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Suffolk Masonic Clay Shooting Society has been very pleased to donate £3500 to Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS) which will go towards funding a much needed Zoll X-Series Monitor/Defibrillator. SARS are a local charity that receives no central government funding and relies heavily on donations from the general public.
Generous freemasons have handed over the keys to a brand new van that will be used to deliver food to residents in need.
Freemasons have donated 50 litres of hand sanitiser to Essex Search and Rescue, a team of 63 volunteers who help to find missing and vulnerable people.
The money has come courtesy of the Freemasons Province of Yorkshire West Riding’s Provincial Grand Master’s Fund, after being put forward for a grant by the members of Harlow Lodge, which meets at Harrogate Masonic Hall.
The Devon Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service, also known as the Devon Blood Bikes, are volunteers who help the NHS by delivering blood and other medical samples such as Covid-19 test samples and medication to hospitals, air ambulances and other NHS establishments throughout Devon.
ESSEX Freemasons have donated 50 litres of hand sanitizer to every hospice across the county, Little Havens in Thundersley and Fair Havens, Southend, as part of an ongoing campaign to support the NHS, care homes and other key workers in their fight against the Covid-19 virus.
Individual lodge members from throughout the Province of East Lothian, which encompasses St John Kilwinning No 57, Haddington; The Lodge of Dunbar Castle No 75, Dunbar; St Baldred, No 313, North Berwick; Nisbet No 1112 and Kajaki No 1848, both of Tranent, collected £400.
Jim Ellis, provincial grand master, explained: “It is most heartening and encouraging to read about the wonderful support which is being given by Freemasons and lodges within this province, and, indeed other provinces, during this difficult period of national crisis.
Residents at a Scarborough care group can stay in touch with their loved ones during the coronavirus crisis thanks to generous local Freemasons.
Members of Harlow Lodge, which meets at Harrogate’s Masonic Hall, successfully applied to the Province of Yorkshire West Riding’s Provincial Grand Master’s Fund for a grant for Bilton-based Artizan International, formerly known as Craft Aid International.