Freemasons provide NHS shift survival packs

It all started when members of Crosby Lodge No 3714, Ron Elliot and Jake Huggett produced and delivered some simple wash packs, containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, shower gel and deodorant which weren’t available on the wards to staff and recovering patients at Aintree Hospital to enable them to freshen up. Many staff are unable to travel home and, in any event, the hours are long, and the work intense and demanding, so the packs were a welcome blessing.

California Freemasons Raising A Reader in Action

Schools in Tehama County, California, are among those whose students are greatly benefitting from the California Masonic Foundation’s partnership with national literacy and family engagement leader Raising A Reader (RAR). One of these schools is Metteer Elementary School in Red Bluff, one of four Title I schools in the district. More than 79 percent of … Read more