Promoting the Fraternity across the World
It is 60 years since PWS was discovered, and the Masonic Charitable Foundation is marking the event with a grant of £10,000 to the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK. The donation will help to fund a support worker for families with a PWS child in the south of England.
A Collection of Masonic Bookplates or Ex-Libris by Brother Jens Rusch
When Pioneer Lodge learned that Derbyshire Scouts needed a new activity and accommodation centre at the county camp site, Drum Hill, members wanted to support the venture. Not only had some of them been volunteers at the site over the years, and some had actually helped build the previous centre, Birch Hall, but Pioneer Lodge itself has had a long attachment to Drum Hill.
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).
At a recent appointment held in the Podiatry Department in Torbay hospital Clive Eden, who is a Freemason and has for 45 years been a type 1 diabetic, was advised by Ruth Gornall, Lead Diabetetes Podiatrist of a project being undertaken by their department to purchase a portable X-Ray machine but due to all the current restrictions it was not available through the usual channels. A reconditioned X-Ray machine would cost £15,000 but will have to be funded through private donations.
Oliver was elected onto the hall committee a couple of years after it had moved from Abbey Road to its present home in Fairfield Lane. He has served on the committee throughout the intervening 55 years. Following several years as chairman he has served as president for the past 28 years until he stood down from that role at the annual general meeting in 2017.
Treble celebrations at historic theatre
Freemasons from West Wales will be hosting their own teddy bears’ picnic as part of celebrations to mark 300 years of Freemasonry while raising awareness of the excellent work of one of its most important Masonic charitable initiatives, the Teddies for Loving Care (TLC) Appeal.
On Saturday 5th August, Carl Fryer (Seacombe Lodge), and Wayne Dwyer (Thermopylae Lodge) were pleased to present three Heavy Duty ‘Pop Up’ Gazebos to the Staff at Tam O’Shanters farm in Birkenhead, bought from some of the proceeds of the recently held joint Race Night.
RWM Ed woods, IPM Ian Haldane ,Bro Derek Bambridge his wife Debbie and of course their son Leo had the privilege to visit the neonatal unit at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital Glasgow where they presented a cheque for the magnificent sum of £13,530 which was raised by this years sponsored walk.