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New York International Order
of the Rainbow for Girls
W. Mark Sexson Assembly #15
ABOUT
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About Us
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Our History
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Other
Jurisdictions
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Community
Service
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Grand Assembly
FAQ's
ABOUT
What is The International Order of the Rainbow For Girls
We are a non-profit, service-based organization for girls between the ages of 11 and 21. The girls participate in a variety of service-based activities, providing community service, and supporting charitable causes while at the same time making new friends and engaging in activities to provide a strong foundation for good citizenship.
While learning the lessons of Rainbow, members are shaped to be confident, respect traditions, and obtain valuable skills to be an effective leader.
What are these Rainbow Lessons?
In every Rainbow Assembly, each member has the opportunity to hold an office. There are 20 offices in the assembly total who are elected by the girls themselves who are members. Each term of office is six months in length, and provides a life lesson to help the girls understand their roles as daughters, sisters, friends, and citizens.
Lessons that each new member goes through first is the 7 offices shown on the right. These are the lessons being taught first.
Through these offices, as girls have mastered learning each lesson, they can move up in offices through a succession line to the highest held office.
The Lessons
Love
Religion
Nature
Immortality
Fidelity
Patriotism
Service
What is Worthy Advisor?
The highest held office in an Assembly is called the Worthy Advisor. They act as leader of the assembly. This is the office all Rainbow girls work toward as they master their offices to move up a line of succession. All girls within the assembly participate in a formal election in choosing their new Worthy Advisor every term.
The Worthy Advisor is the office where girls can fully hone in on leadership skills such as: public speaking, communicating between other leaders of different organizations, organizing fundraisers for their chosen charity, and have the girls be engaged in community services of their choosing along with other essential life skills.
What does Rainbow Fundamentally Teach?
1. Acceptance of all people, regardless of age, race, religion, or disability; treat all with respect & equality
2. Learning to work as part of a team; cooperation with others
3. The ability to memorize speaking parts, and to speak in front of groups
4. Learning how to plan projects from start to finish
5. How to balance school and extra-curricular activities
6. Effective leadership techniques
7. Respect for yourself, faith in your own abilities, and self-confidence.
8. Patriotism
9. Service to Humanity
❀❀What are the Qualifications to Join?❀❀
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Be between the ages of 11 - 20
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Permission from your guardian(s)
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Must believe in a Higher Being
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Attend at least 1 Prospect Party/Informational Meeting to meet our members
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Have a character of good moral, heart, and mind. ❀
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HISTORY
Rev. W. Mark Sexson
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls was established in McAlester, Oklahoma in 1922 by the Reverend William Mark Sexson.
W. Mark Sexson was a Past Grand Master of Masonry, and Past Grand Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star. As he got familiar with a newly formed society at the time for boys called, "Order of DeMolay," he envisioned a similar organization for young ladies.
W. Mark has also written our ritual that models similarly to the Masonic Ritual. So on April 6th, 1922, 171 girls were initiated into the newly found organization.
Rev. W. Mark Sexson
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OTHER JURISDICTIONS
In New York
Our Assembly is specifically located in New York City in Manhattan in the Flatiron District.
But if you're not from here we have over 20 assemblies from Batavia to the Hudson Valley and down to Long Island with about 300 members across New York State!
Go to www.nyiorg.org/new-york-assemblies if you want to connect to an assembly near you!
In The United States
Rainbow has assemblies in 46 states!
Go to www.gorainbow.org/jurisdictional-sites
to see other States' website.
Canada
Brazil
Philippines
Australia
Italy
Bolivia
Aruba
Puerto Rico
Romania
Paraguay
Around The World
There are over 850 assemblies globally!
We're currently in 10 other countries: Canada, Brazil, Philippines, Australia, Italy, Bolivia, Aruba, Puerto Rico, Romania, Paraguay.
Check out www.gorainbow.org/maps to see what assemblies are active in each of these countries!
References from main Rainbow website: gorainbow.org & nyiorg.org Information varies as our Rainbow family continues to expand and grow.**
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Community Service
Community service is the basis of our organization's mission.
And one thing that will always stick with our members is that community service changes lives.
Choosing to volunteer our time while being rewarded with the satisfaction of helping the community allows
our members to learn selfless acts towards compassion for others. We instill in our girls that
through interacting with new people and donating your time to help others, you develop
a sense of appreciation towards yourself. Our members dedicate their time to fundraise or volunteer at charity events. While going through the process of planning out these events, they learn leadership skills and independent decision-making along the way while working with other members.
Engaging in these services give the girls an opportunity to become active members of their community and have a lasting, positive impact on society at large.
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
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