Promoting the Fraternity across the World
Five inshore lifeboats were given money at an annual Charity Presentation Day by Freemasons of the Province of Cornwall, which saw more than £42,000 presented to local Cornish Charities. This brought the total to £118,000 over a six-week period. As no-one from the islands could attend the Presentation Day on the mainland, the cheque to St Mary’s Lifeboat was presented locally by Godolphin Charity Steward W Bro Ian Wrigley.
Master of Aylesbury Lodge of Freemasons, Malcolm Summers, has presented a cheque for £1,060 to senior consultant Dr Richard Haynes and consultant Dr Naim Ahmadouk in support of the life-saving work of the Stoke Mandeville renal unit.
One of the first major grants awarded since the establishment of the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), has been received by a charity with a base in the Province of Warwickshire.
KaliAnn Weidemann and Elisha Kok, both fifth graders at Isom Elementary School, stand with school librarian Lori Hortegas after receiving their new bikes in a presentation by the Lynden Masonic Lodge in the Bikes 4 Books program.
Children and young people staying in the RD&E’s Bramble Unit now have a completely revamped outside play area thanks to a massive fundraising drive by local people.
Children and young people
staying in the RD&E’s Bramble
Unit now have a completely
revamped outside play area
thanks to a massive fundraising
drive by local people.
In just two years, more than
£32,000 has been raised to fund
the project. Exeter Lions funded
the original play area built in
the mid-1980s, and then launched
a fundraising campaign joined by
the Exeter Foundation, bike
riders from Otter Wheels, and
£1,000 donation from Excester
Lodge No. 6228.
The play area has been given a
full range of new brightly
coloured equipment including
large wooden climbing frame,
walkways, buggies and play
house. It has also been
resurfaced with a child-friendly
soft bounce material that will
last for many years to come.
The playground is regarded as an
essential area to help recovery
and boost the well-being of the
many brave children and young
people who need to stay on the
ward.
Sarah Haywood, senior nurse for
paediatrics at the RD&E, said:
“This campaign has been an
incredible journey for all of us
and we are so proud and
delighted that it has been
possible to raise so much money
to make such an improvement to
the outside play area.
“We could not have done this
without the support, dedication
and generosity of all the
fundraisers involved, and I
would like to publically thank
them for everything they’ve done
and continue to do for the RD&E
and our children, young people
and families.
“The new play area is a
wonderful outside space which
will serve our children and
their families well for many
years to come.”
May 2016 PGM hands over new vehicle after receiving magnificent support for his appeal from the brethren of the Province.
In total, during the evening, the Freemasons of Audenshaw and Ashton & Mossley, through their Lodges and Chapters, gave away more than £34,000.00 to a series of good causes. During the course of the evening we were privileged to see forty local charities and good causes receive donations of between £100.00 and £3,150.00
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In 1975, the Scottish Free Masons in Trinidad and Tobago (TT), under the direction of their District Grand Lodge, organised a Masonic Fair at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, which raised a reasonable amount of money, part of which went to assist certain members in need of urgent help.
The Senior Social Group was formed by Maxine Walsh to support people with early onset dementia, who have found activities in other groups inappropriate or unappealing, and has helped both families and carers by enabling them to meet people in similar situations.