Word Puzzle Spring Fling
March 27, 2024
FRATERNAL PUZZLE FOR MEMBERS AGES 10–14. Email contest@gbu.org or mail (GBU Fraternal Department, 4254 Saw Mill Run Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15227–3394) the participant's name, email address and answers to this fraternal puzzle for a chance to win a $25 Tango gift card*. Members must provide a valid email address, as the gift cards are sent via email.
*Tango partners with hundreds of participating retailers and brands like Nike, Target, Amazon and more.
Jody Shapiro is a Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, native and owner of Aspire Enterprises and Yinzer Family Gifts N’at—where she turns her colorful computer creations, including images of her dogs and original black and gold Yinzer sayings, into shirts, mugs and other useful items that she sells in her Redbubble store redbubble.com/people/AspireToFind/shop?asc=u. Jody and her husband, Joel Bloom, live in Pittsburgh with their long-haired mini dachshund and social media influencer (@CodyBearTheDachshund) AKA Cody. Follow him for daily doses of dog humor and dog-themed poetry. Jody has been creating word puzzles for children since the mid-1980s. She has been a GBU member since the late 2000s. aspiretofindasolution.com
September marks National Life Insurance Awareness month and GBU Life is partnering with Optimity to bring our members a financial wellness check-in.
District 684 Brentwood, Pennsylvania and District 699 Frankenmuth, Michigan
A Life Dedicated to Heritage, Fellowship, and Service
The GBU Life Scholarship Awards support students in college, trade programs, non-college programs, and graduate school, helping them achieve their dreams, setting them on a career path and realizing life goals. Since its founding, the GBU Foundation has awarded 4,500 scholarships and educational grants totaling more than $3.2 million. In 2025, 215 members received $226,000 to support their two‑year, four‑year and graduate studies. Here’s a look at where the rubber meets the road — as we check in on past grantees to see how their scholarship awards have helped them stay on course, where they are now, and where they hope to be in the future.
There are people who give, people who serve, and people whose lives are changed because of both. All were represented at the GBU Foundation Community Grant Awards event on April 9, 2026.
The GBU Foundation, established by GBU Life in 1963 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, empowers donors to turn generosity into meaningful community impact.
To celebrate our 134th anniversary, GBU Life launched the Birthday Bash initiative, calling upon the GBU Life community to honor our fraternal legacy through service. GBU Life invited members, producers, and community leaders to assemble and deliver shelf-stable cake kits for individuals and families who may otherwise go without a birthday celebration. What can seem like a simple act of service could be the spark of hope someone needed.
GBU Life is expanding the power of your member benefits with an enhancement to LawAssure, the easy‑to‑use online service that helps you prepare essential legal documents from home.
A guide for navigating miscarriage, stillbirth, and the grief that follows.
There’s something about summer that makes even the simplest meal feel like a celebration.