Loyal and Benevolent Order of the Otter

10/22/2026

A great meeting last night! The financial report from the golf outing was presented and approved. If you'd like and electronic copy of the report, let me know and I will gladly send it to you.

We also reported on our VERY successful women's clothing drive! We were able to donate over 100 bags of gently used clothing, and six large boxes of women's hygiene supplies! Thanks to Shannon Rich for including us in this project.

We are currently holding a men's clothing drive for the men’s shelter, with delivery scheduled for November 17. So, dig into your closets!

We also are in the planning stages for our "Day of Service" at Leon's on November 18. Details to come soon.

Our "Last Park Cleanup" of the year has been moved to November 1, due to schedule conflicts. We'll start at 10am. Remember, that’s the day after the time switch, so make sure your 10am is correct!

Another fantastic Otters Euchre tournament is being scheduled. It will take place in November. Date and time are still to be determined.

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As always, thank you!
Otters: "Having fun while helping others."

The Loyal and Protective Order of the Otter is a new Dearborn based charitable organization dedicated to the idea of "Having fun while helping others." The principals of Loyalty and Benevolence are worthy and noble traits that everyone should strive for.

10/19/2026

WHAT A GOOD FEELING! Shannon Rich spearheaded a drive that the Loyal and Benevolent Order of the Otter joined in to provide clothing for Team Wellness Center Women's Shelter on Mack Ave. I was privileged to make our morning delivery today. 63 bags and boxes of gently used women's clothing, personal hygiene items, shoes and much more!!! We have another delivery coming later today with JUST AS MANY BOXES and BAGS! GREAT JOB, Shannon Rich and thank you for allowing the Loyal and Benevolent Order of the Otter to be a part of it! THANK YOU TO EVERYONOE WHO DONATED! Met some AMAZING people including Kimberly Brown and Kassim Tarraf, both leaders at the shelter. We will be doing the same thing next month for the Men's shelter! So, gentlemen, start digging through your closets!! Come on guys, you KNOW you are NEVER going to fit into those size 31 waist pants EVER again! Donate them to a very worthy cause!

10/17/2026

Otters:
We WILL HAVE a meeting this Wednesday, October 21st at 7pm at the Biergarten. We have several things on tap: Golf Outing financial report, Clothes donations report and planning for our final park clean-up of the season. Hope to see you there!

09/29/2026

Shelter Donation UPDATE from Shannon Rich:

I will be delivering the women’s clothing on October 19th @ 10am.
If anyone has women’s apparel to donate, please let’s make arrangements to get them to me by Sunday, October 18th ♥️♥️
Also, for those who would like to help with new items to purchase. They are in desperate need of new Underwear (various sizes), Backpacks, body spray & deodorants (feminine and floral).

Hello my dear LADIES! 🩷 I need a little help!
I’m collecting women’s clothing to donate to a NEW & local women’s shelter in Detroit, so before you toss that bag of clothes in the back of your car where it lives for the next six months 😂, send me a message!

If you have gently used clothes, shoes, jackets, pajamas, sweaters, jeans, tops, etc. that you’re ready to part with, I would LOVE to take them off your hands and get them to women who could really use them.

Nothing fancy and absolutely no pressure. I just thought with all of us ladies and all of our closets, we could probably pull together quite a bit. ❤️

So… raid those closets, girlfriends! 👚👖👗👟👜
Message me if you have anything to donate and I’ll figure out getting it from you. You can, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, drop off items on Darryl Bartlett's house porch. 21536 Garrison St. Dearborn. Just put them in a plastic bag. He will make sure I get them before the deadline.

A little closet clean-out could mean a whole lot to another woman. 🩷
I do need to gather these items by October 16th. I will be volunteering my time & setting up a walk-in closet for the women in need.

THANK YOU!!!

09/25/2026

Hey guys, we did WELL at our golf outing (full financial report at next meeting) so, we've been asked for Shannon's women's shelter project, if we can provide some new female hygiene products such as new underwear, feminine body sprays, deodorants, etc. We've been asked to make sure they are "girlie, feminine brands" as it goes a long way to help the women mentally! Does anyone have any ideas on where we can get the most bang for the buck that fits these criteria? I know there's always the "Dollar Store" (actually the $1.25 store now!) but maybe wholesale or something like that?
Just FYI, Shannon's projected delivery date is October 19. Thank you for your thoughts and help!

09/22/2026

Otters,
Member Shannon Rich is teaming up with Team Wellness and Wayne County Integrated Health to help create a new women’s shelter! This shelter will be in the Mack & Elliott area, a pretty rough area of Detroit. They are currently accepting donations of women’s clothing. The clothes can be of any size, style, target age, or season. They have use for everything! Would our lady Otters like to help by going through their closets and seeing what they can donate? We will arrange a time and place to drop off everything we can gather. So, take a look. You may have lots of clothes you no longer wear, that would be a true gift to a woman in need!

Stay tuned for more details as they become available!

09/20/2026

What a FANTASTIC day at the Loyal and Benevolent Order of the Otter Tom Bierman Memorial golf outing! THANK YOU to everyone who came out, braved the weather, and were rewarded with an amazing day of fun, friendship and camaraderie! JUST A BALL! Thank you to our volunteer crew! Outstanding job! It may be a little self-centered, but because of YOU, I actually got to play golf in one of these outings this year! I didn't say I played well! THANK YOU SO MUCH to EVERYONE at the Biergarten for your generous hospitality, warm hearted service and DELICIOUS FOOD! Carmen, you are one of a kind! Love you! Thank you to ALL OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS! We now have some time AND money to spread around doing good for our community! Lastly. congratulations to the Otters 2026 Tom Bierman Memorial Tournament champions, TEAM LUCAS! Them youngsters can SMASH that ball, and Kenny had fun tagging along! "Otters: Having fun while helping others."

09/19/2026

As of right now...we a GO for golf. Please be there no later than 1pm. Thanks!

09/18/2026

Good morning, Otters.
To those of you participating in tomorrow’s Tom Bierman Memorial Golf Outing, the weather forecast is not looking very promising. However, Dearborn Hills does not have a “rain day” policy until the day and time of the event. So, we still have to show up for our scheduled start before they will propose an alternative event day or issue rain checks. We all know that the forecasters can be incorrect a lot of the time. Keep our fingers crossed!

Please arrive no later than 12:30 to allow for time to find your assigned cart, to sign-up to for Skins and Mulligans and to find out the latest developments.

Dinner back at The Biergarten is scheduled for 6pm.

Thanks
dj

09/16/2026

YOU TOO can join all the "COOL KIDS" and have your business (or personal message) sponsor a hole in our Tom Bierman Memorial Golf Outing this Saturday for only $100! IM me and we'll get it done!