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The first two official acts of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island in 1791 were: 1) take up a collection, and 2) to be distributed to the poor the ensuing Winter Now: |
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Leading Masonic Charities: Shriners Hospitals & Burn Institutes Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Atlanta Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center Grand Lodge of New York Grand Lodge of California Grand Lodge of New Jersey |
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Leading Masonic Charities & Philanthropies in Pennsylvania Total membership in PA: 148,000 Masonic Homes 4 facilities Independent living, Assisted Living, Nursing Care Over 1400 acre facility in Elizabethtown Locally: Sewickley; Eastern Star Rebuilt the Valley Forge Memorial Arch - over $ 1,200,000.00 Matching Charity grant Program - over $ 1,000,000.00 to date In cooperation with the Greentree Rotary Aspinwall Memorial pavilion, over $ 800,000.00 Restoration of the Arch at Valley Forge National Park Plans for the Flag Pavilion between the new stadiums in Pittsburgh Blood Drive Youth Scholarships Examples of Charitable activities in the USA Scottish Rite Childhood Learning Centers Research into Schizophrenia Dentistry for the Handicapped Children Tall Cedars of Lebanon - Muscular Dystrophy Research Tennessee & Alabama Shoe Program Knights Templar Eye Foundation - over 42,000 underwritten cases to date |
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