Since Joseph H. Brown Lodge No. 751 adopted its namesake school, it has been "hands up" in favor of combating violence and drug and alcohol abuse for a group of fourth graders at the Joseph H. Brown Elementary School in the Tacony area of Philadelphia.

Last September, the Lodge asked the Pennsylvania Masonic Foundation for Children for help in establishing a program for the adopted school. As the result of contacts between Raymond G. Brown, Executive Director of the Foundation, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the "Junior F.B.I." program was initiated at the school. F.B.I. Agent Tanya Jetter is teaching the students who were selected based on compositions they wrote.

The students have been meeting once every two weeks, learning not only about the F.B.I., but also how to handle themselves in everyday contacts with drugs, alcohol, and violence. Included in the program are trips to the Philadelphia field office, and the F.B.I. headquarters in Washington, and Christmas and graduation parties. Bro. Brown said that any Mason interested in learning about or viewing the program should contact him at the Foundation's office, 1 (800) 462-0430, ext. 1978.