 to Eric's charity Camp Victory. Well on to Gettysburg Eagles #1562 where we

were greeted by Barmaid Sam, Manager Mary, Trustee Dan and of course Grand Aerie Grand Worthy

Conductor Eric Barnes, Gettysburg had made a previous and generous donation of $2,426.98 to Eric's

charity Camp Victory. Thank You Littlestown and Gettysburg for your hospitality and good conversations!

Well, it's back to Hanover for the District 9 meeting, thank you District 9 for inviting us to your meeting

and dinner afterwards, and for presenting a generous check of $200.00 to Eric's charity, Camp Victory!

We had a great weekend on Eagle Trail, met lots of Great Eagles, made new friends, and had the

pleasure of meeting up and spending some time with some old friends, once again Thank You District 9,

Carlisle and Hanover Eagles for the hospitality and accommodation!

Good day all, we are back from a fun and successful weekend that started off Friday evening in

Gettysburg #1562 for the Pa State Dart Tournament, we stopped in for a quick visit and a few drinks

before heading to the motel for the night. Back at the Dart Tournament Saturday morning, greeted with

a small pitcher of mimosas by barmaid Tammy, Eric and Tom had some good conversation with our

friend Trustee Rick, and Vice President Mike Davis, ran into the dart shooters from Burnham, Levi and

Andy, and a few of the guys from Dunbar, fun morning in Gettysburg and a great crowd! We have moved

on to begin our one day tour of District 15, where we met District 15 Director Mike Hutton of

Williamsport #970, Mike is also Williamsport Trustee, he was accompanied by friend Tiffany,

Williamsport Trustee Susan, and Vice President Jeff, we all met in Burnham #4294, and we were greeted

immediately by President Missy who took great care of us, also met with Trustee Dave, his wife Melissa,

and had great service from barmaid Kia, before leaving we were treated with a generous donation of

$2,000.00 for Eric's charity, Camp Victory! Thank You Burnham #4294 for a great visit and good

conversation. On to our next stop Lock Haven #4298, we were greeted by barmaid Terrie with some cold

beverages, which is always a good thing, we had an awesome visit with the crew from Lock Haven, Todd

Jr. PWP, Trustee's Brady and Frank, his wife and Chaplin Susan, President Steve, Inside Guard John, and

barmaid Steph who is also an officer, thank you Lock Haven for your hospitality.

Time to travel from Lock Haven to Sunbury Eagles #503 where we were greeted by barmaid Heidi, had a

very good meeting with President Dawn, Chaplin Mary, VP Jimmy, Jr. PWP Phil, Trustee's Chris, Ed, Bill,

Dick, and Secretary Liz, Treasurer Steph, Outside Guard Tim, Inside Guard Wayne, and Conductor Ashley,

we had a great time visiting with you all and we'll definitely see you again. Well, on to MT.

Carmel Eagles #464, we were greeted by barmaid Natalia with yes, more drinks, we had met some great

members like Andy, and visited with some friends Ann Marie and Rita, of course the guys had to do a few

celebratory shots with the gang of woman at the bar toasting President Hoover(LOL), before leaving MT.

Carmel to head back to Williamsport we accepted two generous donations to Eric's charity fund, Camp

Victory, $200.00 from the MT. Carmel Aerie, and $500.00 from District 15! It's been a long day, but a very

good day for Eric's charity, Camp Victory, a special camp for special kids, in Millville, Pa.

Time to head back to our home Aerie Williamsport #970, thank you District 15 for your hospitality, your

generous donations and above all your friendship!

We're more than halfway through the President's District tours, and Eric said, "We are going to visit

every Aerie in every district in the state" Tom says we have some unfinished business and we will make it

happen, so, if we haven't visited your Aerie yet, we will see you soon on the Eagle Trail!

On behalf of Worthy Pa State President Eric Hoover, his wife Carla, Pa State Inside Guard Tom Barnes,

Thank You all,

Chrissy Barnes

Pa State Membership Chairperson

Scheduled Visitations:

April 11, 2026 - Camp Victory Tour & District 10 Tour

April 18, 2026 – State Presidents Joint Testimonial – Connellsville#493

April 24-25, 2026 – Fight Against Human Trafficking- Ocean View #4528

April 26, 2026 - Visitation at Lansdale #1761 & Pottstown #626

May 1 -3, 2026 - Pa. State Pool Tournament - Williamsport#970