Freemasons donate 2,000 toothbrushes for youngsters at St George’s Hospital in Tooting
Freemasons donate 2,000 toothbrushes for youngsters at St George’s Hospital in Tooting
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Freemasons donate 2,000 toothbrushes for youngsters at St George’s Hospital in Tooting
A grant of £4,000 to the Thames Valley Air Ambulance from Buckinghamshire Freemasons has brought the total Masonic support given to air ambulances across the country to £2.3 million since 2007.
West Yorkshire Freemasons Donate More Than £36,000 To 20 Regional organisations
The Craft Provinces of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire with the Mark Province of Staffordshire and Shropshire have, over that period, between them donated £1.1 million. This includes donations from individual Lodges, Provinces, other orders in the counties and from the Masonic Charitable Foundation (formerly the Freemasons Grand Charity).
On Saturday 22nd July in the stunning grounds of the Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth, both Middlesex and Hertfordshire Provinces will be joining together in this Tercentenary year to run a joint Grand Family Fete from 12 noon until 4.30pm.
Alnefoot Lodge 9232, of Maryport, and John Dalton Lodge 7577 and Skiddaw Lodge 1002, both of Cockermouth, raised money with collections from members and visitors on special occasions.
The donation came about when Gordon Offer-Hoar became charity steward in 2006, with a personal interest in helicopters, and after researching the charity records, he found that the lodge had not previously donated to this charity. And so, the first donation was made in 2006.
The Grand Charity has awarded a £100,000 grant to the Cancer Genetics team at the University of East Anglia to help fund research that will focus on distinguishing between aggressive and non-aggressive forms of the disease. Lead researcher Professor Colin Cooper explained that a critical problem in clinical management is an inability to distinguish this at the time of diagnosis.
The Freemasons of Essex and Hertfordshire have been long term supporters of Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust ever since the service began in 1998 and to date have raised an incredible £429,000 for the county’s life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. In recognition of over 16 years’ support the Charity hosted a thank you evening for the Freemasons on Wednesday 9th July at Bury Lodge Banqueting, Stansted. The evening was an opportunity for the Charity to thank the Freemasons for their generosity and support over the years and to share with them the vision for the future.