Dear Nobles and Ladies,

I just want to thank you guys and gals from the bottom of my heart for your support throughout my year. I hope everyone had an excellent Holiday season and that you all got to spend time with loved ones. My year is coming to an end, but I am always a phone call or email away. I am only 37, so it's not like I am going anywhere anytime soon. I may even do the whole line again in a decade or two.

Please come out for the Annual Meeting on January 17, 2026 to support Zem Zem. I wish you all the best in 2026. I truly hope that we do not make decisions in haste going forward and that the world's best philanthropy and fraternity can continue on better than ever going forward. You truly get out of being a Shriner what you put into it.

I have made my best friends thanks to this amazing organization. It isn't the freebies, the givebacks, the parties, it's the brotherhood and family ties that makes it worthwhile and we must not lose focus on that. I am proud to say that Zem Zem thanks to the Divan and Trustees over the last 5 years has greatly improved the financial situation at the Temple. It has been a tough 5 years and I miss dearly the Record and Treasurer that sadly were taken too soon, but who took me under their wing.

Andrew J. Acker, Esq. Potentate 2025