Shropshire’s Freemasons donate £44,000 to food banks
Shropshire’s Freemasons have donated more than £44,000 to help local food banks and have created and distributed more than 1,700 visors to care homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Freemasons donate blankets to help vulnerable people
he Sturt-Buninyong lodge of Freemasons Victoria donated 90 woolen blankets, valued at more than $4400, to Uniting Ballarat on Friday.
Lodge secretary Ron Fleming said the donation, which resulted from funds raised through the lodge’s annual fruit sale, came at a critical time.
Essex Freemasons help fund research for coronavirus antibody project
The money will be used to purchase a new advanced testing machine from America, which will accept blood samples from NHS hospitals to verify whether people have already had the virus.
The machine, a ‘Dynex high volume pipette diluter’, will boost testing from 600 to over 2,000 a day and will help the community once it has checked NHS and care workers.
Freemasons donate to Rochdale foodbank
After an initiative introduced last year by district charity steward John Taylor, members were encouraged to donate either food or financial support for the local foodbank: each item was measured with an overall target of reaching one mile – Miles More Food from The Freemasons.
Freemasons donate 2,000 safety gloves to Community
Ballymena and Antrim Freemasons donate 2,000 safety gloves to Simon Community
Boost for Hospiscare in Honiton thanks to Freemasons donation
This year as part of their annual support of hospices throughout the country the Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire W. Bro. Craig Cox presented a certificate denoting the £1000 given on behalf of the Freemasons of Devonshire and the Masonic Charitable Foundation to Carey MacKenzie and Rachel Willmott at Hospiscare’s Kings House Day Hospice in Honiton.
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During its early history in Australia, Freemasonry was not an egalitarian movement. Indeed, it can be argued that it was never designed to be egalitarian. Aside from its teachings, the greatest strength of Masonry has always been its mystique.
Boost for Devon’s hospice charities thanks to Freemasons’ donation
Boost for Devon’s hospice charities thanks to Freemasons’ donation
Freemasons give cash boost to award-winning hospital cafe in Maldon
Masons give cash boost to award-winning hospital cafe in Maldon
Freemasons present cheque to Horton League of Friends
The League says patients and staff at the Horton General Hospital, Banbury will benefit from the cash donation by Castle Lodge, based in Banbury.
The money will be used for equipment to help staff and patient care at the Banbury hospital.