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NORTH CAROLINA
The Mason
Help create new fund
for disaster relief
M
asons take care of their own. And
others. Lots of others.
Just take, for example, the response
Masons gave to a call for donations after
Hurricane Florence devastated much of
southeastern North Carolina, with
no regard to reputation or station
in life.
It's in the Masonic DNA to help
others, especially brothers and their
families in trouble.
Inspired by that response, the
North Carolina Masonic Founda-
tion will try something new this
year in hopes of creating a fund that
will be around every time Masons
need help.
On June 24 – St. John's Day – the
NCMF invites lodges around the
state to join in on a special giving
day called "24 in 24." at means
NCMF wants to raise $24,000 in 24 hours on
June 24 to create the body of a disaster relief
fund.
If NCMF hits that day's goal, it can form
what development folks call the "corpus" of a
fund that can be invested and grown so that it
will be around for years to come. e fund will
be designated to help Masons and lodges hit
by hurricanes, tornadoes, devastating snow-
falls, etc. You get the idea – if you are hurt by
Mother Nature, this fund will be on hand to
help you.
I think it's appropriate to do this on a day set
aside to recognize St. John the Baptist, since
he dedicated his entire life to doing
for others – one very special "other"
in particular. He paved the way
for things to come and never took
credit for himself.
at's all in a day's work for this
Craft.
e rules are easy. Just raise some
money to toss into the fund. You
or your lodge can do it on June 24
or earlier. e goal is to have your
donation or pledge in hand on June
24.
We also want to recognize your
work in helping your brothers. Take
photos and videos of whatever you do and
we'll run those out on Facebook on June 24.
If you need help with photos or videos,
let me know by emailing me at my NCMF
address – bgrace@mfnc.org – and I'll help you
out. Any questions? Email me!
Read more about how you can get involved
(story page 6).
By Beth Grace
Editor
Did you miss it?
For the second year,the North Carolina
Mason has created a video of photos that
tell the story of our year in North Carolina
Freemasonry.
Set to an updated version of Bonnie
Doon, the video contains photos sent in
by brothers and images shot by the many
talented volunteers who help chronicle
our history every year at events major,
minor and in between.
It's easy to find – just go to this link:
https://youtu.be/ECckLtZ2IAQ
Or simply search for North Carolina
Mason 2018. It should pop right up.
Take a minute to look and remember back. It was a great year and the
new one is now ours to craft … and Craft. Happy New Year to all!
Video tells the tale of NC Freemasons in 2018
