•    Look for our tentative 2012 parade schedule in or around March. There is still time to get West Suburban Shrine Club’s Roaring ‘57s in your parade; click here to contact our incoming pit crew chief, Dave Wray, or ring him at 847-232-1264.

Wednesday Evening, 1 February, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Saturday, 18 February, at 8:30 a.m.:

Specail Medinah Shrine Ceremonial at the Jefferson Park Masonic Temple, located at 5418 West Gale Street, Chicago. Hosted by the Old Chicago York Rite bodies, the ceremonial is open to Master Masons with sponsored petitions. Past Potentate of Medinah and Past Imperial Potentate, Frank C. Roundy, was an Eminent Past Commander of St. Bernard Commandery No. 35, and the long-time leader of that commandery's championship drill corps. The temple is easily accessible from the Kennedy Expressway (I-90), Milwaukee Avenue, the CTA’s Blue Line, and Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line.

Wednesday Evening, 7 March, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

[Friday, 16 March?], at 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon:

Medinah Shriners’ all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast & huge bake sale. Open to the public. In the main ballroom of our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, sausages, coffee, milk, and orange juice. Details will be posted when published. Proceeds inure to the benefit of the Medinah Shriners and are not deductible.

Sunday, 25 March, exact time(s) TBA:

Shriners Hospitals for Children volunteer crew at the Shamrock Shuffle, morning (start times vary by crew, see volunteer registration page when posted), in Grant Park, on Chicago's lakefront. Our Shriners Hospitals for Children Chicago Unit have asked for our help toward providing the eighty volunteers they need in order for the Hospital to receive charity monies from the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle Run. Each volunteer shift lasts three or four hours and is open to nobles, ladies, family & friends. Let's all get out there on time and provide hands in order to help our kids.  Volunteers will work the gear check under a huge tent. Gear check is like a coat check, but for bags of coats & food etc. that the runners won't wear or carry whilst running.  Do not wear your fez. Volunteers will also be fed a nice box lunch and given a swell t-shirt, and the portable latrines are conveniently close our tent. Details will be posted when published. Email Cathleen Himes for more information.

Saturday Evening, 31 March,time TBA:

Medinah Potentate’s Ball. Details will be posted when published.

Wednesday Evening, 4 April, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Friday evening, 27 April, time TBA:

Medinah Shriners’ stated meeting and full-form ceremonial (stag). At our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Bring your dues card. Let’s make them and Medinah’s new nobles feel welcome; let them know they are in the company of brothers on this side of the hot sands! Demonstrate to them the glory and fellowship that are the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Medinah Shriners, and the West Suburban Shrine Club! Because of the potentate’s pageant, please wear your red WSSC shirt and slacks (not denim) (bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty). No jeans nor t-shirts (as outerwear); each is forbidden. Are you a Master Mason who would like to join us? Click here to contact Medinah's 2nd Ceremonial Master (& West Suburban Shrine Club’s webmaster), Noble Dave Miley. Find out more about the Shrine here!

Wednesday Evening, 2 May, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Friday-Sunday, 11-13 May [tentative dates]:

Medinah Shriners’ annual onion sale. West Suburban Shrine Club will sell sweet Vidalia^® onions at the following locations:

Emerald Bay Jewelry and Design, located at 3749 Grand Boulevard, in Brookfield;

The former Walgreens parking lot on 1st Avenue, between Ogden Avenue and Plainfield Road, in Lyons;

Willowbrook Lanes, located at 735 Plainfield Road, in Willowbrook; and

Sat & Sun only: The traffic circle at Washington, Grand, Maple and Broadway, in Brookfield

Our tentative schedule will be from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., on Friday, and from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, or until we sell out, whichever comes first. Click here for delicious gourmet recipes and Vidalia® Onion Committee recipes for your Vidalia® onions. Proceeds inure to the benefit of the Medinah Shriners and West Suburban Shrine Club, and are not deductible.

Saturday, 12 May, at 11:00 a.m. (reception & cash bar); 12:00 noon (luncheon); 1:30 (fashion show):

Medinah Shriners annual ladies luncheon & fashion show, in the grand ballroom of Drury Lane Oak Brook, located at 100 Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace. Ticket prices to be announced, with tables of ten available.

Monday, 30 May, at 9:00 a.m.

Wauconda’s Memorial Day parade. (9:00 a.m. muster) Medinah-wide participation. Muster at 9:00 a.m. at the Wauconda Public Works Garage. Uniform is your choice of red or blue WSSC parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. An afterglow will be held at the American Legion Hall, located at 551 S Main Street, in Wauconda. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Dave Wray to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Sunday, 3 June, time TBA:

Medinah Shriners' annual Hospital Day celebration 1:00–3:00pm (public tours of the Hospital); 4:00pm (parade). At the Chicago Shriners Hospital for Children, located at 2211 North Oak Park Avenue in Chicago. Medinah-wide participation. Uniform is blue WSSC parade shirt, and wear your fez! Turn out to show your support for the World’s Greatest Philanthropy. Tour our hospital – celebrating our 105th year of repairing Chicagoland’s crippled children and giving them new lives – and participate in the “shortest parade in Shrinedom!” Open to the public. Events include entertainment by our more talented patients, lunch, and more. Park your real car in the parking lots of either Masterfoods/Mars, located at 2019 North Oak Park Avenue, or the Metra’s Mars railroad station, located at 6801 West Shakespeare Avenue (each is just south of the Hospital on Oak Park Avenue), and either shuttle one of the Roaring ‘57s over to the Hospital with us, or ride the shuttle bus. Bring your lady and your friends; everyone is invited. Show them what makes us so very proud to be Shriners – giving new lives to children. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Dave Wray to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible. Click here for the agenda. If you know a child whom Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, please call our toll-free patient referral line, 800-237-5055. Click here to see how you can help the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Wednesday Evening, 6 June, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Friday, 15 June, time TBA:

Medinah Potentate's Golf Outing. Details will be posted when published.

Saturday, 23 June, time TBA:

Medinah Shriners' scavenger hunt, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Details will be posted when published.

Sunday, 24 June, at 12:00 noon:

Geneva’s Swedish Days grand parade. (12:00 noon muster) Medinah-wide participation. Muster at 12:00 noon at, par usuál, the Kane County government centre, located at 719 South Batavia Avenue, in Geneva. Uniform is blue WSSC parade shirt, and wear your fez! Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Step-off is at 1:00 from the forward staging area. This is a great parade; the spectators are out in force even on the hottest of days, and they love to see us. The streets are wide, with plenty of room for our best show formations. Where else can you see a combination lemonade stand / rubber chicken stand? As always, there will be an afterglow back at the Government Centre. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Dave Wray to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring ‘57, march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible. Click here for more information.

Sunday-Thursday, 1-5 July:

138th annual Shrine Imperial Council session, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hosted by Oasis Shriners. Come and cheer on many of Medinah Shriners’ marching units as they compete to be the best in all the Shrine. Click here for more information.

Wednesday Evening, 11 July, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Saturday, 14 July, time TBA:

Illinois Shrine Bowl. Details of this state-wide high school all-star game, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children will be posted when published.

Sunday, 18 July:

Medinah Shriners’ 5th Annual Car Show, at 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (open), 3:00 p.m. (trophies awarded). At our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. All are welcome to enter (nobles, family, friends, neighbours, and the public). Details will be posted when published. Food and beverages will be available; please leave your coolers at home. Proceeds benefit the Medinah Shriners and are not deductible. For more information, ring 630-899-1400. WSSC uniform is blue WSSC parade shirt, white trousers, and wear your fez! Email Dave Wray to let him know you’ll be there.

Wednesday Evening, 1 August, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Monday, 6 August, time TBA:

Medinah Shriners’ Annual Al Daily Memorial Charity Golf Outing, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children. Details will be posted when published.

Saturday, 11 August, time TBA:

Medinah Shriners’ family picnic. Details will be posted when published.

Monday, 3 September, at 11:45 a.m.:

Zion’s Jubilee Days / Labour Day parade. Medinah-wide participation. Assemble at 11:45 a.m. (the streets close 30 minutes later) in Shiloh Park on Bethel Boulevard, in Zion. The trailer will probably be in at Central Junior High School like the last few years, located at the corner of Bethel Boulevard and 27th Street. Parking should be available nearby at Shiloh Park School, located a couple of blocks away, at the corner of Gabriel Avenue and 27th Street. This is a one of our longer parades, starting in the park and weaving through several streets in town, it goes a couple of miles; the spectators are out in force, and they cheer loudly. The later streets are wide, with plenty of room for our best show formations, while the earlier streets are more intimate yet still wide enough for our loops and figure-eights. Afterwards, enjoy a refreshing afterglow. Bring both red and blue shirts, and we’ll either vote or mix-and-match; but, as always, wear your fez!  Bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty. Please click here to review the protocol guide, with useful reminders about fez wear and parade cars. Email Dave Wray to let him know you’ll be there to drive a Roaring '57 march, carry the banner, provide a convertible, or ride in a convertible.

Wednesday Evening, 5 September, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Wednesday-Saturday, 12-15 September, times TBA:

Great Lakes Shrine Association ceremonial session. Details will be posted when published.

Thursday Evening, 20 September, time TBA:

Medinah Shriners’ Oktoberfest, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Details will be posted when published.

Wednesday Evening, 3 October, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Sunday, 7 October, exact time(s) TBA:

Shriners Hospitals for Children volunteer crew at the Chicago Marathon, morning (start times vary by crew, see volunteer registration page when posted), in Grant Park, on Chicago's lakefront.  Our Shriners Hospitals for Children Chicago Unit have asked for our help toward providing the eighty volunteers they need in order for the Hospital to receive charity monies from the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Each volunteer shift lasts three or four hours and is open to nobles, ladies, family & friends. Let's all get out there on time and provide hands in order to help our kids.  Volunteers will work the gear check under a huge tent. Gear check is like a coat check, but for bags of coats & food etc. that the runners won't wear or carry whilst running.  Do not wear your fez. Volunteers will also be fed a nice box lunch and given a swell cap & windbreaker, and the portable latrines are conveniently close our tent. Details will be posted when published. Email Cathleen Himes for more information.

Saturday-Sunday, 13-21 October:

Medinah Potentate's Pilgrimage. Details will be posted when published.

Wednesday Evening, 7 November, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Saturday, 17 November, at 8:00 a.m. (registration & tours); 9:00 (stated meeting); 10:00 (ceremonial); 11:00 (potentate’s pageant); 12:30 (lunch):

Medinah Shriners’ stated meeting and full-form ceremonial. At our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Bring your dues card. Let’s make them and Medinah’s new nobles feel welcome; let them know they are in the company of brothers on this side of the hot sands! Demonstrate to them the glory and fellowship that are the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Medinah Shriners, and the West Suburban Shrine Club! Because of the potentate’s pageant, please wear your red WSSC shirt and slacks (not denim) (bring white trousers in case you draw marching duty). No jeans nor t-shirts (as outerwear); each is forbidden. Are you a Master Mason who would like to join us? Click here to contact Medinah's 2nd Ceremonial Master (& West Suburban Shrine Club’s webmaster), Noble Dave Miley. Find out more about the Shrine here!

Saturday, 18 November, at 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon:

Medinah Shriners’ all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast & huge bake sale. Open to the public. In the main ballroom of our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, sausages, coffee, milk, and orange juice. Details will be posted when published. Proceeds inure to the benefit of the Medinah Shriners and are not deductible.

Wednesday Evening, 5 December, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.

Saturday, 8 December, 10:00 a.m. (doors open) 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Santa & Mrs. Claus present):

Medinah Shriners’ children's holiday party. At our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Bring your good little girls and boys to meet Santa Claus at the annual holiday party. Surprises and entertainment for all. Games will be held in the unit rooms. Hotdogs, chips, soda-pop & ice cream for refreshment. Uniform is black or red WSSC shirt, and wear your fez. Bring your kids or grandkids, and your lady. Reservations are required by 30 November to ensure presents for all of the children attending. Contact the Medinah Shrine Centre office at 630-889-1400 for more information.

Monday Evening, 31 December 2012 – Tuesday Morning, 1 January 2013, 8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.:

Medinah Shriners' annual New Year’s Eve party, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison.

Details will be posted when published. Proceeds inure to the benefit of the Medinah Shriners and are not deductible. Reservations are required. Click here for reservations and more information.

Contact the hotels directly for hotel reservations; some suggestions from the Medinah office are: Hilton Garden Inn next door at 630-691-0500; Wyndham Northwest (in Itasca) at 630-773-4000; Wyndham Garden Wood Dale at 630-860-2900.

Wednesday Evening, 2 January 2013, at 6:30 p.m.:

monthly WSSC stag dinner & annual officer election, at our Medinah Shrine Centre, located at 550 North Shriners Drive, in Addison. Wear your fez or pay the fine. And remember that jeans, shorts and t-shirts (as outerwear) are prohibited in the Oasis and in the banquet halls. To ensure we have the proper amount of space and food, please email Noble Rolla Sullens. Board members are required to attend, and will be charged for the meal unless you let Rolla know that you will not be there.