Bethlehem Grange Hall

My son is attending a Computer Explorers camp (he calls it Lego Camp) at the Bethlehem Grange Community Center located at Route 396 in Selkirk. I just dropped him off there. Which gives me an opportunity to talk about the Bethlehem Grange.

The Bethlehem Grange is a wonderful, old style building with a gathering hall/dining room, greeting room and kitchen area. If you have never visited it is a great place to catch a meal as well and they have open dinners several times a year. The next one is on October 4th.

The Bethlehem Grange is an offshoot of the he National Grange. It serves the southeastern corner of Albany County, New York which encompasses the communities of Selkirk, South Bethlehem, Glenmont, Beckers Corners. The Bethlehem Grange is a great organization and one that I highly recommend. Membership forms are available at the Grange Community Center.

The National Grange is the nation's oldest national agricultural organization, with grassroots units across 37 states. It has over 300,000 members who provide service to agriculture and rural areas on a all sorts of issues, including: economic development, education, family endeavors, and legislation designed to assure a strong and viable Rural America.

It was formed in the years following the American Civil War as a populist movement to improve the economic and social position of the nation's farm population.