last-minute changes. The children you help us care
for are often fraught with similar circumstances
as their lives are shifted and jostled by poverty,
domestic disquiet, and a multitude of situations
and challenges most of us cannot fathom. In each
situation these children – the children you support
– are hopeful only to find simple change, and minute
improvement in their station – if they themselves
understand what improvement can be. Yet, as those
of us fortunate to know realize, the clouds will part,
and a new "home" awaits them with open arms.
This is why you as Freemasons are so important
to the future, the "rising generation" Davie charged
us to provide for so they might experience safety,
support, belonging, and love. To overcome these
traumas is a step toward a life of success. The Davie
Poplar symbolizes the impact we, as a fraternity
have had, currently have, and will continue to have
in North Carolina. Whether through the love and
support available at the Masonic Home for Children
at Oxford, our Shriners Hospitals across the country,
our Rite Care Clinics, or our Knight Temple Eye
Foundation, you make a difference. Days are
unpredictable and we must adjust. Life brings
challenges and we must help each other. In each
life a little rain must fall. You can dampen our shoes,
but you will never dampen our spirits.
Thanks to all for making your 150th Anniversary
Homecoming Celebration at the Masonic Home for
Children at Oxford a great success!
Support our kids!
Donate to the MHCO
www.mhc-oxford.org
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