North Carolina Mason
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Page 10 The North Carolina Mason September/October 2017 If your lodge has a newsletter for its members, make sure The North Carolina Mason is on your mailing list. Lodge newsletters are a major source of news from Masons around the state. If you don't have one, think about starting one. Newsletters are a good way to keep your members active, happy, and informed. traveLinG the tar heeL state neWs From our LodGes KANNAPOLIS Brothers from Cannon Memorial #626 visited Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8989 to show thanks and appreciation, present coffee and muffins, and present an award of recognition to the local VFW. Post Commander Tony Gulledge accepted the award. KERNERSVILLE More than 30 veterans attended a spe- cial ceremony hosted in July by Kern- ersville #669 honoring their service. Veterans gathered at the local Veterans of Foreign Wars building for hamburg- ers and hot dogs. ELIZABETH CITY – Eureka #317 brothers Gerald Rollinson (left) and Thomas Hobbs were among the 1st Masonic District brothers who came together to hold a two-location spaghetti fundraising dinner. Sales at Eureka lodge and at Gatesville #126 totaled 682 plates for a net profit of $5,235. The proceeds will be used to continue the corn barn restoration at the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford. The restoration began many years ago when members of the 1 st District added lights to the building. The money raised this summer will pay for repairs to the side wall. DURHAM – A lot of fellowship and a day on the links helped the brethren of Fellowship #687 raise thousands of dollars for the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford. Tournament Chairman Worshipful Brother Joseph P. Hackett, left, presents a check from the lodge's 28 th annual golf tournament for MHCO to Brother Chris Richardson, eastern region development director of the North Carolina Masonic Foundation. RALEIGH – Twelve workers representing James B. Green #735 staffed a morn- ing shift at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. This is the second year the lodge has volunteered to help the food bank, which provides 70 million pounds of food each year to 34 counties. The shift workers bagged 27,000 pounds of produce – enough to provide 22,737 individual meals.